Comparing survey methods for monitoring vegetation change through time in a restored peatland

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-85

  Rochefort, Line ^a   Isselin Nondedeu, F ^a   Boudreau, S ^a   Poulin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Line intercept method; Line point intercept method; Permanent plots; Restoration success; Sampling methods; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOSS; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRYOPHYTA; ERICACEAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84873749690     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-012-9280-4     Document Type: Article

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