Using functional diversity as an indicator of restoration success of a cut-over bog

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 519-526

  D'Astous, A ^a,b,c   Poulin, M ^a,b,c   Aubin, I ^d   Rochefort, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community weighted mean; Ecological monitoring; Herbaceous; Moss layer transfer technique; TOPIC; Traits

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; HERBACEOUS; LAYER TRANSFER; TOPIC; TRAITS; WEIGHTED MEAN;

ECOSYSTEMS; PEAT; RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

CONSERVATION;

BIOINDICATOR; BOG; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; MOSS; PH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84890196761     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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