The transition zones (ecotone) between boreal forests and peatlands: Modelling water table along a transition zone between upland black spruce forest and poor forested fen in central Saskatchewan

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-70

  Dimitrov, Dimitre D ^a,b   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^a   Grant, Robert F ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Hydrology; Modelling; Topography; Transition zone; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; ECOTONE; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; TRANSITION ZONES; UPLAND BLACK SPRUCE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODELS; PEAT; PRODUCTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOTONE; FEN; PEATLAND; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER TABLE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MODELS; PEAT; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SHEDS; WETLANDS;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84890944414     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.030     Document Type: Article

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