Microtopography and the properties of residual peat are convenient indicators for restoration planning of abandoned extracted peatlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-39

  Triisberg, Triin ^a   Karofeld, Edgar ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a   Orru, Mall ^b,c   Ramst, Rein ^b   Paal, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Geological Survey of Estonia   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

habitat restoration; raised bog communities; scale dependent processes; secondary succession; vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOINDICATOR; BOG; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ESTONIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84891630715     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12030     Document Type: Article

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