Quantifying soil hydrology to explain the development of vegetation at an ex-arable wetland restoration site

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Stroh, Peter A ^a,d   Mountford, J Owen ^b   Araya, Yoseph N ^c   Hughes, Francine M R ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural regeneration; Soil stress thresholds; Sum Exceedence Value; Wicken Fen

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; STRESS; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WICKEN FEN;

EID: 84902483039     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0385-1     Document Type: Article

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