Birch encroachment affects the base cation chemistry in a restored bog

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1163-1171

  Wertebach, Tim Martin ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Kleinebecker, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base cations; Biogeochemistry; Bog restoration; Ca:Mg ratio; Invasive plant species; Pore waters

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PEAT; POSITIVE IONS; RESTORATION; WATER;

BASE CATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE PLANTS; NA CONCENTRATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PORE WATERS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOG; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEATLAND; POREWATER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84905566539     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1447     Document Type: Article

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