Understanding the long term ecosystem stability of a fen mire by analyzing subsurface geology, eco-hydrology and nutrient stoichiometry - Case study of the Rospuda valley (NE Poland)

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 815-828

  Jabłońska, Ewa ^a   Falkowski, Tomasz ^b   Chormański, Jarosław ^b   Jarzombkowski, Filip ^c   Kłosowski, Stanisław ^a   Okruszko, Tomasz ^b   Pawlikowski, Paweł ^a   Theuerkauf, Martin ^d   Wassen, Martin J ^e   Kotowski, Wiktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown Moss small Sedge Vegetation; Landscape; Mire Stability; N:P Ratio; Palaeobotany; Rich fen; Water level Dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905920549     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-014-0544-z     Document Type: Article

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