Groundwater depth and topography correlate with vegetation structure of an upland peat swamp, Budderoo Plateau, NSW, Australia

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1392-1402

  Hose, Grant C ^a   Bailey, Jane ^a   Stumpp, Christine ^b   Fryirs, Kirstie ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bog; Fen; Groundwater dependent ecosystem; Mire; Organic soils; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; GROUND WATER DEPTHS; GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS; MIRE; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84911446432     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1465     Document Type: Article

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