Divergent pathways of successional recovery for in situ oil sands exploration drilling pads on wooded moderate-rich fens in alberta, Canada

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 657-667

  Caners, Richard T ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^b  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Brown moss; Disturbance; Liverwort; Microtopography; Peatland; Sphagnum; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX; CAREX AQUATILIS; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84923769077     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12123     Document Type: Article

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