Vegetation responses to ecological restoration (rewetting) of abandoned block-cut peatlands in eastern Québec

Abandoned block-cut peatlands are typified by an alternating topography of mined trenches and raised baulks. Although these sites re-vegetate densely with native bog species, Sphagnum species characteristic of undisturbed bogs are conspicuously absent and peat accumulation has not recommenced. Ecolo...

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Main Author: Henstra, Steven W.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40829