Authors:
Tuittila, E.S., H. Vasander and J. Laine
Publication Date:
2000
Abstract/Summary:
We tested whether rewetting improved environmental conditions during peatland restoration and promoted colonization and development of mire vegetation. Vegetation change was monitored in a cut-away peatland one year before, and four years after, rewetting. The study showed that raising the water level to, or above, soil surface promotes conditions wet enough for a rapid succession towards closed mire vegetation.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Applied Vegetation Science
Link:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/1478999/abstract