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Impact of seedbed and water level on the establishment of plant species associated with bog pools

Implications for Restoration

Tommy Landry, Line Rochefort and Monique Poulin
Native Plants Journal, September 2012, 13 (3) 205-215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.13.3.205
Tommy Landry
Peatland Ecology Research Group and Centre d’études, nordiques, Département de phytologie, 2425, rue de l’Agriculture, Université Laval, Ville de Québec, Québec G1V 0A6 Canada
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