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Bog Ecology

Bog Ecology is a subdiscipline of wetland plant ecology that focuses on the structure, function, and dynamics of plant communities in ombrotrophic peatlands, distinguished by their reliance on atmospheric inputs for water and nutrients and their development of acidic, organic-rich soils under saturated conditions.

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The limits to peat bog growth

R. S. Clymo · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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A palaeoecological study of holocene peat bog sections in Germany and The Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals

B. van Geel · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology · 1978 · 833 citations

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Growth-Limiting Nutrients in Sphagnum-Dominated Bogs Subject to Low and High Atmospheric Nitrogen Supply

Rien Aerts, Bo Wallén, Nils Malmer · Journal of Ecology · 1992 · 462 citations

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Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

Ashna A. Raghoebarsing, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Markus Schmid et al. · Nature · 2005 · 455 citations · Full text

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Ecological gradients, subdivisions and terminology of north‐west European mires

B. D. Wheeler, M. C. F. Proctor · Journal of Ecology · 2000 · 451 citations

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  1. DH
    Dale H. Vitt

    University of Alberta, Canada

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. ET
    Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    23 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. LR
    Line Rochefort

    Université Laval, Canada

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. TR
    Tim R. Moore

    McGill University, Canada

    18 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. WS
    William Shotyk

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

716

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    28 h-index

    102 publications

    6.4K citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    23 h-index

    67 publications

    5.2K citations

  3. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    23 h-index

    77 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    60 publications

    3.7K citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    103 publications

    6.4K citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    19 h-index

    60 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    63 publications

    5.8K citations

  8. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Ecology

    57 publications · 5.2K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Botany

    44 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Ecology

    36 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. The Science of The Total Environment

    23 publications · 1K citations

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  5. The Holocene

    24 publications · 1.4K citations

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