Ecological, topographic and successional patterns across wetlands in a rugged land uplift coast in Nyby, northern Finland

• Published in: Fennia – International Journal of Geography
• Main Authors: Jarmo Laitinen, Jari Oksanen, Tuija Maliniemi, Eero Kaakinen, Kaisu Aapala, Sakari Rehell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2016
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Nyby; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.11143/51315; https://doaj.org/article/e8a4b3d94f9541ab9cfb08d16fae60d5

We studied 45 mid-boreal wetlands in a rugged land uplift coast with a thin cover of till. Wetlands ranged from 1 to 53 m a.s.l. and were of highly various sizes. Our aims were to examine, if vegetation types are valid in comparing wetlands, what kind of ecological major pattern the vegetation type...