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Vegetation transitions of floating wetlands in a complex of turbaries between 1937 and 1989 as determined from aerial photographs with GIS

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The transition from open water to a swamp forest of a complex of ponds in the ‘Polder Westbroek’ (The Netherlands) in the period 1937–1989 is studied. Changes between structurally different vegetation types are determined using remote-sensing data and a Geographical Information System. The transition follows a clear pathway from open water throughPhragmites/Typha-dominated community andCarex-dominated vegetation, toAlnus-dominated vegetation. The rate of this transition shows strong correspondence to changes in local management, demonstrating the large human impacts on ecosystems in this area.

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  1. Department of Botanical Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Steven A. Bakker, Nanja J. van den Berg & Barbara P. Speleers

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Bakker, S.A., van den Berg, N.J. & Speleers, B.P. Vegetation transitions of floating wetlands in a complex of turbaries between 1937 and 1989 as determined from aerial photographs with GIS. Vegetatio 114, 161–167 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048395

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