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Classification of vegetative lagg types and hydrogeomorphic lagg forms in bogs of coastal British Columbia, Canada
Author(s) -
Howie Sarah A.,
van Meerveld Ilja H.J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12241
Subject(s) - bog , classification scheme , hydrology (agriculture) , key (lock) , geography , ecology , environmental science , physical geography , geology , biology , peat , archaeology , computer science , geotechnical engineering , information retrieval
Key Messages A classification scheme was developed for laggs (marginal transition zones) of bogs. Regional differences in vegetative lagg types were observed. Half of the studied laggs differed from the classic notion of a lagg as being topographically confined.