LINKING LANDSCAPE PROPERTIES TO LOCAL HYDROGEOLOGIC GRADIENTS AND PLANT SPECIES OCCURRENCE IN MINEROTROPHIC FENS OF NEW YORK STATE, USA: A HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING (HGS) FRAMEWORK

We present a Hydrogeologic Setting (HGS) framework and the results of subsequent field evaluation for minerotrophic fens throughout New York State, USA. HGS uses a hierarchical approach to link landscape properties to local environmental gradient and, therefore, the plant communities that are associ...

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