A preliminary assessment of the influence of adjacent land-use on growth-form composition of vegetation in small Newfoundland basin bogs

Granger, Jean Elizabeth (2019) A preliminary assessment of the influence of adjacent land-use on growth-form composition of vegetation in small Newfoundland basin bogs. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Abstract

Anthropogenic land-use in wetland-adjacent landscapes has been demonstrated to alter wetland ecology in several ways, including changes to vegetation composition. However, comparatively little of this kind of research has been dedicated to bog wetlands specifically. The purpose of this study was to examine if vegetation growth-form composition in small basin bogs is influenced by different types of adjacent land-use throughout the St. John’s region of Newfoundland, Canada. The results provide evidence that overall vegetation composition in small basin bogs are different depending on adjacent land-use (pasture, urban, or natural) and graminoid growth-form vegetation specifically decreases in bogs next to pasture land-use. Additional studies of a similar nature, particularly those implementing remote sensing methods, may provide further evidence to strengthen this relationship in the future.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
URI: http://research.library.mun.ca/id/eprint/13884
Item ID: 13884
Additional Information: Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Wetlands, Bogs, Land-Use, Newfoundland
Department(s): Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of > Geography
Date: May 2019
Date Type: Submission
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.48336/6kc3-eq93
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Land use--Environmental aspects--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's; Wetland plants--Ecology--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's.

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