##  [Restoration Ecology: Aiding and Abetting Secondary Succession on Abandoned Peat Mines in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada](/resource/restoration-ecology-aiding-and-abetting-secondary-succession-abandoned-peat-mines-nova) 

Organization

[Acadia University](/organization/acadia-university)

[Government of Nova Scotia](/organization/government-nova-scotia)

 

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

Sam Vander Kloet

Trevor Avery

P.J. Vander Kloet

G.R. Milton

 

 

Original Authors

Sam Vander Kloet

Trevor Avery

P.J. Vander Kloet

G.R. Milton

 

 

Resource Date:

2012

 

Page Length

20

 

 

The research reported here aims to characterise and compare different planting methods in terms of which would be more successful for achieving the regeneration of dwarf fleshy-fruited shrubs on abandoned peat mines. Three planting methods were undertaken, namely: a) placing scat fragments on the mire surface in the field, and planting out seedlings as vegetative clumps begun in a greenhouse from b) seeds contained in scat fragments, and c) seeds derived from berries. Success was measured on the basis of survival and growth of vegetative clumps.