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Overview

Dale H. Vitt is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on ecology and plant science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields of study relevant to their work are:

  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Their research concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Dale H. Vitt has contributed to multiple recent academic papers. Notable publications include:

  • Bryophytes as key indicators of ecosystem function and structure of northern peatlands, 2021, Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution
  • Structural and functional responses of Carex aquatilis to increasing sodium concentrations, 2020, Wetlands Ecology and Management

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Melissa House
  • Lilyan C. Glaeser
  • R. Kelman Wieder
  • Jeremy A. Hartsock
  • Melanie A. Vile

Dale H. Vitt publishes regularly in specific academic venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • Wetlands Ecology and Management
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Plants
  • Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Genera of the Pottiaceae: Mosses of Harsh Environments

    Dale H. Vitt;Richard H. Zander

  • A Database and Synthesis of Northern Peatland Soil Properties and Holocene Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation

    Julie Loisel;Zicheng Yu;David W. Beilman;Philip Camill

  • Fossil Carbon/Nitrogen Ratios as a Measure of Peat Decomposition

    Peter Kuhry;Dale H. Vitt

  • The relationships of vegetation to surface water chemistry and peat chemistry in fens of Alberta, Canada

    Dale H. Vitt;Wai-Lin Chee

  • Spatial and temporal trends in carbon storage of peatlands of continental western Canada through the Holocene

    Dale H. Vitt;Linda A. Halsey;Ilka E. Bauer;Celina Campbell

  • Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium

    D. J. Charman;D. W. Beilman;M. Blaauw;R. K. Booth

  • Current disturbance and the diminishing peatland carbon sink

    Merritt Turetsky;Kelman Wieder;Linda Halsey;Dale Vitt

  • Growth, Production, and Decomposition Dynamics of Sphagnum under Natural and Experimentally Acidified Conditions

    Line Rochefort;Dale H. Vitt;Suzanne E. Bayley

  • Boreal Peatland Ecosystems

    R. Kelman Wieder;Dale H. Vitt

  • The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America: Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes

    M. R. Turetsky;R. K. Wieder;D. H. Vitt;R. J. Evans

  • Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland

    Derek Johnson;Linda Kershaw;Andy MacKinnon;Jim Pojar

  • Development of Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in boreal continental Canada

    Peter Kuhry;Barbara J. Nicholson;L. Dennis Gignac;Dale H. Vitt

  • Seasonal variation in water chemistry over a bog-rich fen gradient in Continental Western Canada

    Dale H. Vitt;Suzanne E. Bayley;Tai-Long Jin

  • Trade-Offs in Resource Allocation among Moss Species Control Decomposition in Boreal Peatlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Susan E. Crow;Robert J. Evans;Dale H. Vitt

  • Growth and production dynamics of boreal mosses over climatic, chemical and topographic gradients

    Dale H. Vitt

  • The bog landforms of continental western Canada in relation to climate and permafrost patterns

    Dale H. Vitt;Linda A. Halsey;Stephen C. Zoltai

  • Boreal peatland C fluxes under varying permafrost regimes

    Merritt R Turetsky;R.Kelman Wieder;Dale H Vitt

  • CANADIAN WETLANDS: ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND CLASSIFICATION

    S. C. Zoltai;D. H. Vitt

  • Vegetation gradients of minerotrophically rich fens in western Alberta

    Nancy G. Slack;Dale H. Vitt;Diana G. Horton

  • Disequilibrium response of permafrost in boreal continental western Canada to climate change

    Linda A. Halsey;Dale H. Vitt;Stephen C. Zoltai

  • A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien

    Dale H. Vitt;K. Walther

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Kelman Wieder
R. Kelman Wieder Villanova University
Suzanne E. Bayley
Suzanne E. Bayley University of Alberta
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Jagtar S. Bhatti
Jagtar S. Bhatti Canadian Forest Service
Bernard Goffinet
Bernard Goffinet University of Connecticut
Zicheng Yu
Zicheng Yu Lehigh University
Line Rochefort
Line Rochefort Université Laval
Randall J. Bayer
Randall J. Bayer University of Memphis
Ellie E. Prepas
Ellie E. Prepas Lakehead University
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

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