ISSN 1736-7549 (electronic) I SSN 1736-602X (print) An international scientific journal Formerly: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology, Ecology (ISSN 1406-0914) Published since 1952

摘要: Re-vegetation of extracted peatlands is a slow and sporadic process. The aim of our study was to clarify whether this process is affected by the distance from vegetated areas and propagules arrival or by the conditions for propagules germination and plant growth. Our analysis is based on three extracted peatlands in Estonia, abandoned 26–31 years ago. In all study areas vegetation was analysed on the gradient from a neighbouring vegetated area towards the central part of the peatland. In addition, peat blocks were collected from the marginal and central parts of the peatlands, held in favourable moisture conditions for seed germination in a greenhouse, and half of them were fertilized with a complex fertilizer.