Author: Frederick C. PollettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peat bogs
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Studies of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems in Britain and Newfoundland. --
Author: Frederick C. PollettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peat bogs
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Boreal Peatland Ecosystems
Author: R.K. WiederPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540319131
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production, decomposition, and peat accumulation, and it provides additional information on animal and fungal diversity. A recurring theme is the legacy of boreal peatlands as impressive accumulators of carbon as peat over millennia.
Biogeography and Ecology of the Island of Newfoundland
Author: R. SouthPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9789061931010
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services
Author: Aletta BonnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316546101
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth's surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector. Bringing together world-class experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of peatlands from an ecological, social and economic perspective, this book focuses on how peatland restoration can foster climate change mitigation. Featuring a range of global case studies, opportunities for reclamation and sustainable management are illustrated throughout against the challenges faced by conservation biologists. Written for a global audience of environmental scientists, practitioners and policy makers, as well as graduate students from natural and social sciences, this interdisciplinary book provides vital pointers towards managing peatland conservation in a changing environment.
Peatlands
Author: Ian D. RotherhamPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429799527
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to peatlands for the non-specialist student reader and for all those concerned about environmental protection, and is an essential guide to peatland history and heritage for scientists and enthusiasts. Peat is formed when vegetation partially decays in a waterlogged environment and occurs extensively throughout both temperate and tropical regions. Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This book opens by explaining how peat is formed, its properties and worldwide distribution, and defines related terms such as mires, wetlands, bogs and marshes. There is discussion of the ecology and wildlife of peatlands as well as their ability to preserve pollen and organic remains as environmental archives. It also addresses the history, heritage and cultural exploitation of peat, extending back to pre-Roman times, and the degradation of peatlands over the centuries, particularly as a source of fuel but more recently for commercial horticulture. Other chapters discuss the ecosystem services delivered by peatlands, and how their destruction is contributing to biodiversity loss, flooding or drought, and climate change. Finally, the many current peatland restoration projects around the world are highlighted. Overall the book provides a wide-ranging but concise overview of peatlands from both a natural and social science perspective, and will be invaluable for students of ecology, geography, environmental studies and history.
Information Report
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Ecological Classification of Forest Land in Canada and Northwestern U.S.A., September 30 - October 2, 1977, Vancouver, B.C.
Author: The Biology of Peatlands, 2e
Author: Håkan RydinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199602999
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive and up to date overview of peatland ecosystems. It examines the entire range of biota present in this habitat and considers management, conservation, and restoration issues.
NLL Announcement Bulletin
Author: National Lending Library for Science and Technology (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
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