Peatlands Environmental Change
by
Dan Charman
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0470844108
ISBN-13
9780470844106
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 27th, 2002
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
596 grams
Dimensions
18.60 x 24.40 x 1.90 cms
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Considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem, Peatland Systems and Environmental Change provides a unique, timely look at the consequences of the functioning of peatlands to the paleoenvironmental record, carbon cycling, and conservation issues.
Due to an awareness of peatlands as a diminishing resource,peatland conservation and rehabilitation has become an importantstudy area. Peatlands and Environmental Change offers a newapproach by considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem, and therebyprovides a better understanding of the importance and theconsequences of the functioning of peatlands. Contents include: * Peat and peatlands * Peat landforms and structure * Peatland hydrology and ecology * Origins and pest initiation * Peat accumulation * The peatland archive: palaeoenvironmental evidence * Autogenic change * Allogenic change * Peatland - environmental feedbacks * Values, exploitation and human impacts * Conservation management and restoration
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