Dan Charman

Peatlands and Environmental Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Due to an awareness of peatlands as a diminishing resource, peatland conservation and rehabilitation has become an important study area. Peatlands and Environmental Change offers a new approach by considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem, and thereby provides a better understanding of the importance and the consequences 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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 189mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 807g
• ISBN-13: 9780471969907
• ISBN-10: 0471969907
• Artikelnr.: 22223392

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments.

PART I: INTRODUCTION.

Peat and Peatlands.

Peat Landforms and Structure.

PART II: PEATLAND PROCESSES.

Peatland Hydrology and Ecology.

Origins and Peat Initiation.

Peat Accumulation.

PART III: CHANGES IN PEATLANDS.

The Peatland Archive: Palaeoenvironmental Evidence.

Autogenic Change.

Allogenic Change.

Peatland - Environment Feedbacks.

PART IV: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Values, Exploitation and Human Impacts.

Conservation Management and Restoration.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"...an ideal introduction to peatlands..." (Journal of Soils &Sediments, Vol.2, No.3, 2002)

"...a welcome and timely addition..." (Land Degradation andDevelopment, November/December 2002)

"...a comprehensive summary of peatlandscience...it will broaden specialists' and students' knowledge..."(International Journal of Environment Studies, Vol.60, No.2,2003)

"...certainly a book that should be on the shelves of allpeatland researchers..." (Environmental Conservation, Vol.30,No.1, 2003)

"...This text is a welcome addition to the peatlands bookshelf.... It will also be required reading for anyone embarking onresearch into Holocence peatlands environments, past orpresent...." (Journal of Quaternary Science, July 2003)

"...a welcome and timely addition to the library...highlyrecommended..." (Land Degradation and Development, 2002)