Peatlands and Environmental Change
By
Dan Charman (Author)
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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
About the Author
Dan Charman is the author of Peatlands and Environmental Change, published by Wiley.
More Details
- Contributor: Dan Charman
- Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- ISBN13: 9780471969907
- Number of Pages: 296
- Packaged Dimensions: 196x249x22mm
- Packaged Weight: 822
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Release Date: 2002-03-27
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Dan Charman is the author of Peatlands and Environmental Change, published by Wiley.
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