Mires and Peatlands in Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mires and Peatlands in Europe write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2017-04-28. Mires and Peatlands in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The European continent features an impressive variety of mires and peatlands. Polygon, palsa, and aapa mires, concentric and eccentric bogs, spring and percolation fens, coastal marshes, blanket bogs, saline fens, acid, alkaline, nutrient poor, nutrient rich: the peatlands of Europe represent unique ecosystem biodiversity and harbour a large treasure of flora and fauna typical of peat forming environments. Europe is also the continent with the longest history, the highest intensity, and the largest variety of peatland use, and as a consequence it has the highest proportion of degraded peatlands worldwide. Peatland science and technology developed in parallel to exploitation and it is therefore not surprising that almost all modern peatland terms and concepts originated and matured in Europe. Their massive degradation also kindled the desire to protect these beautiful landscapes, full of peculiar wildlife. In recent decades attention has widened to include additional vital ecosystem services that natural and restored peatlands provide. Already the first scientific book on peatlands (Schoockius 1658) contained a chapter on restoration. Yet, only now there is a rising awareness of the necessity to conserve and restore mires and peatlands in order to avoid adverse environmental and economic effects. This book provides - for the first time in history - a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of mires and peatlands in biogeographic Europe. Written by 134 authors, the book describes mire and peatland types, terms, extent, distribution, use, conservation, and restoration individually for each country and integrated for the entire continent. Complemented by a multitude of maps and photographs, the book offers an impressive and colourful journey, full of surprising historical context and fascinating details, while appreciating the core principles and unifying concepts of mire science.
Mires and Peatlands of Europe
Mires and Peatlands of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mires and Peatlands of Europe write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2017. Mires and Peatlands of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands
Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2002-01. Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe
Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe write by Olivia Bragg. This book was released on 2003. Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
European Mires
European Mires - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook European Mires write by Peter D. Moore. This book was released on 2013-09-11. European Mires available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. European Mires brings together in a single volume the various ideas and approaches to the classification and nomenclature of mire types, set out in a single language, namely English. It provides a set of clear explanations of how ecologists view their mires in different parts of Europe. In addition, each account provides a summary and a survey of relevant literature in a variety of languages, which should prove of great value to English speaking students of mire systems. The book contains nine chapters and begins with a discussion of the classification of mires in Europe. This is followed by separate chapters on Finnish mires types, Estonian bogs, the mire types of the German Democratic Republic; and the vegetation and development of Central European mires. Subsequent chapters deal with the vegetation and development of blanket mires, British fens, Welsh mires, and wetland communities in Ireland. It is hoped that this present volume will assist in the dismantling of some international barriers and will provide a basis for further work. It may also help foster a global climate of scientific understanding in such a way as to permit the recrudescence of international mire research.
