Peatlands and Environmental Change
März 2002
312 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
Chapter 1 Peat and Peatlands 3
Chapter 2 Peat Landforms and Structure 24
Part 2 Peatland Processes 39
Chapter 3 Peatland Hydrology and Ecology 41
Chapter 4 Origins and Peat Initiation 73
Chapter 5 Peat Accumulation 92
Part 3 Changes in Peatlands 115
Chapter 6 The Peatland Archive: Palaeoenvironmental Evidence 117
Chapter 7 Autogenic Change 143
Chapter 8 Allogenic Change 166
Chapter 9 Peatland - Environment Feedbacks 184
Part 4 Resource Management 205
Chapter 10 Values, Exploitation and Human Impacts 207
Chapter 11 Conservation Management and Restoration 232
References 258
Index 289
"...a welcome and timely addition..." (Land Degradation andDevelopment, November/December 2002)
"...a comprehensive summary of peatland science...it willbroaden specialists' and students' knowledge..." (InternationalJournal 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)
...."Overall, this is an outstanding book. Peatlands and Environmental Change is very highlyrecommended both for personal and library use, and should be on arange of reading lists...." (The Holocene,July 2003)
..."All in all this is a very good and well produced book.... and will become a widely cited reference text ..." (EarthSurface Processes & Landforms, Spetember 2003)
