Peatlands and Environmental Change

Informationen zum Autor Dan Charman is the author of Peatlands and Environmental Change , published by Wiley. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem! this text provides a timely look at the consequences of the functioning of peatlands to the paleoenvironmental record! carbon cycling! and conservation issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Charman, Dan (University of Plymouth Charman, Daniel J. Charman, Charman Dan
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2002
• EAN: 9780471969907
• ISBN: 978-0-471-96990-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental Management, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology