Peatlands and Environmental Change [Paperback]

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 restorationPart 1 Introduction

Peat and Peatlands

Peat Landforms and Structure

Part 2 Peatland Processes

Peatland Hydrology and Ecology

Origins and Peat Initiation

Peat Accumulation

Part 3 Changes in Peatlands

The Peatland Archive: Palaeoenvironmental Evidence

Autogenic Change

Allogenic Change

Peatland -
Environment Feedbacks

Part 4 Resource Management

Values, Exploitation and Human Impacts

Conservation Management and Restoration

References.

Index. ...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 peatland science...it willbroaden splÓp