Climatic control of peat erosion in a North Wales blanket mire

New Phytologist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 313-324

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a,b   Tallis, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blanket mire; Climate change; Erosion; Peat humification; Racomitrium lanuginosum; Woodland clearance

Indexed keywords

BLANKET BOG; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034757764     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0028-646X.2001.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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