Vegetation, water beetles and habitat isolation in abandoned lowland bog drains and peat pits

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-188

  Cooper, Alan ^a   McCann, Thomas ^a   Davidson, Robert ^b   Foster, Garth N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment and Heritage Service   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; DCA; Emergent swamp; Landscape ecology; Montiaghs Moss; Peat cutting; Poor fen; Raised bog; Water beetles; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAISED BOG; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANTRIM; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTIAGHS MOSS; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15944375187     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.668     Document Type: Article

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