Environmental change in moorland landscapes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 75-100

  Holden, J ^a   Shotbolt, L ^b   Bonn, A ^c   Burt, T P ^d   Chapman, P J ^a   Dougill, A J ^a   Fraser, E D G ^a   Hubacek, K ^a   Irvine, B ^a   Kirkby, M J ^a   Reed, M S ^a   Prell, C ^e   Stagl, S ^f   Stringer, L C ^g   Turner, A ^a   Worrall, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Moorland Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f Freeman Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

afforestation; bogs; burning; grazing; heath; heather; hydrology; moorland ecology; peatlands; uplands; water quality

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOORLAND; PEATLAND; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA;

EID: 34247364602     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.01.003     Document Type: Review

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