Decline and localized extinction of a major raised bog species across the British Isles: Evidence for associated land-use intensification

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1033-1043

  Hughes, P D M ^a   Lomas Clarke, S H ^a   Schulz, J ^a   Barber, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Isles; Land use; Late Holocene; Local extinction; Macrofossils; Palaeoecology; Pollen; Soil erosion; Species decline; Sphagnum austinii; Sphagnum imbricatum; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MOSS; NITROGEN; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; RAISED BOG; SOIL EROSION; TITANIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM AUSTINII; SPHAGNUM IMBRICATUM;

EID: 60049091050     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608095574     Document Type: Article

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