Maintaining northern peatland ecosystems in a changing climate: Effects of soil moisture, drainage and drain blocking on craneflies

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2991-3001

  Carroll, Matthew J ^a   Dennis, Peter ^b   Pearce Higgins, James W ^c,d   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Blanket bog; Breeding birds; Gripping; Leatherjackets; Moorland; Tipulid; Uplands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOORLAND; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AVES; BALISTIDAE; DIPTERA; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 79961008647     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02416.x     Document Type: Article

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