Using palaeoecology to support blanket peatland management

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-120

  Blundell, A ^a   Holden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cores; Holocene; Peat; Restoration; Sphagnum; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PEAT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORES; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCENES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PEATLAND DEVELOPMENT; RESERVOIR CATCHMENTS; SPHAGNUM;

WETLANDS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; HOLOCENE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOSS; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84908298452     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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