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Review of existing information on the interrelations between soil and climate change. (ClimSoil). Final report [PDF]
, 2008 Carbon stock in EU soils – The soil carbon stocks in the EU27 are around 75 billion tonnes of carbon (C); of this stock around 50% is located in Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom (because of the vast area of peatlands in these countries) and ...
Alm, Jukka +16 more
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WetlandsAbstract Hydrothermal pattern and vegetation community structure are key factors affecting the soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and accumulation in alpine peatlands. Research on the influence of vegetation and soil factors on SOC spatial differentiation pattern under the thaw slump erosion gullies drainage gradient, can help understand the ...
Xinyu Ma +5 more
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Management recommendations [PDF]
The acute succession problem justifies an opportunistic use of all suitable methods on the short-term (10 years). The ban on winter burning should be (temporally) lifted.
Bokdam, J., Braeckel, A., van
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Extensive livestock farming, including hay making, seems the most feasible management strategy for open peatland. In the longer term, wilderness grazing may become more feasible. The loss of economic viability of traditional livestock farming and related
Bokdam, J., Braeckel, A., van
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A Forest of Blue - Canada's Boreal Forest, the World's Waterkeeper [PDF]
, 2011 Describes how the lakes, rivers, and wetlands comprising the boreal forest preserve biodiversity, mitigate global climate change effects, and offer food and cultural benefits to rural communities.
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The suitability of grazing, burning, mowing and cutting as tools for succession control in peatland was assessed and expressed on a scale from 0 - 1. All management tools are suitable, but their effects are conditional.
Bokdam, J., Braeckel, A., van
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ECOSSE: Estimating Carbon in Organic Soils - Sequestration and Emissions: Final Report [PDF]
, 2007 Background Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions, is one of the most serious threats facing our planet, and is of concern at both UK and devolved administration levels.
Aitkenhead, Matt +20 more
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The biodiversity of low-productive pastures and hayfields is threatened across Europe by intensified land use and abandonment. The question is whether and how Extensive Farming can be maintained or restored, or whether conservation management should ...
Bokdam, J., Braeckel, A., van
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Testate amoebae record from the Laptev Sea coast and its implication for the reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments in the Arctic Siberia [PDF]
, 2009 Andreev, Andrei +4 more
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