Mires and mire types of Peninsula Mitre, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina [PDF]
In 2007, a field visit by members of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) to the Atlantic coast of Peninsula Mitre (the easternmost part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) gathered information on mire diversity in this remote wild
A. Grootjans +4 more
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Three mires in the south-eastern Alps (northern Italy)
High-resolution vegetation maps, at 1:500 scale, were realized in three mires located in the Italian south-eastern Alps (Coltrondo West, 12,800 m2; Coltrondo South, 22,300 m2 and Palù di sotto, 50,600 m2).
Michele Carbognani +2 more
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A geographical model for the altitudinal zonation of mire types in the uplands of western Europe: the example of Les Monts du Forez in eastern France [PDF]
The geographical distribution of mires in the oceanic mountain ranges of western Europe cannot be explained without bringing together a number of physical and human factors.
H. Cubizolle, G. Thebaud
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The variation in water content and in concentrations in trace metals in peat in different mire types [PDF]
The mires in Ostrobothnia, Western Finland, can be classified into four types by trophic status: oligotrophic, oligo-mesotrophic, mesotrophic and meso-eutrophic mires.
Y. He, K. Virtanen
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Alzheimer’s disease researchers are a pretty dispirited lot these days. In the first half of the 20th century research on this malady and an understanding of its impact on society were limited in scope and intensity. The dementia described by Alois Alzheimer was felt to refer to a relatively rare disease of middle age and different from senile dementia
Michael, Shelanski, Roger, Lefort
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Topology, Vegetation and Stratigraphy of Far Eastern Aapa Mires (Khabarovsk Region, Russia)
Aapa mires (string-flark fens) are one of the main types of mires in northern Eurasia. It has an almost continuous distribution from Scandinavia to Kamchatka, disappearing in continental climate areas and becoming one of the dominant types in more ...
Stanislav Kutenkov +2 more
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Trace elements content of surface peat deposits in the Solovetsky Islands (White Sea) [PDF]
Peatlands form environmental archives of trace element deposition. In this regard they are particularly valuable for areas such as the Arctic, where regular pollution monitoring is either impossible or extremely costly.
K. Kozioł +4 more
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Permafrost dynamics structure species compositions of oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities in sub-Arctic palsa mires [PDF]
Palsa mires are sub-Arctic peatland complexes, vulnerable ecosystems with patches of permafrost. Permafrost thawing in palsa mires occurs throughout Fennoscandia, probably due to local climatic warming. In palsa mires, permafrost thaw alters hydrological
Inkeri Markkula
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Interpreting Estonian mires: common perceptions and changing practices
Over the centuries mires have been considered to be mostly useless, even dangerous places. Adopting a landscape semiotic perspective the article delineates the current common perceptions of Estonian mires based upon 767 questionnaires.
Piret Pungas-Kohv +5 more
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