Blanket Bogs
Book chapter
Lindsay, R. 2016. Blanket Bogs. in: Finlayson, C. Max, Milton, G. Randy, Prentice, R. Crawford and Davidson, Nick C. (ed.) The Wetland Book: II: Distribution, Description and Conservation Springer Netherlands.
Authors | Lindsay, R. |
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Editors | Finlayson, C. Max, Milton, G. Randy, Prentice, R. Crawford and Davidson, Nick C. |
Abstract | Blanket bog – a term first coined in 1935 – refers to areas of regular precipitation and generally cool climates where blanket mire develops as a mantle of peat smothering entire landscapes, blanket bog referring specifically to those parts of this peat-draped landscape which are entirely rain-fed (ombrotrophic) bogs. The blanket bog components in such a landscape predominate but are linked by areas of minerotrophic fen or other types of wetland system. A number of differing approaches can be used to describe individual blanket bog units but perhaps the most universally applicable is their geographic position within the landscape. The global extent of blanket bog may be larger than originally thought because certain habitat formations normally thought of as other habitat types may be more appropriately classified as blanket bog. |
Book title | The Wetland Book: II: Distribution, Description and Conservation |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
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2016 | |
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Deposited | 13 Jul 2017 |
ISBN | 978-94-007-6173-5 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_19-1 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_19-1 |
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