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The biology of peatlands /

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With growing awareness that peatlands are a key component of the carbon cycle in their role as a carbon sink, this book provides a concise introduction to peatland ecology with an emphasis on organisms that dominate peatland habitats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rydin, Håkan
Other Authors: Jeglum, J. K., Hooijer, Aljosja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Biology of habitats.
Subjects:
Peatland plants.
Peatland ecology.
Peatlands.
Flore des tourbières.
Écologie des tourbières.
Tourbières.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Peatland ecology
Peatland plants
Peatlands
Biotop
Moorlandschaft
Ökologie
Ökosystem
Moor
Veengronden.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:With growing awareness that peatlands are a key component of the carbon cycle in their role as a carbon sink, this book provides a concise introduction to peatland ecology with an emphasis on organisms that dominate peatland habitats.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-328) and index.
ISBN:9781429469920
1429469927
9780191513671
0191513679
9786612365690
6612365692