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Management of the English uplands is complex and achieving good environmental outcomes, while taking into account the needs of owners, stakeholders an...

Abandoned cutover peatlands are persistent sources of atmospheric CO₂. Net ecosystem CO₂ exchange and Sphagnum net primary production of an abandoned ...

Restoring degraded peatlands is a promising strategy for mitigating carbon emissions. Large-scale landscape transformations, such as rewetting of land...

The importance of peatlands is being increasingly recognized internationally for both the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem ...

The population behaviour of Panolis flammea was observed to determine whether the association between outbreaks and trees growing in deep peat sites i...

In many ombrotrophic bog areas the invasion of grass (e.g. Molinia caerulea) and tree (e.g. Betula pubescens) species has become a major problem. We i...

Reclaiming peatland ecosystems is challenging our understanding of how to rebuild functioning landscapes. Assisted succession may provide a practical ...

In the Scottish uplands, prescribed burning of moorland vegetation is widely practised either to boost gamebird numbers for recreational shooting or t...

Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine whether common species of earthworms could survive and grow in limed peat for several months. Survi...

2-37 year old plots of heather on peat podzols were burned or cut either in the autumn or in the spring. Regeneration was most satisfactory from 6-10 ...