Blanket bog (peatland)
The impact of ditch‐blocking on fluvial carbon export from a UK blanket bog
... on blanket peatlands. Blanket peatlands develop over undulating topography in areas of high rainfall, and possess distinct physical characteristics that enable peat to ...make blanket bogs inherently ...
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The effects of blanket bog management on ground beetles (Carabidae) with particular reference to the threatened Carabus clatratus L
... Results indicated that afforestation was a far greater driver of change in community composition of ground beetles than was overgrazing / erosion or hand turf cutting. It also suggested that turf cut sites are more ...
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Estimating habitat extent and carbon loss from an eroded northern blanket bog using UAV derived imagery and topography
... 2 Peatlands are important reserves of terrestrial carbon and biodiversity, and given that many 3 peatlands across the UK and Europe exist in a degraded state, their conservation is a major area 4 of concern, and a focus ...
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Assessing soil compaction and micro-topography impacts of alternative heather cutting as compared to burning as part of grouse moor management on blanket bog
... comprises blanket bog, dwarf-shrub heath and acid ...‘‘blanket bog’’ is often used rather loosely and falls within the overarching term of wetland, where conditions are such that soil ...
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Peatland carbon stocks and burn history : blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage
... UK, blanket bog peatlands are rotationally burned to encourage heather re ‐ growth on grouse shooting ...UK blanket bog sites under rotational grouse moor burn ...
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Response to comment on “Peatland carbon stocks and burn history: Blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long‐term carbon storage” by Evans et al.
... We acknowledge that the SCP “ take ‐ off ” method is used in many studies, however Clement (2005) showed there are considerable uncertainties around using such values. We provided all the relevant information regarding ...
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Peatland carbon stocks and burn history : blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage
... Heinemeyer, Andreas orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2466, Asena, Quinn, Burn, William Lee et al. (1 more author) (2018) Peatland carbon stocks and burn history : blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal ...
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An experimental study on the response of blanket bog vegetation and water tables to ditch blocking
... on blanket bog at Moor House in the N Pennines, N ...other blanket peatland plant species the effects of ditches appeared to be more local to the drain or to change over time since ...
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Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from open and blocked ditches in a blanket bog
... of blanket bog in the Migneint in the Upper Conwy catchment, north Wales, UK (latitude ...typical blanket mire assemblage including Calluna vulgaris, Eriophorum vaginatum ...other blanket ...
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Peat Bog Ecosystems: Weathering, Erosion and Mass Movement of Blanket Bog
... the bog. Blanket bog systems typically lie on ridge crests or on significant hill ...Thus blanket bogs which have been frequently burned, have been drained, and which have a high grazing and ...
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Testate amoebae as functionally significant bioindicators in forest-to-bog restoration
... of blanket bog in the UK and compared testate amoeba communities in relatively undisturbed open bog with forested and forest-to-bog restoration ...open bog, characterised by a lack of ...
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Magheradrumman Bog SAC 000168
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Magheradrumman Bog SAC but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 559ha, covering 56% of ...
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Pollagoona Bog SAC 002126
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Pollagoona Bog SAC but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 18ha, covering 32% of the ...
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Distribution and population dynamics of the Kerry slug, Geomalacus maculosus (Arionidae)
... The extent to which a species moves through its habitat is an important component of population dynamics as it plays a key role in distribution, dispersal and genetic diversity. No previous studies on G. maculosus have ...
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Wind Farms and Blanket Peat a report on the Derrybrien bog slide
... cutover blanket bog on Cuilcagh Mountain in County Fermanagh (Northern Ireland) may lead to a rise in pore water pressure and changes in a variety of other stability factors, reducing the shear strength of ...
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Coolvoy Bog SAC 001107
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Coolvoy Bog SAC but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 223ha, covering 73% of the SAC ...
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Gannivegil Bog SAC 000142
... A variety of blanket bog vegetation communities have been recorded in this SAC (Douglas et al., 1990; NPWS internal files), six of which correspond to communities recorded in the National Survey of Upland ...
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Lough Nabrickkeagh Bog SAC 000634
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Lough Nabrickkeagh Bog SAC, but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 193ha, covering 71% ...
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Loughatorick South Bog SAC 000308
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Loughatorick South Bog SAC, but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 224ha, covering 25% ...
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Meentygrannagh Bog SAC 000173
... Blanket bog has not been mapped in detail for Meentygrannagh Bog SAC but from current available data the total area of the qualifying habitat is estimated to be approximately 417ha, covering 79% of ...
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