Essays about: "Mire"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the word Mire.
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6. SPHAGNUM RE-ESTABLISHMENT ON BARE PEAT - an evaluation of restoration results
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskapAbstract : Restoration of former peat extraction sites is a rather young practice in Sweden. As part of the EU-funded project Life to Ad(d)mire, the County Administrative Board of Jönköping have restored a number of areas affected by peat extraction, with the purpose of achieving a favorable conservation status for the habitats and the species that depend on them. READ MORE
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7. Influence of forest mires on wildfire : a landscape analysis of the 2014 Västmanland forest fire
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Forest fire is a major natural disturbance that influence forest ecosystem structure and composition at both the stand and landscape level. In boreal Fennoscandia fire frequency has been very low over the last c.150 years due to effective fire suppression, although occasionally high-intensity fires escape initial attack and grow big. READ MORE
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8. Quantification of peat volume change in Northern peatlands : A study of mires capacity to swell and shrink and its relation to mire age and land management
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : Peatlands are important ecosystems that provide ecohydrological functions related to carbon storage and cycling, water quality, flood attenuation, and groundwater recharge. One key characteristic that gives peatlands these functions is the capacity to swell and shrink upon wetting and drying, commonly referred to as peat volume change. READ MORE
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9. Växthusgasflöden från restaurerad torvmark : en jämförelse mellan en restaurerad torvtäkt och en orörd myr i Store Mosse nationalpark 7 år efter återvätning
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and EnvironmentAbstract : Den globala uppvärmningen ökar. För att dämpa denna ökning behöver världens växthusgasutsläpp minska. När torvmarker dikas ut för industrier går de från att vara kolsänkor till att vara kolkällor. För att få tillbaka torvmarkers funktion som kolsänka restaureras dem, främst genom återvätning. READ MORE
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10. Effects of the 2018 drought on mire productivity in Skogaryd - Evaluation of ground sensors, satellite data and meteorological data
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The drought is a complex meteorological phenomenon associated with low precipitation and low water saturation in atmosphere, soils and plants and can has a great effect on aboveground biomass and change the structure and function of the ecosystems. The droughts also are known to reduce the primary and secondary productivity of vegetation. READ MORE