Essays about: "species composition mires"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words species composition mires.

  1. 1. Post-fire community changes in peatland dwelling beetles : A before-after-control impact study of beetle communities in Swedish mires after a megafire

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Janina Happ; [2021]
    Keywords : Coleoptera; Mires; Peatlands; Wildfire; Forestfire; Megafire;

    Abstract : As a consequence to climate change and resulting severe weather events such as prolonged hot and dry periods, wildfire frequency increases globally. Progressively, these effects are noticeable in high latitude countries such as Sweden where a megafire burned 13 100 ha of managed coniferous forest in 2014. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shifts within the carbon cycle in response to the absence of keystone herbivore Ovibos moschatus in a high arctic mire

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Joel White; [2017]
    Keywords : vegetation; carbon; wetland.; methane; Arctic; Physical Geography Ecosystem Science; herbivory; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Tundra ecosystems are generally recognized as globally important carbon sinks, yet the knowledge on threats to such ecosystems is narrow. Climate change is predicted to reduce the number of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in the arctic, it is therefore essential to understand the effect herbivores induce on the arctic ecosystem. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comparison of plant species communities in meadows of the nature reserve "Bodenmöser" from 1987 to 2014

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Katharina Viebranz; [2015]
    Keywords : plant ecology; indicator values; plant species composition; wet meadows; detrended correspondance analysis;

    Abstract : This master thesis compares plant species communities which were conducted within the same area at thre different times. The study area of this thesis is located in the southeast of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg close to the town Isny im Allgäu. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparison of mire characteristic for the south-eastern Sweden and the north-western Poland

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Patryk Chapinski; [2008]
    Keywords : comparison; mire; south-eastern; Sweden; north-western; Poland;

    Abstract : Four peatlands areas were investigated in this thesis, i.e. Lommaflet and Gatmyren are typical mires for the south-eastern Sweden, while the Linkowo and Sarbinowo mires are characteristic for the north-western Poland. READ MORE

  6. 5. A palaeoecological study of Holocene lake sediments above the highest shoreline in the province of Västerbotten, northeast Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Petra Bragée; [2005]
    Keywords : geography; geology; palaeoecology; Holocene lake sediments; Västerbotten; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : En sedimentborrkärna från sjön Svartkälstjärn, belägen 260 m ö.h. nära Vindeln i Västerbotten, provtogs for analys av frekvensen pollen, sporer och kolpartiklar samt beräkning av ackumulationshalter. READ MORE