PEATLANDS AS SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES OF PAST BIODIVERSITY

被引：95
作者：
BARBER, KE
机构：
[1] Palacoecology Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Southampton, Southampton
来源：
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION | 1993年 / 2卷 / 05期
关键词：
PEAT STRATIGRAPHY; PROXY-DATA; HUMAN IMPACT; MACROFOSSILS; CLIMATE CHANGE;
D O I：
10.1007/BF00056743
中图分类号：
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号：
090705 ;
摘要：
Peat bogs preserve past biodiversity in a way which is unique among ecosystems, but the full realization of this, and the exploitation of the various records which are archived in the stratified layers of peat, is only now beginning. Present knowledge of peat formation in ombrotrophic or rain-fed bogs is reviewed and the many advantages of such systems as proxy-data sources are summarized. Some results of recent work involving pollen analysis and human impact, pollution histories, volcanic ash layers, plant macrofossils and the prospects for a detailed proxy-climate record are presented. The present vegetation of such bogs is only a very partial view of their past biodiversity; the conservation of the peat that remains must have a high priority.
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页码：474 / 489
页数：16
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