Readership: An accessible text suitable for graduate students and researchers of peatland ecology as well as the professional ecologists and conservation biologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.
Hakan Rydin, Department of Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and John K Jeglum, Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Preface 1: Peatland habitats 2: Diversity of life in peatlands 3: Adaptations to the peatland habitat 4: Sphagnum - the builder of boreal peatlands 5: Peat and organic soil 6: The peat archives 7: Peatland succession and development 8: Hydrology of peatlands 9: Nutrients, light, and temperature 10: Peatland patterns and landforms 11: Peatlands around the world 12: Productivity and carbon balance 13: Uses, functions, and management of peatlands Glossary
