The Biology of Peatlands

• Concise and affordable overview providing a complete coverage of this expanding field
• Examines the entire range of biota (microbes, invertebrates, plants and vertebrates) present in this habitat
• Considers management, conservation and restoration issues
• International coverage but with a focus on boreal and north temperate peatlands

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