Bog development in southeastern Drenthe (The Netherlands)

Casparie, W. A.

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“…Peat stratigraphical evidence points towards shifts between dominance of hummock species and of hollow species and these are usually interpreted as indicating changes in surface wetness. Dry phases may show an abundance of ericoid species, with Sphagna suppressed and sometimes even localized tree invasion (Casparie, 1972). Such changes may reflect local circumstances, including some induced by autogenic developments within the mire (Casparie, 1972), but more wide-scale changes have been ascribed to climatic shifts (e.g.…”

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“…Dry phases may show an abundance of ericoid species, with Sphagna suppressed and sometimes even localized tree invasion (Casparie, 1972). Such changes may reflect local circumstances, including some induced by autogenic developments within the mire (Casparie, 1972), but more wide-scale changes have been ascribed to climatic shifts (e.g. Aaby, 1976).…”

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Botanical diversity in British mires

Wheeler

1993

Biodivers Conserv

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Although mires are sometimes regarded as a single, specific and even esoteric habitat-type, in their full range of development -calcareous fens to acidic bogs, lowland swamps to upland flushes, woodlands, sedgelands and mosslands -they occupy a wide range of environmental conditions and sustain a rich botanical resource. Here an outline is given of the types of mires that are widespread in Britain and their botanical resource. It is discussed with reference to some of the environmental variables and management conditions that have been shown to influence the species composition and diversity of their vegetation. Some implications that this has for the classification of mires are outlined.

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Botanical diversity in British mires

Wheeler

1993

Biodivers Conserv

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“…More recently there has been a revival of interest in the multiproxy data that can be derived from peat deposits (Barber, 1993). In western Europe, hand-cutting of peat, with the accompanying deep drainage ditches of a metre or more in depth, was still widespread up until the 1970s, but today new peat extraction techniques and conservation measures mean that sections such as those investigated by Walker and Walker (1961), Casparie (1972), van Geel (1978 and Barber (1981) are rare. Research on deriving a more precise and reliable proxy-climate signal from peat stratigraphy has therefore been hampered to some extent by the lack of sections, and profiles of plant macrofossils, humification, testate amoebae and other proxies have had to be constructed from cores of 5-10 cm diameter.…”

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Replicability and variability of the recent macrofossil and proxy-climate record from raised bogs: field stratigraphy and macrofossil data from Bolton Fell Moss and Walton Moss, Cumbria, England

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“…In the peat cores breaks in peat stratigraphy indicate phases of desiccation or drought, e.g. of distinct lowerings of the groundwater level (Casparie 1972;Aaby 1976). Many of these droughts occurred only locally, however, and do not provide a regional picture of hydrological change.…”

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Palaeohydrological reconstruction: advantages and disadvantages

Starkel

1996

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The study of continental palaeohydrology is a young branch of science which has drawn on knowledge of the mechanisms, and observations, of presentday processes to reconstruct past hydrological conditions. Patterns of annual precipitation and evaporation, for example, can be determined from the distribution of plant communities or by dendrochronological techniques, lake-level variations can provide an indication of water storage fluctuations, reconstructions of runoff, particularly bankfull discharge and mean annual discharge can be based on palaeochannel form and sedimentology, and extreme floods can be studied using slack-water deposits. All of these techniques rely on the acceptance of assumptions which may not always be valid. It is therefore important that several different methods are used to provide a collaborative approach both to validating methods and in determining the driving force of hydrological changes.

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Bog development in southeastern Drenthe (The Netherlands)

Cited by 43 publications

References 47 publications

Botanical diversity in British mires

Botanical diversity in British mires

Replicability and variability of the recent macrofossil and proxy-climate record from raised bogs: field stratigraphy and macrofossil data from Bolton Fell Moss and Walton Moss, Cumbria, England

Palaeohydrological reconstruction: advantages and disadvantages

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