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Re-vegetation processes in cutaway peat production fields in Estonia in relation to peat quality and water regime
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Orru, Mall (author)
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Ots, Katri (author)
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- Orru, Hans (author)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin,Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2016-11-08
- 2016
- English.
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In: Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. - : Springer. - 0167-6369 .- 1573-2959. ; 188:12
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- Eighty-one cutaway peat production fields with a total area of about 9000 ha exist and were studied in Estonia in 2005-2015. Only a very small number of the fields (seven) have been restored-either afforested or used for growing berries. The re-vegetation of Estonian cutaway peat production fields is mainly the result of natural processes, which are generally very slow due to an unfavourable water regime or a too thin remaining peat layer. The fields are mostly covered by cotton grass and birches. Often sparse vegetation covers 15-20% of a peat field, but some fields have turned into heaths or grasslands with plant coverage up to 60%. However, due to changes in environmental (mainly hydrological) conditions and peat characteristics (mainly peat type), these areas can also be new niches for several species. A number of moss species new to or rare in Estonia, e.g. Pohlia elongata, Ephemerum serratum, Campylopus introflexus and Bryum oblongum, were recorded.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Cutaway peat fields
- Re-vegetation
- Peat
- Water regime
- Estonia
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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