Does peatland drainage damage the palaeoecological record?
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Drainage ditches have been less often archaeologically or historically studied than irrigation ditches, although this is changing with the global rise in the importance and value placed on peatland landscapes for biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
“Despite this, drainage ditches have been less often archaeologically or historically studied than irrigation ditches, although this is changing with the global rise in the importance and value placed on peatland landscapes for biodiversity and carbon sequestration 51 .”
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- Authors
- Davies, H., Fyfe, R., & Charman, D.
- Affiliations
- University of York (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Davies, Heather
- Venue
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-10
- Volume
- 221
- Pages
- 92-105
- ISSN
- 0034-6667 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W592862256
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 1.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Great Western Research
- Exmoor National Park Sustainable Development Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil and Environmental Studies
- Keywords
- peatland drainage, pollen preservation, upland peatlands, paleoclimate reconstruction, anthropogenic land use, Exmoor, peat core
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