The impacts of vegetation fires on ecosystems are complex and varied affecting a range of
important ecosystem services. Fire has the potential to affect the physicochemical and …

Calluna vulgaris, belonging to the Ericaceae family, is an invasive plant that has widely
spread from Europe all across Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Being able …

To meet the challenge of proactive ecosystem-based climate mitigation and adaptation, new
sources of funding are needed. Peatlands provide the most efficient global store of terrestrial …

The modernist project foresaw no role for small farms, but this can no longer be regarded as
axiomatic as neoliberalism enters what Peck et al. call its “zombie phase”. This paper asks …

The aim of this overview paper is to analyse the inclusion and use of the ecosystem services
concept in scientific studies of degraded peatlands and peatland restoration. Publications …

Over the past 15 years there has been a proliferation of projects aiming to restore the
structure and function of UK upland blanket mires, primarily by revegetation of bare peat and …

Blanket peatlands are rain-fed mires that cover the landscape almost regardless of
topography. The geographical extent of this type of peatland is highly sensitive to climate …

Wind energy development is the most recent of many pressures on upland bird communities
and their habitats. Studies of birds in relation to wind energy development have focused on …

Until recently, ecological palaeoecology (a part of long-term ecology) and conservation
biology were considered two separate subjects with little relevance to each other. With the …

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of
the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional …