Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play important roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been revised and fully updated, documenting the latest developments in areas such as microbial processes and relationships between biological processes and hydrology.

In addition to a careful review of the latest research, the authors reveal rich old works, where a huge stock of natural history has accumulated. Peatlands biology begins with an overview of the main peat species (marshes, marshes, marshes, and marshes) before examining the full range of existing organisms (microbes, invertebrates, plants and vertebrates), as well as their special adaptations with peatland environments.

The detailed cover covers the species of Sphagnum, the most important plant group in the northern peatlands, although peatlands in the tropical and southern hemispheres are also covered. Throughout the book, interactions between organisms and environmental conditions (especially wetness, oxygen availability, and pH) are emphasized, with chapters on the physical and chemical properties of the peat, the role of peat as an archive of the former vegetation and climate, and peatlands and succession development.

Several other key processes and processes, including hydrology and the nutrient cycle, are then examined. The amazing peatland forms were described in different parts of the world, as well as theories on how they evolved.

Human interactions with peatlands are considered in terms of management, conservation and restoration. The final chapter, which is new in this edition, focuses on the role of peatlands as a source or basin of greenhouse gases for carbon dioxide and methane, and the effects of climate change on peatlands. This text is timely and easily accessible for students and researchers in peat environment, in addition to providing a reliable overview of professional environmentalists and biologists..

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