Climate change in the UK is expected to cause increases in temperatures, altered
precipitation patterns and more frequent and extreme weather events. In this review we …

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 …

The 'ecosystem service'debate has taken on many features of a classic Kuhnian paradigm. It
challenges conventional wisdoms about conservation and the value of nature, and is driven …

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays a central role in the dynamics of stream and river
ecosystems, affecting processes such as metabolism, the balance between autotrophy and …

The current understanding, based on previous studies, is that increased discharge nutrient
concentrations from boreal peatlands drained for forestry return to similar levels as those of …

There is concern that ecosystem services provided by blanket peatlands have come under
threat due to increasing degradation. Blanket peatlands are subject to a wide range of …

Peatland water table depth is an important control on runoff production, plant growth and
carbon cycling. Many peatlands have been drained but are now subject to activities that …

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 …

The objective of the present report has been to provide a critical examination of various key
papers which have increasingly come to inform the debate about peat and carbon in recent …

After drainage for forestry and agriculture, peat extraction is one of the most important
causes of peatland degradation. When peat extraction is ceased, multiple after-use options …