Moorland vegetation burning debates should avoid contextomy and anachronism: a comment on Davies et al . (2016)
Author(s) -
Lee E. Brown,
Joseph Holden,
Sheila M. Palmer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.753
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1471-2970
pISSN - 0962-8436
DOI - 10.1098/rstb.2016.0432
Subject(s) - moorland , anachronism , sensationalism , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , sociology , media studies , law , biology , political science , medicine , pathology , politics
Davies et al . [[1][1]] called for informed and unbiased debate into the role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management. This general message is something we wholeheartedly agree with, having seen our research presented in various outlets in both a sensationalist and/or a partisan manner (see
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