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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON MICRO‐COENOSES IN A BOG REGION INFLUENCED BY MAN
Author(s) -
Schroevers P. J.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
wentia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0511-4780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1966.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - citation , bog , state (computer science) , library science , history , computer science , archaeology , programming language , peat
For centuries the region has mostly been impenetrable. Peat-digging did take place, but in a very primitive manner and only along the boundaries of the bog. This was done by the farmers in the surroundings. The work must be done within one day, otherwise the water rises too high in the dug pit to make the work possible. This manner of working has given rise to a large number of isolated peat-pools, concentrated in special, more or less approachable spots. Within these pits a regeneration of the bog-succession has begun. They are the only places in which living bog-vegetations are found (cf. Schroevers and