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dc.contributor.authorTanneberger, Franziska
dc.contributor.authorMoen, Asbjørn
dc.contributor.authorJoosten, Hans
dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Nils
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-09T15:28:13Z
dc.date.available2018-01-09T15:28:13Z
dc.date.created2017-12-05T17:20:08Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationMires and Peat. 2017, 19 (22), 1-17.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1819-754X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2476533
dc.description.abstractBased on the ‘European Mires Book’ of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG), this article provides a composite map of national datasets as the first comprehensive peatland map for the whole of Europe. We also present estimates of the extent of peatlands and mires in each European country individually and for the entire continent. A minimum peat thickness criterion has not been strictly applied, to allow for (often historically determined) country-specific definitions. Our ‘peatland’ concept includes all ‘mires’, which are peatlands where peat is being formed. The map was constructed by merging national datasets in GIS while maintaining the mapping scales of the original input data. This ‘bottom-up’ approach indicates that the overall area of peatland in Europe is 593,727 km². Mires were found to cover more than 320,000 km² (around 54 % of the total peatland area). If shallow-peat lands (< 30 cm peat) in European Russia are also taken into account, the total peatland area in Europe is more than 1,000,000 km2 , which is almost 10 % of the total surface area. Composite inventories of national peatland information, as presented here for Europe, may serve to identify gaps and priority areas for field survey, and help to cross-check and calibrate remote sensing based mapping approaches.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherInternational Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Societynb_NO
dc.titleThe peatland map of Europenb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-17nb_NO
dc.source.volume19nb_NO
dc.source.journalMires and Peatnb_NO
dc.source.issue22nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.19189/MaP.2016.OMB.264
dc.identifier.cristin1523251
dc.description.localcodePublished by International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society. Open access.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,31,10,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for naturhistorie
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1


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