The Flow Country: The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland
The Flow Country: The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland
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流动之国：凯斯内斯和萨瑟兰的泥炭地
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1988
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D. Stroud
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R. Lindsay;D. Charman;F. Everingham;R. M. O'Reilly;Palmer;T. Rowell;D. Stroud
这本NCC出版物是两本描述苏格兰北方凯斯内斯和萨瑟兰的自然保护利益和流动国家重要性的出版物之一。该地区现在被认为是欧洲最大的毯状沼泽，该报告提供了对这种泥炭地类型范围的第一次全球审查。流动国家在国内和国际上都具有突出的重要性。这些泥炭地比英国或爱尔兰的任何其他泥炭地都大三倍。栖息地的规模和多样性是独一无二的，现有鸟类的总规模和范围以及动物群的其他方面具有国际重要性。在本报告发表时，即1980年代中期，这一地区正在遭受大面积植树造林的痛苦。这篇1988年的评论总结了NCC对流国泥炭地植被的详细调查，并补充了1987年出版的《鸟类、沼泽和林业：凯斯内斯和萨瑟兰的泥炭地》，该出版物概述了该地区鸟类学的重要性，并记录和呼吁停止当时发生的破坏性造林。
This NCC publication is one of two which describes the nature conservation interest and importance of the Flow Country, in Caithness and Sutherland, northern Scotland. This area is now recognised as the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe and the report provided the first global review of the extent of this peatland type. The Flow Country is of outstanding importance, both nationally and internationally. These peatlands are three times larger than any other in either Britain or Ireland. The scale and diversity of the habitat is unique, and the total size and range of bird species present, and other aspects of the fauna, is of international importance. At the time of publication, in the mid-1980s, this area was suffering from widespread afforestation. This 1988 review summarised NCC’s detailed surveys of peatland vegetation in the Flow Country, and is complementary to a 1987 publication Birds, bogs and forestry: the peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland which outlined the ornithological importance of this area, and documented and called for a halt to the destructive afforestation which was then occurring.