ECOLOGY/EVOLUTION: Bog Succession

Terrestrial isopod community as indicator of succession in a peat bog

Terrestrial isopods were studied in the Dubravica peat bog and surrounding forest in the northwestern Croatia. Sampling was conducted using pitfall traps over a two year period. Studied peat bog has a history of drastically decrease in area during the last five decades mainly due to the process of natural succession and changes in the water level. A total of 389 isopod individuals belonging to ...

The Blanket Bog – Upland Forest Complex of North Coastal British Columbia: Succession, Disturbance and Implications for Management

Introduction The vegetation on the outer north coast of British Columbia is largely a complex mixture of blanket bog and upland forest. The upland forest consists of several types, including lower productivity redcedardominated stands. For the most part these redcedar forests have little or no history of forest harvesting. In recent years, however, interest has grown in determining whether thes...

Biodiversity of Insect Populations in the Springfield Bog Metropark in Summit County, Ohio: A Secondary Succession Site

An initiative has been taken up by many environmental agencies for the conservation and restoration of endangered wetland habitats. These unique ecosystems are being depleted of resources and acreage due to industrialization and extensive anthropogenic activities. Bogs are a unique subgroup that are diminishing worldwide. The Springfield Metropark Bog is a newly established conservation area in...

Some bog denizens

Bog. interface-//Culture

reemphasized a classic issue within political and cultural theory – the relationship between individual human agency and social structure: to what extent do local actions reproduce or transform global structures? Several early accounts of the internet expressed high hopes, not least, regarding its participatory potential and transformative capacity. Could clicks cumulatively change the world? –...