Authors:
Oskars Purmalis, Maris Klavins, Inese Silamikele
Book:
Responsible Management of Peatlands
Venue:
Aberdeen
Keywords:
latvia, research, terrestial-areas
Documentfile:
abd17pdf.purmalis.pdf
Summary:
Peat is a light brown to black organic material formed under waterlogged conditions from partial decomposition of mosses and other bryophytes, sedges, grasses, shrubs, or trees. Total area of bogs on Earth is approximately 4 × 106 km2 which is around 3%