RT Journal Article
T1 The peatland map of Europe
A1 Tanneberger, F.
A1 Tegetmeyer, C.
A1 Busse, S.
A1 Barthelmes, A.
A1 Shumka, S.
A1 Mariné, A. Moles
A1 Jenderedjian, K.
A1 Steiner, G. M.
A1 Essl, F.
A1 Etzold, J.
A1 Mendes, C.
A1 Kozulin, A.
A1 Frankard, P.
A1 Milanović, D.
A1 Ganeva, A.
A1 Apostolova, I.
A1 Alegro, A.
A1 Delipetrou, P.
A1 Navrátilová, J.
A1 Risager, M.
A1 Leivits, A.
A1 Fosaa, A. M.
A1 Tuominen, S.
A1 Muller, F.
A1 Bakuradze, T.
A1 Sommer, M.
A1 Christanis, K.
A1 Szurdoki, E.
A1 Oskarsson, H.
A1 Brink, S. H.
A1 Connolly, J.
A1 Bragazza, L.
A1 Martinelli, G.
A1 Aleksāns, O.
A1 Priede, A.
A1 Sungaila, D.
A1 Melovski, L.
A1 Belous, T.
A1 Saveljić, D.
A1 de Vries, F.
A1 Moen, A.
A1 Dembek, W.
A1 Mateus, J.
A1 Hanganu, J.
A1 Sirin, A.
A1 Markina, A.
A1 Napreenko, M.
A1 Lazarević, P.
A1 Šefferová Stanová, V.
A1 Skoberne, P.
A1 Heras Pérez, P.
A1 Pontevedra Pombal, Francisco Xabier
A1 Lonnstad, J.
A1 Küchler, M.
A1 Wüst-Galley, C.
A1 Kirca, S.
A1 Mykytiuk, O.
A1 Lindsay, R.
A1 Joosten, H.
K1 Drained peatland
K1 GIS
K1 Histosol
K1 Mire
K1 Organic soil
K1 Peat
AB Based on the ‘European Mires Book’ of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG), this articleprovides 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 forthe entire continent. A minimum peat thickness criterion has not been strictly applied, to allow for (oftenhistorically determined) country-specific definitions. Our ‘peatland’ concept includes all ‘mires’, which arepeatlands where peat is being formed. The map was constructed by merging national datasets in GIS whilemaintaining the mapping scales of the original input data. This ‘bottom-up’ approach indicates that the overallarea 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 identifygaps and priority areas for field survey, and help to cross-check and calibrate remote sensing based mappingapproaches.
PB International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22464
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22464
LA eng
NO Tanneberger, F., Moen, A., Joosten, H., & Nilsen, N. (2017). The peatland map of Europe.
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026