Findings from the two national inventories of mire habitats

Grünig A
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Grünig, A. (1994). Findings from the two national inventories of mire habitats. In A. Grünig (Ed.), Mires and man. Mire conservation in a densely populated country - the Swiss experience. Excursion guide and symposium proceedings of the 5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) to Switzerland 1992 (pp. 89-95). Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.
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After the classic book by Früh and Schröter in 1904, there was no systematic, updated information about the situation of mires in Switzerland until the 1980's. However, there was one exception: a set of about 170 short descriptions of individual mire sites (bogs and fens) from across Switzerland by Lüdi (1943-1951). Lüdi, a professional plant ecologist and palaeobotanist, described the condition and the vegetation of each site and rated, from his expert point of view, their individual value on behalf of the Swiss League for Nature Conservation. Sometimes the descriptions included phytosociological relevés, but vegetation maps or a systematic survey were never provided by Lüdi. Unfortunately, only a few of Lüdi's suggestions were realized.

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Publication Type

Proceedings Paper

Title

Findings from the two national inventories of mire habitats

Author(s)

Grünig, Andreas (WSL)

Conference Proceedings

Mires and man. Mire conservation in a densely populated country - the Swiss experience. Excursion guide and symposium proceedings of the 5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) to Switzerland 1992

Editor(s)

Grünig, Andreas (editor)

Publisher

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Publication Place

Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Start Page

89

End Page

95

Publication Year

1994

Conference

5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)

Conference Place

Birmensdorf

Conference Date

August 24 - September 6, 1992