Peatland restoration based on a landscape (palaeo)ecological system analysis (LESA): the case of Aamsveen, eastern Netherlands

The Dutch Aamsveen lies in a glacial basin in the Dutch-German border area. It consists of remnants of a cross-border raised bog and a lagg with degrading species-rich basiphilous plant communities. Farther west, the Glanerbeek drains the footslope at the edge of the basin and adjacent lagg. For the Netherlands, this is a rare wetland ecosystem and an important Natura 2000 area, but it is threatened by ongoing degradation. A spatiotemporal landscape ecological system analysis (LESA), including extensive palaeoecological research, showed the fundamental role of the interplay between infiltratin... Mehr ...