Monitoring the impact of blanket bog conservation using aerial imagery MoorLIFE 2020 | 2020
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Summary: Using aerial imagery to monitor vegetation at a landscape scale, rather than the traditional site scale.
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This report outlines progress made towards using aerial imagery to monitor the impact of blanket bog conservation actions on biodiversity at a landscape scale across the Peak District and South Pennine Moors. The aim of the project is to:
1. Monitor land cover change across the project area, including:
a) Increases in the extent of Sphagnum moss
b) Reductions in the dominance of cotton grass, purple moor grass and heather
c) Reductions in the extent of bare peat
2. Monitor changes in surface wetness
3. Monitor rates of peat accumulation and erosion
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Keywords: MoorLIFE 2020; Vegetation monitoring; Biodiversity; Rewetting; Revegetating; Sphagnum; Plug plant; Plant species
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