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Pond biodiversity and habitat loss in the UK
journal contribution
posted on 2013-09-02, 13:28 authored by Paul WoodPaul Wood, Malcolm T. Greenwood, M.D. AgnewPonds are common landscape features but have been poorly studied compared to other
freshwater habitats in the UK, despite their high frequency of occurrence. In the last
century, many ponds have been lost and those that remain face increasing pressure due to
agricultural land drainage, pollution and urban development. However, ponds provide
important habitats for diverse floral and faunal communities including a number of rare
taxa of conservation interest. This paper examines the biodiversity and wider
environmental value of ponds with particular reference to the aquatic invertebrate and
amphibian communities they support, and the adverse impact of anthropogenic activity on
their aquatic habitats.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Citation
WOOD, P.J., GREENWOOD, M.T. and AGNEW, M.D., 2013. Pond biodiversity and habitat loss in the UK. Area, 35 (2), pp.206-216.Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell / © Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)Version
- SMUR (Submitted Manuscript Under Review)
Publication date
2003Notes
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4762.00249ISSN
0004-0894eISSN
1475-4762Publisher version
Language
- en