Flevoland Polders: A Managed Succession

Synopsis: Shows how the hydrosere succession has been ‘managed’ in the Dutch polders to produce a variety of habitats and land types. Following exclosure from the sea, the shallow freshwater lakes and marshes that formed have been converted into agricultural land and various ‘natural reserves’ (grassland, woodland and fen). Discusses why different plant and animal species have colonised and spread into this new land at such widely differing rates.
Series: Ecology, Course S326
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Biology; Environmental science
Keywords: ecosystems; hydroseres; Netherlands, The; polders

Producer

Tony Jolly

Cast

Irene Ridge

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