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Flevoland is an area in Holland which has been reclaimed from Ijsselmeer. the film is about the ecological succession, man-managed, on these new reclaimed lands or 'polders'. The succession is trac...ed from the stage when the water of the freshwater lake was first pumped out, leaving bare mud, to the point where today the land is used for modern agriculture, recreation purposes, and as nature reserves. The film examines the role of pioneer species such as Phragmites communis. Some animal species are investigated in relation to the ecology of invasions of new land, e.g. carabid beetles, the mole, and some meadow birds. Stem and rhizome boring caterpillars are seen and some suggestions are made regarding the possible biological significance in the succession.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: S326, Ecology
Item code: S326; 14
First transmission date: 31-08-1986
Published: 1986
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Duration: 00:25:00
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Producer: Tony Jolly
Contributors: Irene Ridge; Jim Stevenson
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Enclosure from sea; Fen; Freshwater lakes; Grassland; Holland; Hydrosere succession; Marshes; Mud; Seeds; Woodland
Master spool number: HOU5102
Production number: FOUS412K
Videofinder number: 1879
Available to public: no