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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.
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.
| Module code and title: | S326, Ecology |
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| 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 |
