Results 11 to 20 of about 23,272 (234)
Coastal Dune Restoration: Trends and Perspectives [PDF]
, 2013 Sandy coasts are distributed worldwide and they are all heterogeneous ecosystems in terms of morphology, vegetation, and dynamics. Psammophytes are common in these environments. Besides these widespread attributes, sandy beaches and coastal dunes also share the intense impact of humans.
M. Luisa Martínez, Patrick A. Hesp and Juan B. Gallego-Fernández +1 more
openaire +4 more sources
Gulf Bluestem, Maritime Bluestem, Schizachyrium maritimum
EDIS, 2018 Gulf bluestem occurs throughout the Florida Panhandle and in neighboring coastal states. Gulf bluestem helps stabilize dunes, forms thick stands in areas leeward of slopes (Craig 1991), replaces sea oats as the dominant species on protected foredunes ...
Debbie Miller +4 more
doaj +5 more sources
Remote Sensing, 2021 Nowadays, the employment of high-resolution Digital Surface Models (DSMs) and RGB orthophotos has become fundamental in coastal system studies. This work aims to explore the potentiality of low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) surveys to monitor the ...
Stefano Fabbri +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Agronomy, 2020 Worldwide, sandy coastlines are affected by extensive wind and water erosion. Both soil quality and periodic drought present major problems for sand dune restoration projects.
Iraj Emadodin +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Iteratio: Calculating environmental indicator values for species and relevés. [PDF]
, 2010 Question: Is it possible to translate vegetation maps into reliable thematic maps of site conditions? Method: This paper presents a new method, called Iteratio, by which a coherent spatial overview of specific environmental conditions can be obtained ...
Braak, C.J.F., ter +2 more
core +2 more sources
Initial Plant Growth in Sand Mine Spoil Amended with Peat Moss and Fertilizer Under Greenhouse Conditions: Potential Species for Use in Reclamation [PDF]
, 2012 The Great Lakes Basin exhibits the largest collection of freshwater sand dunes in the world. Sand dunes are ecologically important and support a unique assemblage of flora and fauna. Sand dunes are also economically valuable. However, when sand dunes are
Aschenbach, Todd A. +5 more
core +2 more sources
Seacoast Marshelder, Iva imbricata
EDIS, 2018 Seacoast marshelder is an important plant for dune restoration, stabilization, and formation because of its ability to trap sand. It grows on foredunes and forms low, rounded dunes as sand accumulates (Craig 1991).
Debbie Miller +4 more
doaj +5 more sources
Soil microbial communities in restored and unrestored coastal dune ecosystems in California [PDF]
, 2020 Most restoration projects involving invasive plant eradication tend to focus on plant removal with little consideration given to how these invasives change soil microbial communities.
Barberán, A +4 more
core
October Flower, Polygonella polygama
EDIS, 2018 October flower is widespread throughout Florida and more broadly in coastal states west to Texas and northeast to Virginia. October flower is found in dune and scrub plant communities and ruderal areas. The showy flowers and attractive foliage make this
Debbie Miller +4 more
doaj +5 more sources
Tracking environmental changes in restored Mediterranean dune slacks
Science of The Total Environment, 2019 Restoration is an ecological tool that aims to recover the prior conditions and functioning of a degraded habitat. Three restoration projects targeted a dune slack system in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and created a mosaic of ponds restored over three different periods: 1998, 2003 and 2007, the latter coinciding with the start of our study ...
Olmo Rodríguez, Carla +3 more
openaire +3 more sources