Response of three plant communities to trampling in a sand dune system in Brittany (France)

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Lemauviel, Servane ^a   Rozé, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Resilience; Resistance; Sand dune; Trampling; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MECHANICS;

SAND DUNE SYSTEM;

SAND;

DUNE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; TRAMPLING;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; WALKING;

FRANCE;

WATER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; HUMANS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; SOIL; WALKING; WATER;

EID: 0038137406     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2813-5     Document Type: Article

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