Ecology, management and monitoring of grey dunes in Flanders

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Provoost, Sam ^a   Ampe, Carole ^b   Bonte, Dries ^b   Cosyns, Eric ^b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammophila arenaria; Belgian coast; Biodiversity; Decalcification; Dune fixation; Habitats Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DUNE; ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LEACHING; MOBILIZATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA;

EID: 30444438122     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1652/1400-0350(2004)010[0033:EMAMOG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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