The "European Aeolian Sand Belt": Geoconservation of Drift Sand Landscapes

Geoheritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 93-110

  Koster, Eduard A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeolian Processes; Drift Sands; Dune Management; Geoconservation; Inland Dunes

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAZING; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION; SANDY SOIL; SHEEP; SUCCESSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION COVER;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; CALLUNA; OVIS ARIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77957007888     PISSN: 18672477     EISSN: 18672485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12371-009-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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