Going with the flow or against the grain? The promise of vegetation for protecting beaches, dunes, and barrier islands from erosion

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 203-210

  Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Figlus, Jens ^b   Zinnert, Julie C ^c   Sigren, Jake ^b   Martínez, Marisa L ^d,e   Silva, Rodolfo ^e   Smith, William K ^f   Cox, Daniel ^g   Young, Donald R ^c   Carter, Gregory ^h  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COAST; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EROSION CONTROL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SHORELINE; STORM; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 84928946292     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140218     Document Type: Review

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