The feasibility and efficacy of soft engineering foredune restoration approaches still lack
insight from research and monitoring activities, especially in areas where dunes are under …

Coastal dune ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the mass tourism phenomenon.
Intense concentration of human activities and mass tourism are leading to coastal dune loss …

The transect method has been widely used to monitor habitat conservation status and has
been recently recommended as the best tool to monitor steep ecological gradients, such as …

Linking the functional role of plants and pollinators in pollination networks to ecosystem
functioning and resistance to perturbations can represent a valuable knowledge to …

The growth-survival trade-off has been extensively documented for phanerophyte species,
whereas there is little evidence for non-phanerophyte species. However, information on the …

Aims The early phases in the life cycle of a plant are the bottleneck for successful species
establishment thereby affecting population dynamics and distribution. In coastal …

Abstract Background and Aims The structure of plant communities, which is based on
species abundance ratios, is closely linked to ecosystem functionality. Seed germination …

Invasive alien species risk assessment and adaptive management are often hindered by a
lack of information for most species. This work aims at predicting the probability of successful …

Invasive alien plants (IAP) pose a major threat to biodiversity and have a negative impact on
the integrity and conservation status of plant communities. Mediterranean dunes are widely …

Coastal dunes are among habitats with the worst conservation status on a global, European
and national scale. Monitoring and reporting are of strategic importance to determine the …