ABSTRACT McGuirk, MT; Kennedy, DM, and Konlechner, T., 2022. The role of vegetation in
incipient dune and foredune development and morphology: A review. Journal of Coastal …

Coastal sand dunes are complex transitional systems hosting high levels of biodiversity and
providing important benefits to society. In this paper we aimed to evaluate the multi-service …

Questions The spread of alien plant species is one of the main threats to the biodiversity of
different natural habitats, and coastal dune habitats are among the most affected. There is a …

This study provides a first step toward the knowledge of the alien-dominated and co-
dominated plant communities present in Italy. The first ever checklist of the alien …

Several regulatory and management tools are commonly used to prevent negative effects of
human trampling on sand dune habitats, but few studies have attempted to evaluate the …

Coastal dunes are rich in habitats with a high heterogeneity in species composition. Though
widely recognized as very fragile and dynamic ecosystems, they are systematically …

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 …

Coastal dunes are found at the boundary between continents and seas representing unique
transitional mosaics hosting highly dynamic habitats undergoing substantial seasonal …

Beach litter threatens coastal dunes integrity across the world. European countries are
committed to improving the environmental status of the marine and coastal environment by …

Coastal dunes are valuable and threatened habitats. They present a sea-land
environmental gradient and different vegetation types are found in a very short space …