TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of human activities on coastal vegetation - A review
AU - Calvão, Teresa
AU - Pessoa, Maria Fernanda
AU - Lidon, Fernando Cebola
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Coastal dunes constitute complex interface ecosystems between the land and sea, providing important ecological and socio-economic services like coastal protection, recreation, regulation, food supply and biodiversity. They are characterized by high ecological diversity and also by extremely specialized and endemic species. Coastal areas, because of their position between land and sea, are attractive for many human activities. Unfortunately coastal systems have had a long history of exploitation and mismanagement.
AB - Coastal dunes constitute complex interface ecosystems between the land and sea, providing important ecological and socio-economic services like coastal protection, recreation, regulation, food supply and biodiversity. They are characterized by high ecological diversity and also by extremely specialized and endemic species. Coastal areas, because of their position between land and sea, are attractive for many human activities. Unfortunately coastal systems have had a long history of exploitation and mismanagement.
KW - Coastal dune systems
KW - Human impacts
KW - Iberian peninsula
KW - Managements
KW - Vegetation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886522611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.9755/ejfa.v25i12.16730
DO - 10.9755/ejfa.v25i12.16730
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84886522611
SN - 2079-052X
VL - 25
SP - 926
EP - 944
JO - Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture
JF - Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture
IS - 12
ER -
