Evaluation of the phytosociological data as a tool for indicating coastal dune degradation

Yılmaz, Kemal

doi:10.1560/lej1-njxe-pku6-h90y

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“…The land is very fertile: approximately 70 per cent of the original dune area was replaced by agriculture and afforestation in the Mediterranean coastal zone and gives high crop yields (Yilmaz, 2002). However, the major part of the land around Adana city has recently been converted to an urban area.…”

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Land‐use change and urbanization of Adana, Turkey

2003

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This study analyses land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes in Adana city, Turkey, using satellite data of 1984 and 2000. Study of the expansion of the city over adjacent agricultural fields and semi-natural areas was the major focus. The satellite images were classified using supervised classification prior to comparison of LULC on two different dates. The change map was produced by pixel-to-pixel comparison of the classified images. Urban and built-up area increased by a factor of 2Á07 during the 16 years; about 30 per cent on agricultural land and 70 per cent on previously semi-natural land. Permanent immigration and urban development strategies were the main driving forces. Some policy perspectives are also given.

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Land‐use change and urbanization of Adana, Turkey

2003

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“…Sand-fixing activities and land use change (afforestation and reclamation) have led to a dramatic decrease in area of bare sand (Grunewald, 2006), resulting in a marked extinction of endemic or rare species on both dry dune and interdune wetland (Obeso and Aedo, 1992;Yilmaz, 2002;Grunewald, 2006).…”

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“…Trees, shrubs, and herbs have been used to fix active sand (Liu et al, 2007). Dune stabilization practice may have some effects on plant diversity because, on one hand, species richness is increased and endemic pioneer species are decreased on the dry dune (Obeso and Aedo, 1992;Yilmaz, 2002;Grunewald, 2006), and on the other, the interdune wetlands have become less wet and consequently making the habitats unfavorable for some plant species and eventually leading to their disappearance (Xiao et al, 2003). Therefore, for the sake of conserving plant diversity, it is essential to elucidate how dune stabilization influences plant diversity in the interdune wetland at different spatial scale.…”

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Effects of dune stabilization on the plant diversity of interdune wetlands in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China

Yan

Liu

2010

Land Degrad. Dev.

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Maintaining species richness and conserving endemic or rare species in dune areas has been a research focus in recent years. However, few reports can be found on how dune stabilization affects species composition in the interdune wetland. This paper is to elucidate how dune stabilization in the northeastern Inner Mongolia of China is linked to plant diversity in the interdune wetland of different sizes. We selected 11 interdune wetlands of different sizes in both stabilized and active dunes, respectively. The change in species richness between the active and stabilized dunes was compared. Total species number in the interdune wetland increased logarithmically with the enlargement of wetland area for both stabilized and active dunes. However, when the area was the same, species number in stabilized dunes was 15 more than that in active dunes. Pioneer species number in interdune wetlands increased with the increase in wetland area for both stabilized and active dunes, but not statistically significant. However, when the area was the same, species number in stabilized dunes was slightly 1 fewer than that in active dunes. Artemisia wudanica, an endemic pioneering dune semishrub, was found in 9 of 11 investigated interdune wetlands of active dunes, but did not occur in 11 investigated interdune wetlands of stabilized dunes. We concluded dune stabilization in the northeastern Inner Mongolia, on one hand, raises species richness, and on the other, leads to the loss of endemic or rare pioneer species in interdune wetlands.

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“…For many years, the management goal in coastal dune habitats around the world was stabilization (Lemauviel & Roze 2000;Yilmaz 2002;Arens & Geelen 2006;van der Hagen et al 2008;Warren 2010;Provoost et al 2011). This mindset probably led to the planting of 26,000 Austrian pine seedlings at what is now SDSP and to the "fixation" of many European dune systems with pines (Lemauviel & Roze 2000).…”

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Recovery of Foredune and Blowout Habitats in a Freshwater Dune Following Removal of Invasive Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)

Leege

Kilgore

2014

Restoration Ecology

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Invasive species removal is an important first step toward restoring invaded ecosystems; however, restoration following removal may be hindered by (1) unintended consequences of management, such as habitat destabilization, and/or (2) legacy effects of the invader, such as persistent alterations of soil structure or plant community composition. During 1956–1972, approximately 26,000 individuals of the non‐native pine, Pinus nigra, were planted into multiple freshwater sand dune habitats as a stabilization measure on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Allegan County, MI, U.S.A. From 2004 to 2010, we evaluated the recovery of foredune and blowout habitats following P. nigra removal in 2003–2005. We compared sand movement and plant community structure, composition, and richness between removal and control sites over the 6 years following pine removal. In addition, we evaluated the impact of litter removal on recolonization of native graminoids in foredunes. Sand movement patterns never differed between removal and control sites in foredunes; however, accumulation was more common in removal sites in blowouts 1 and 6 years following pine removal. Vegetation cover in removal sites became indistinguishable from control sites in both foredunes and blowouts, but species richness for both forb and woody species was higher in removal sites in blowouts. Removal sites in both foredunes and blowouts had higher cover by forbs and lower cover by graminoids. Pine litter did not inhibit recolonization of foredunes by native graminoids. These results suggest that high disturbance habitats, such as sand dunes, have the potential to recover from invasion if the mechanism of disturbance is restored and pioneer species are present to recolonize the system.

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Evaluation of the phytosociological data as a tool for indicating coastal dune degradation

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Land‐use change and urbanization of Adana, Turkey

Land‐use change and urbanization of Adana, Turkey

Effects of dune stabilization on the plant diversity of interdune wetlands in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China

Recovery of Foredune and Blowout Habitats in a Freshwater Dune Following Removal of Invasive Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)

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