Linking restoration ecology with coastal dune restoration

Lithgow, Débora; Martínez, M. Luisa; Gallego‐Fernández, Juan B.; Hesp, Patrick A.; Flores, Pamela; Gachuz, S; Rodríguez-Revelo, Natalia; Jiménez-Orocio, Oscar; Mendoza-González, Gabriela; Álvarez-Molina, Lucero

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.007

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“…All of these factors make ants useful surrogates for measuring progress or success of conservation plans and in environmental monitoring programs that aim to maintain or restore the ecological integrity of the ecosystem. Although the importance of the restoration of disturbed coastal dunes has long been recognized, most of the management and evaluation efforts have focused on geomorphology and vegetation, with less attention given to animals in these conservation actions (Lithgow et al 2013). In the second part of this research, we addressed how the loss of backdunes affects ant communities, and used ants as indicators to study the influences of restoration activities on dunes.…”

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Ant community structure and response to disturbances on coastal dunes of Gulf of Mexico

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Coastal dunes are complex and fragile ecosystems. The decrease in environmental stressors from sea to inland creates zonation patterns of habitats, which support high biodiversity. Although coastal dunes have been examined in primary succession studies for more than 100 years, invertebrates have received much less attention than other taxa. In this study, we examined ant community composition and its relationship with vegetation structure on dunes, and used ants as indicators to reveal the influence of anthropogenic disturbances on these habitats. Quadrat sampling, hand collecting, and beating plants were used to sample ants on coastal dunes fringing the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ants representing 44 species were found, with diversity and number of functional groups increasing from foredunes to backdunes. Bush areas of the backdunes supported a unique ant community. Ant diversity was correlated with plant richness, stem number, and plant cover, but the correlation was not consistent among habitats. Ant diversity was lower in degraded, young-planted, and re-built but not in old-planted sites. In addition, different types of disturbance changed the ant community and functional groups in different ways. Our study emphasizes the importance of protecting the whole dune system, especially the backdunes, which support high diversity but are often completely destroyed by urban development. Data from this research provides a benchmark to examine trajectories of coastal dune ecosystem degradation or recovery when exposed to natural or anthropogenic disturbances.

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Ant community structure and response to disturbances on coastal dunes of Gulf of Mexico

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“…Localización de los sistemas dunares con actuaciones llevadas a cabo en las islas Baleares valoradas en este trabajo Los métodos que permiten la restauración, estabilización, recuperación y rehabilitación de sistemas dunares mediante procesos naturales se centran en diferentes técnicas de actuación y protección, siendo las más empleadas las trampas de interferencia eólica, las pasarelas elevadas sobre dunas, los cerramientos perimetrales de frentes dunares, la eliminación del uso recreativo sobre dunas y/o la revegetación, dando resultados satisfactorios en las últimas décadas (Gómez-Piña et al, 2002;Lithgow et al, 2013). Se trata de actuaciones poco costosas en las que la inversión económica realizada es pequeña en relación con los resultados que se obtienen (Roig-Munar et al, 2009).…”

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“…La recuperación y estabilización de dunas utilizando barreras artificiales es una técnica ampliamente desarrollada en todo el mundo y con resultados contrastados (Lithgow et al, 2013). Esto se debe principalmente a varias causas: es un método que proporciona flexibilidad, es económico, es reutilizable y posteriormente puede ser estabilizado e integrado en el medio.…”

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Restauración de sistemas dunares en las islas Baleares (2000-2017): una visión crítica

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En las últimas décadas, se han aplicado a lo largo del litoral del estado español diferentes técnicas de gestión litoral con el fin de restaurar, mantener y proteger los sistemas playa-duna. Estas técnicas se han basado en la emulación artificial de los procesos naturales que favorecen la recuperación del sistema, mientras en otras se ha basado en la instalación de servicios que evitan la frecuentación y pisoteo de los sistemas dunares. La falta de criterios geomorfológicos en algunas actuaciones realizadas en las islas Baleares han generado y agravado procesos erosivos sobre aquellos que se pretendían recuperar, o bien se han fijado de forma artificial sistemas dinámicos. Este trabajo ejemplifica algunas técnicas aplicadas sin criterios geomorfológicos sobre sistemas dunares.

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“…Evidence of this can be seen in the relatively reduced number of peer-reviewed literature focused on this topic (Lithgow et al, 2013a). Of these, a comparatively higher number of restoration and rehabilitation efforts have taken place on urban coasts (Nordstrom, 2008;Nordstrom and Jackson, 2013) than on non-urban sites.…”

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The “ReDune” index (Restoration of coastal Dunes Index) to assess the need and viability of coastal dune restoration

Lithgow

Martínez

Gallego‐Fernández

2015

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Linking restoration ecology with coastal dune restoration

Cited by 102 publications

References 87 publications

Ant community structure and response to disturbances on coastal dunes of Gulf of Mexico

Ant community structure and response to disturbances on coastal dunes of Gulf of Mexico

Restauración de sistemas dunares en las islas Baleares (2000-2017): una visión crítica

The “ReDune” index (Restoration of coastal Dunes Index) to assess the need and viability of coastal dune restoration

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