Does salt stress constrain spatial distribution of dune building grasses Ammophila arenaria and Elytrichia juncea on the beach?

Abstract Rising sea levels threaten coastal safety by increasing the risk of flooding. Coastal dunes provide a natural form of coastal protection. Understanding drivers that constrain early development of dunes is necessary to assess whether dune development may keep pace with sea‐level rise. In thi...

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Main Authors: Marinka E. B. vanPuijenbroek, Corry Teichmann, Noortje Meijdam, Imma Oliveras, Frank Berendse, Juul Limpens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3244