The Nature of Local Sand Dunes |
| Introduction Any slight disturbance of the plant life growing on a fragile sand dune, such as straying off the path, can develop into a blow-out. This is devastating for the plants that have worked hard to colonise that particular area but at the same time it is one of the essential characteristics of a mobile sand dune system. On many sand dunes around the coast of Britain management has seen the placing of fences around areas which are thought to be in need of protection from the ambling of man. As a theme protection is quite fitting with the subject of sand dune ecosystems, not only as mentioned above, the protection of dunes in the form of conservation but also the species within the system and their specialised protection against predation, and drought. read the rest of this article on our blog |
| Date Added: August 21, 2009 08:44:14 PM |
| Author: Jeff |
| Category: Attractions |
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