Research Catalog

Title

Coastal dune management : shared experience of European conservation practice / edited by J. A. Houston, S. E. Edmondson, and P. J. Rooney.

Author

European Symposium Coastal Dunes of the Atlantic Biogeographical Region (1998 : Southport, England)

Publication

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Houston, John, 1955-
• Edmondson, S. E. (Sally E.)
• Rooney, P. J. (Paul J.)

Description

xiii, 458 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Subject

• Sand dune ecology > Europe > Congresses
• Sand dunes > Europe > Congresses
• Sand dune conservation > Europe > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Coastal dunes: resultant dynamic position as a conservational managerial objective / William Ritchie 1 -- Section 1 Working with Geomorphological Processes -- Long-term geomorphological changes and how they may affect the dune coasts of Europe / K. Pye 17 -- A Life-Iczm demonstration project for Irish beaches and sand dunes / J. Power, J.A.G. Cooper, J. McGourty, J. McKenna, M.J. MacLeod, G. Convie 24 -- Dune management on the Atlantic coast of France: a case study / Roland Paskoff 34 -- Comparative characteristics of old and new generations of Curonian spit dunes / R. Morkunaite, A. Cesnulevicius 41 -- Development of a green beach on the Sefton Coast, Merseyside, UK / S.E. Edmondson, H. Traynor, S. McKinnell 48 -- Expected positive effects of shoreface nourishment on the vegetation of calcium-poor dunes at Terschelling (The Netherlands) / R. Ketner-Oostra 59 -- Section 2 Nature Management -- Braunton Burrows in context: a comparative management study / J.R. Packham, A.J. Willis 65 -- Grazing as a management tool and the constraints of the agricultural system: a case study of grazing on Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve, Cumbria, northwest England / Pete Burton 80 -- Rabbit grazing and rabbit counting / Marijke Drees, Han Olff 86 -- Donkey diet in a Flemish coastal dune area in the first year of grazing / Maurice Hoffman, Eric Cosyns, Mieke Deconinck, Indra Lamoot, Arnout Zwaenepoel 95 -- Using behaviours to identify rabbit impacts on dune vegetation at Aberffraw, North Wales / J.A. Potter, C.A. Hosie 108 -- Management of coastal sand dune woodland for red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris L.) / C.M. Shuttleworth, J. Gurnell 117 -- A GIS study of breeding bird habitats in the Flemish coastal dunes and its implications for nature management / Dries Bonte, Maurice Hoffman 128 -- Predation of the sand lizard Lacerta agilis by the domestic cat Felis catus on the Sefton Coast / Carl T. Larsen, Ruth E. Henshaw 140 -- Bryophyte conservation in the management of dune systems--a case study of the Sefton Coast / D.H. Wrench 155 -- Spatial and temporal effects of grazing on the species diversity of sand dunes / L.A. Boorman, M.S. Boorman 161 -- Section 3 People and Dunes -- Habitat restoration and public relations: a restoration project in the Amsterdam Watersupply Dunes / Luc H.W.T. Geelen 171 -- Conservation of machair in Scotland: working with people / Stewart Angus 177 -- Golf courses as catalysts for conservation of coastal habitats / David Stubbs 192 -- Military land use, sand dunes and nature conservation in the UK / Colonel James Baker 199 -- Public perception of nature management on a sand dune system / S.E. Edmondson, C. Velmans 206 -- Dune management and communication with local inhabitants / Freek Zwart 219 -- Can human erosion be accepted in the seaside dunes? From sand-dyke to mountain scenery: an example from Romo, Denmark / Martin Reimers 223 -- Coastal erosion and tourism in Scotland: a review of protection measures to combat coastal erosion related to tourism activities and facilities / A.M. Wood 227 -- Management of the sand dune areas in Wales: the findings of a management inventory / Richard H. Davies 233 -- Section 4 Sefton Coast Life Project -- Sefton Coast Life Project: a conservation strategy for the sand dunes of the Sefton Coast, northwest England / P.J. Rooney 243 -- Towards best practice in the sustainable management of sand dune habitats: 1. The restoration of open dune communities at Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve / D.E. Simpson, M. Gee 255 -- Towards best practice in the sustainable management of sand dune habitats: 2. Management of the Ainsdale dunes on the Sefton Coast / D.E. Simpson, J.A. Houston, P.J. Rooney 262 -- Towards best practice in the sustainable management of sand dune habitats: 3. Management for golf and nature on the Sefton Coast / D.E. Simpson, P.J. Rooney, J.A. Houston 271 -- Section 5 International and National Priorities: Strategy and Implementation -- Sand dunes and the Habitats Directive: preparation of the UK national list / John Hopkins, Geoff Radley 283 -- Management of Danish dunes today: theory and practice / Claus Helweg Ovesen 302 -- UK Habitat Action Plan for sand dunes / Kathy Duncan 306 -- Synopsis of the Flemish coastal dune conservation policy / Jean-Louis Herrier, Ilse Killemaes 316 -- Green Islands and Natura 2000: networking areas, people and information / Albert Salman 326 -- Irish sand dune survey: a basis for future management / K. Gaynor, G.J. Doyle 332 -- Flora and vegetation of the Atlantic dunes of the northwest coast of Portugal / F.B. Caldas, J.J. Honrado 337 -- Section 6 Monitoring: Methods and Applications -- Evolution of Newborough Warren dune system with particular reference to the past four decades / P.M. Rhind, T.H. Blackstock, H.S. Hardy, R.E. Jones, W. Sandison 345 -- Cost-benefit analysis of various orthophoto scales in the evaluation of grazing management in Dutch coastal sand dunes / Harrie G.J.M. van der Hagen, Mark van Til, Wim J. Droesen 380 -- Flora of the Flemish coastal dunes (Belgium) in a changing landscape / S. Provoost, W. Van Landuyt 393 -- Water resources management of the Sefton Coast / P.A. Birchall, A. Elliott 402 -- Non-invasive investigation of water table and structures in coastal dunes using ground-penetrating radar (GPR): implications for dune management / Charlie S. Bristow, Simon D. Bailey 408 -- Comprehensive and effective recording of edaphic characteristics of dune ecosystems as applied in the monitoring project of the Flemish coastal dunes / C. Ampe, R. Langohr 418 -- Morphological characterization of humus forms in coastal dune systems: experience from the Flemish coast and northwest France / C. Ampe, R. Langohr 422 -- Monitoring the changing ecology of sand dunes at Gear Sands SSSI and candidate SAC in conjunction with management of access, recreation and wildlife / Steve Crummay, Catriona Neil, Adrian Spalding 429 -- Spatial data collection methods in dynamic environments / E. Edwards, A. Koh 439 -- Modelling the habitat of the Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele L.) on the Sefton Coast sand dune system, UK, using a Geographical Information System (GIS) / Jon Delf 445.

ISBN

0853238545

LCCN

2002421286 ^

OCLC

• 46809337
• SCSB-10190321

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library