Table of Contents

What Are Sand Dunes?.- A Perspective on Coastal Dunes.- The Coastal Foredune: A Morphological Basis for Regional Coastal Dune Development.- Coastal Dunes in the Tropics and Temperate Regions: Location, Formation, Morphology and Vegetation Processes.- The Flora and Fauna of Sand Dunes.- Temperate Zone Coastal Dunes.- Vegetation Dynamics and Succession on Sand Dunes of the Eastern Coasts of Africa.- Why Coastal Dune Slacks Sustain a High Biodiversity.- Coastal Dune Forest Rehabilitation: A Case Study on Rodent and Bird Assemblages in Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.- Living in a Stressful Environment.- Burial of Plants as a Selective Force in Sand Dunes.- Physiological Characteristics of Coastal Dune Pioneer Species from the Eastern Cape, South Africa, in Relation to Stress and Disturbance.- Plant Functional Types in Coastal Dune Habitats.- Biotic Interactions.- Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Coastal Dunes.- The Role of Algal Mats on Community Succession in Dunes and Dune Slacks.- Plant–Plant Interactions in Coastal Dunes.- Ant–Plant Interactions: Their Seasonal Variation and Effects on Plant Fitness.- Environmental Problems and Conservation.- Environmental Problems and Restoration Measures in Coastal Dunes in the Netherlands.- The Costs of our Coasts: Examples of Dynamic Dune Management from Western Europe.- Animal Life on Coatal Dunes: From Exploitation and Prosecution to Protection and Monitoring.- Coastal Vegetation as Indicators for Conservation.- A Case Study of Conservation and Management of Tropical Sand Dune Systems: La Mancha–El Llano.- European Coastal Dunes: Ecological Values, Threats, Opportunities and Policy Development.- The Coastal Dune Paradox: Conservation vs Exploitation?.- The Fragility and Conservation of the World's Coastal Dunes:Geomorphological, Ecological and Socioeconomic Perspectives.

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From the reviews: "This book had its origin in a session at the International Botanical Congress in Missouri (1999), when it was agreed to produce a peer-reviewed book on coastal sand dunes … . There is a great deal of good information in this book, with each of the chapters having an extensive list of references. Gaps in knowledge are identified and recommendations made for future research. … The book has good taxonomic and general indexes … . Diagrams, graphs and tables are well reproduced … ." (Janet Sprent, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2005)