Sandy beaches are ecosystems under increasing human pressure that require efficient management and conservation strategies. Resident macroinvertebrates usually respond to …
Escalating pressures caused by the combined effects of population growth, demographic shifts, economic development and global climate change pose unprecedented threats to …
This new edition-now with Nancy Jackson as a co-author-continues the themes of the first edition: the need to restore the biodiversity, ecosystem health, and ecosystem services …
A thorough understanding of ecological networks relies on comprehensive information on trophic relationships among species. Since unpicking the diet of many organisms is …
The classification of ultra-high-resolution (UHR) imagery, characterized by spatial resolutions exceeding 10 cm, presents opportunities and challenges distinct from lower …
T Kindeberg, B Almström, M Skoog… - Nordic Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal protection has evolved from focusing on hard solutions such as breakwaters and groynes to include soft or nature‐based solutions (NbS). NbS have been proposed as cost …
LL Costa, IR Zalmon - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2019 - Elsevier
As with most sandy beach invertebrates, tiger beetles respond negatively to anthropogenic disturbances. However, impact assessments using these insects have never been …
M Pombo, A Turra - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The use of indirect estimates of ghost-crab populations to assess beach disturbance has several advantages, including non-destructiveness, ease and low cost, although this …
F Bessa, D Cunha, SC Gonçalves, JC Marques - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
Ocean sandy beaches are iconic recreational assets to society and have undergone rapid degradation caused by both natural and anthropogenic pressures. A major effect of …