EA: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
EE: BARE_COAST_DUNE
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
2
EA label:
ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
Concept definition:
Comprised of moving/reversible <
SAND_DUNE
>s, having sparse <
VEGETATION
> and a hot-cold, dry climate; bare coast dune. Dominant taxa include
Cakile
,
Corispermum
,
Lathyrus
, and
Croton
. This Olson ecosystem type occurs where the <
WIND
> limits <
VEGETATION
> to a small fraction of the land <<
AREA
>> (for example: less than ten percent over an <<
AREA
>> of more than one square kilometre).
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
GEF1
, Olson Ecosystem Type BARECOASTDUN: 83 (bare coast dune)]
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