Inland drift sand landscapes /

Inland drift sand landscapes / / editors: Josef Fanta, Henk Siepel ; [text: Rienk-Jan Bijlsma ... [and others]].

Man has had a complex relationship with inland drift sands through the ages. For some centuries these landscapes were seen as a threat, especially to agriculture and housing. This book considers the processes, origin, conservation and restoration of this very special but harsh biotope, one that is c...

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Fanta, J.
Siepel, Henk.
Bijlsma, Rienk-Jan
Place / Publishing House:Zeist : : KNNV Publishing.
c2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages) :; illustrations, maps
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material / Inland drift sand landscapes
  • Introduction
  • Origin and development of Late Holocene drift sands: geomorphology and sediment attributes / Eduard A. Koster
  • Man and vegetation on the Veluwe in six time slices / W. Groenman-van Waateringe
  • The birth of a desert: the Kootwijkerzand / H. Anthonie Heidinga
  • Development of aeolian activity in inland drift sands in the Netherlands after 1900 / Michel Riksen and Pim Jungerius
  • Microclimate in a drift-sand area and its role in primary succession / Josef Fanta
  • Soil and humus development in drift sands / Jan Sevink and Rein W. de Waal
  • Nutrient cycling / A.M. Kooijman , L.B. Sparrius and J. Sevink
  • Role and development of soil faunal communities in drift sands / Henk Siepel and Marijn Nijssen
  • Mycoflora in spontaneous stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in drift sands / Aad J. Termorshuizen and Mirjam T. Veerkamp
  • Vegetation succession in the Hulshorst drift-sand area, central Netherlands / Karel Prach , Karol Ujházy and Josef Fanta
  • Bryophyte hot-spots in drift sand forests / Rienk-Jan Bijlsma
  • Development of lichen-rich communities / Rita Ketner-Oostra , Laurens B. Sparrius and Karlè V. Sýkora
  • The characteristic fauna of inland drift sands / Marijn Nijssen and Henk Siepel
  • Succession in woody species: results from a second census of permanent plots / Harm Steenwoerd and Jan den Ouden
  • Woody species behaviour during primary succession in an inland drift sand area / Josef Fanta , Karel Prach and Karol Ujházy
  • Modelling vegetation development and carbon accumulation during primary forest succession in drift sands / Frits Mohren
  • Forest site types and ecosystem development and differentiation in a forested drift sand landscape: A case study from the Leuvenum Forest and Hulshorst Sand / Josef Fanta and Anna Martha Elgersma
  • Drift sand landscape development, protection and management / Henk Siepel , Michel Riksen , Marijn Nijssen , Laurens Sparrius and Josef Fanta
  • References / Inland drift sand landscapes.

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