Annual dune plant communities in the southwest coast of Europe

Costa, J. C.; Neto, Carlos; Martins, M.; Lousã, M.

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This study presents an updated sintaxonomic review of the annual communities from coastal dunes in the Southwest coast of Europe, specifically in the Iberian Peninsula, including both types: directly influenced by the sea salt spray and not affected by this influence. The floristic segregation of the different plant associations was obtained by statistical agglomerative processes (UPGMA, Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) plus principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and discussed based on the interpretation of phytosociological tables. Three new communities in central western Portugal were found and are described: Pseudorlayo minusculae-Polycarpietum alsinifoli, Cerastio diffusae-Vulpietum fontqueranae and Omphalodo kunzinskyanae-Evacietum ramosissimae.

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Biogeography Coastal dunes Chorology Sintaxonomy Iberian Peninsula

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Costa, J. C., Neto, C., Martins, M., & Lousa, M. (2011). Annual dune plant communities in the southwest coast of Europe. Plant Biosystems, 145(1), 91–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2011.602729.