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DOI	10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.096
	Beach vegetation as an indicator of human impacts in arid environments: Environmental conditions and landscape perception in the Canary Islands
	Pena-Alonso, Carolina; Garcia-Romero, Levi; Hernandez-Cordero, Antonio I.; Hernandez-Calvento, Luis
通讯作者	Pena-Alonso, Carolina
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0301-4797
EISSN	1095-8630
出版年	2019
卷号	240 页码:311-320
英文摘要	Human occupancy of beaches is an important cause of environmental and landscape transformations, some of which are identifiable through vegetation analysis. Commonly, arboreal vegetation has been socially perceived in a positive way, as it contributes to the creation of environments appreciated as beautiful and natural. This type of vegetation has been recreated in urban coastal areas worldwide, including those located in arid environments where it is not always common or endemic to these areas. The typology of plant species, human impacts on beach environments, and the social perception of vegetation contrast were analyzed to understand the landscape influence and human impact on beach environments from arid regions. The study was carried out on 12 beaches with different degrees of human occupation (4 urban, 4 semi-urban and 4 natural) in Gran Canaria island (Spain). The results indicate that the number of exotic and mderal (first to colonize human disturbed environments) species increases with human occupation of the beaches. A greater number of arboreal species were identified on urban beaches, while shrub and herbaceous species were more common on less occupied beaches (semi-urban and natural). However, when surveyed, the users of semi-urban and natural beaches, considered that arboreal vegetation compose a more attractive landscape than other with herbs or shrubs, even though tree species appear occasionally on these types of beaches. This inconsistency identifies a conflict of values between the development and conservation of beaches in arid environments. This study can be used to establish environmental sustainability strategies on beaches. Conservation and environmental information about ecosystem services related with indigenous plant species is and important issue for integrated management on beaches from arid regions, especially those that may be urbanized in the near future.
英文关键词	Vegetation contrast Arid environments Human impact Landscape preferences Beach management
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Spain
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000467510800032
WOS关键词	SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ; LAND-USE CHANGES ; COASTAL VEGETATION ; USERS PERCEPTION ; MANAGEMENT ; DUNES ; CONSERVATION ; TOLERANCE ; QUALITY ; GIS
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/216963
作者单位	Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Grp Geog Fis & Medio Ambiente, Inst Oceanog & Cambio Global, Unidad Asociada ULPGC CSIC, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pena-Alonso, Carolina,Garcia-Romero, Levi,Hernandez-Cordero, Antonio I.,et al. Beach vegetation as an indicator of human impacts in arid environments: Environmental conditions and landscape perception in the Canary Islands[J],2019,240:311-320.
APA	Pena-Alonso, Carolina,Garcia-Romero, Levi,Hernandez-Cordero, Antonio I.,&Hernandez-Calvento, Luis.(2019).Beach vegetation as an indicator of human impacts in arid environments: Environmental conditions and landscape perception in the Canary Islands.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,240,311-320.
MLA	Pena-Alonso, Carolina,et al."Beach vegetation as an indicator of human impacts in arid environments: Environmental conditions and landscape perception in the Canary Islands".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 240(2019):311-320.