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Abstract

Coastal dune vegetation has been proved to contribute to several crucial ecosystem services, as coastal protection, water purification, recreation; conversely, its capacity to regulate the concentration of greenhouse gases received less attention. To fill this gap, the present work focalized on the assessment of the contribution of coastal dune herbaceous vegetation to carbon storage and carbon sequestration rate, also in relation to possible effects of disturbance. To this aim, we measured the dry biomass and carbon sequestration rate in three different vegetation types (foredune, dry grasslands, humid grasslands), and habitat patch attributes as proxies of the disturbance regime. Relationships between disturbance, and carbon storage and sequestration rate have been analysed by GLMMs. The target vegetation types did not equally contribute to the medium-long term sequestration of carbon with a gradient that increased from the seashore inlands and related to both the growth form and the strategy of resource acquisition of dominant species, and plant community attributes. Disturbance in the form of trampling negatively affected carbon sequestration rate. Results suggest that, when different plant communities are spatially interconnected, the landscape scale results in a better understanding of ecosystem dynamics, functioning and resistance to perturbations and allows to plan coherent management strategies.

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Title
Disturbance affects the contribution of coastal dune vegetation to carbon storage and carbon sequestration rate
Author
Silvia Del Vecchio  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rova, Silvia  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Fantinato, Edy  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pranovi, Fabio  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Buffa, Gabriella  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
Pages
37-48
Section
Research Article
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
ISSN
22801855
e-ISSN
27046192
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2830866001
Copyright
© 2022. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.