Geomorphic activity of rabbits on a coastal sand dune, De Blink dunes, the Netherlands
作者:
J. Rutin,
期刊:
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 1
页码: 85-94
ISSN:0197-9337
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1002/esp.3290170107
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd
关键词: Rabbit;Biogenic transport;Burrow;Coastal sand dune;Stepped slopes
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractA study of the erosion rate and the stability of sandy slopes was conducted on an eastern arm of a parabolic coastal sand dune, De Blink, central Netherlands. The contribution of rabbits to these processes was found to depend on two types of activity; the building of caves and sand mounds of up to 1·5 m2in area; and the digging of shallow burrows, whereby amounts of sand up to 1 kg per burrow were excavated. The burrowing activity was found over the whole dune, while cave holes were dug mainly on the northern slope. The total amount of sand actually transported on the dune due to this activity is not clear yet, but their influence on the development of stepped slopes is well established
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