Narrowing down dune establishment drivers on the beach

Homberger, Jan-Markus; van Rosmalen, Sasja; Riksen, Michel; Limpens, Juul

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1301-2025

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1301-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1301-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

Research article

|

07 Mar 2025

Research article |

| 07 Mar 2025

Narrowing down dune establishment drivers on the beach

Jan-Markus Homberger, Sasja van Rosmalen, Michel Riksen, and Juul Limpens

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1301-2025-supplement

Data sets

Data from: Dune establishment drivers on the beach: narrowing down the window of opportunity Jan-Markus Homberger et al. https://doi.org/10.17026/PT/EEZGNY

Download

Article (3697 KB)
Full-text XML

Short summary

Understanding what determines the establishment of dune-building vegetation could help to better predict coastal dune initiation and development. We monitored the establishment of dune-building grasses and dune initiation in a large field experiment. Our results show that dune initiation takes place during peaks in dune-building grass establishment, which depend on favorable environmental conditions. Our findings can potentially be integrated into beach restoration and management strategies.