Dune Ecology on the Eastern Coast of Mexico

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the dune ecology in eastern littoral of Mexico. Climate changes along coast from a semiarid steppe climate north and tip Yucatan to tropical humid rest Gulf Caribbean. The most important climatic element that varies drastically affects vegetation is precipitation. It 570 mm or less northern Peninsula 624 Tamaulipas 2237 Tabasco. Sand systems are very dynamic. Periodic disturbances caused by sand movement wave activity create series topographic microenvironments with particular species combinations. Topographical complexity coast. Most has simple narrow beaches low beach-ridge systems, which vary width. North central part Veracruz, complex, active, stabilized occur wide beaches. They extend inland for few kilometers, dunes higher than 20 m. These have more microhabitats floristically structurally complex.