At present, many coastal ecosystems worldwide are highly affected by anthropic activities.
La Mancha lagoon, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, is an important ecosystem due to the …

The semi-mobile coastal sand dune system El Morro de La Mancha at the Gulf of Mexico
was studied phytosociologically and ecologically. The floristic gradient resulting from a …

1. This study examines the anti‐herbivore effect of ants visiting the extrafloral nectaries
(EFNs) of Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) and its possible influence on the plant's reproductive …

A classification is presented of community types found in the coastal sand dune systems
along the Gulf coast and the Caribbean Sea of Mexico. Twenty-eight dune systems were …

The biology of beach and dune plants along North American shores has received scientific
attention for nearly 100 years. Cowles founded his dynamic view of plant communities on …

To assess the effectiveness of extrafloral nectaries (EFN) as a defensive mechanism of
plants it is vital to use a multiple interactions approach and assess the contribution of all …

Background and Aims Morphological descriptions of the extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) of
certain plant species are common in the literature, but they rarely relate morphology with …

Human population density is globally three times higher along the coasts than inland, and
thus environmental impacts of human activities are greater in magnitude on coastal …

Climate change (CC) and sea level rise (SLR) are phenomena that could have severe
impacts on the distribution of coastal dune vegetation. To explore this we modeled the …

Abstract Changes in resource availability, functional demands, hormonal regulation and
developmental constraints can promote differences in the expression of leaf traits during …