Vegetation colonisation processes related to a reduction in sediment supply to the coastal dune field of Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain)

This research took place within the R&D project: "Modelling of natural processes and analysis of the environmental consequences induced by tourism in the Special Nature Reserve of the Maspalomas dune field (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)" (REN2003 – 05947/GLO), funded by ERDF and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, whose contributions we gratefully acknowledge. This article has been translated into English by Heather Adams, ULPGC.