Ecological context
A system, not a backdrop
A guide to the landscape, its changes and ways to care for it. This profile covers a broad habitat type; local data need site-specific research.
Habitat guide
How it works
Environmental conditions
In this habitat, wind, vegetation, and groundwater are external factors that interact with the dunes; the available evidence does not specify climatic thresholds.
Distribution and scope
The White Sands dune field is located in the Tularosa Basin in New Mexico, where transitions between bare dunes and vegetated dunes are described.
Structure
The landscape consists of white sand dunes made up of gypsum crystals, with areas of bare dunes alongside other areas that have vegetation.
Ecological processes
The dunes interact with wind, vegetation, and groundwater, and the association of these factors is expressed in transitions between bare and vegetated forms.
Linked species are documented examples for a specific area. The list is not complete, and the absence of a species does not prove that it is not present.
Evidence base
Sources for this profile
References for checking the processes and pressures described. Regional sources do not make this overview a local inventory.
- 01Linking Dune Formation with Atmospheric Processes at White Sands U.S. National Park Service
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- 03Sahara es.wikipedia.org
- 04Parque nacional (Statuss Unidos) es.wikipedia.org
- 05Parque nacional White Sands - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre es.wikipedia.org
- 06Dune en.wikipedia.org
- 07Colorado fr.wikipedia.org
- 08Parc national de Mesa Verde fr.wikipedia.org
- 09Gypse (roche) fr.wikipedia.org
- 10Deserto pt.wikipedia.org
- 11Chaminés de fada pt.wikipedia.org
- 12Padrões na natureza pt.wikipedia.org
- 13Período úmido africano pt.wikipedia.org