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Habitat types key navigation

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You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:
  • No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
  • Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
  • No Factsheet icon[ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6
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Category : (B2 )Coastal shingle
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Question b07 :   Driftline?
   Driftline habitats characterised by lines of wave-deposited organic material are distinguished (path = <strong>Yes</strong>) from mobile or stabilised shingle beaches above the driftline.
Answers:
Yes Factsheet icon [ B2.1 ] No (Question b08 )


Question b08 :   Vegetated?
   Unvegetated mobile shingle beaches (path = <strong>No</strong>) are separated from more stable vegetated coastal shingle habitats.
Answers:
Yes (Question b09 ) No Factsheet icon [ B2.2 ]


Question b09 :   Shingle fixed by vegetation?
   Fixed shingle habitats with vegetation of grasses or heaths (path = <strong>Yes</strong>) are distinguished from more open communities dominated by other herbaceous species on substrates which may be more mobile.
Answers:
Yes (Question b10 ) No Factsheet icon [ B2.3 ]


Question b10 :   Vegetation stratum
   Predominant vegetation type is used to distinguish between: shingle and gravel beach grassland, (<strong>herbs</strong>); shingle and gravel beach scrub (<strong>shrubs</strong>); and shingle and gravel beach woodland (<strong>trees</strong>).
Answers:
herbs Factsheet icon [ B2.4 ] shrubs Factsheet icon [ B2.5 ] trees Factsheet icon [ B2.6 ]

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