Which feedback results when previously vegetated sand dunes lose their plant cover?

💡 Explanation

Accelerated deflation and dune migration occur because removal of vegetation reduces surface cohesion; this creates increased sediment entrainment by aeolian transportation, therefore existing dunes are eroded, rather than stabilized, by the wind.

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