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Step carefully, there is an elephant in the room: human trampling as threat or treat in conservation
Author(s) -
Ejrnæs Rasmus
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
applied vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.096
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1654-109X
pISSN - 1402-2001
DOI - 10.1111/avsc.12174
Subject(s) - trampling , disturbance (geology) , grassland , ecology , nature reserve , vegetation (pathology) , tourism , geography , perspective (graphical) , biology , grazing , medicine , computer science , archaeology , paleontology , pathology , artificial intelligence
The impact from tourism, e.g. trampling, may be a real concern in nature reserves. Conradi et al. (2015, this issue) studied disturbance effects on grassland vegetation along paths in a nature reserve and found only small negative effects, in good accordance with the local history. Our understanding of disturbances has changed over history and I advocate an evolutionary perspective.