Effects of Recreation Trampling on Natural Area Vegetation

Kuss, Fred R.; Graefe, Alan R.

doi:10.1080/00222216.1985.11969628

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“…However, plot cover and average species cover were unaffected by distance from trail edge (Table 1B). Cole (1981), Kuss and Graefe (1985), Forman and Godron (1986), and Hammitt and Cole (1987) also concluded that trail corridors are important in the distribution of disturbance-resistant exotic plants.…”

Section: Trail Corridors As Habitatmentioning

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Trail corridors as habitat and conduits for movement of plant species in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

1992

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Ground-layer vegetation was sampled along selected trail corridors to determine whether corridors provide habitat for certain species and act as conduits for species movement. Patterns of plant species composition were analyzed in relation to distance from trail edge, level of trail use, and distance from trailheads, junctions, and campgrounds. Species composition was significantly affected by distance from trail edge and level of trail use, as species were favored or inhibited by the corridor, depending upon their growth habits. Species composition was also affected by distance from trailheads. These findings, along with the presence of exotic species, indicate that trail corridors in Rocky Mountain National Park function as habitat and conduits for movement of plant species.

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“…In theory, as habitats are modified by trampling stress, opportunistic exotic species are able to invade and colonize (Kuss and Graefe 1985).…”

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Trail corridors as habitat and conduits for movement of plant species in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

1992

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“…One of the most serious problems facing managers of recreational resources is the paradox of protecting natural ecosystems while providing for their recreational use (Kuss and Grafe, 1985). As the demand for recreational experiences in natural areas is growing, it has made the pressure of adhering to this dual mandate difficult (Kliskey, 1994;Kearsley, 1990).…”

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Effects of recreational use impacts on hiking experiences in natural areas

Lynn

Brown

2003

Landscape and Urban Planning

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This study investigated the relationship between recreational use impacts and hiking experiences in natural areas. The effects of trail erosion, extension and widening, muddiness, tree and plant damage, fire rings, and litter were related to four dimensions of recreational experiencessolitude, remoteness, naturalness, and artifactualism. Recreational use impacts were found to have a negative effect on hiking experiences in natural areas. Litter, tree and plant damage, and fire rings had the greatest effect on hiking experience indicators; trail extension and widening and trail erosion had a moderate effect; and muddiness had a minimal effect on experience. Information generated through this study should assist in appropriate planning, design, and management of natural areas to maintain ecological integrity and to provide for quality hiking experiences.

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“…Recovery in a period of two years and eight months had been rapid, and herbs and seedlings were more abundant along the recovering trail than in undisturbed forest. The results imply that a shifting mosaic of trails, analogous to the mosaic created by light gaps, may be the best management technique to minimize the impact of human visitors in tropical rain forests.Although the literature on the impact of truman trampling on the vegetation and soils along trails is substantial (Kuss and Graefe 1985, Kuss 1986, Cole and Schreiner 1981, none of the hundreds of studies deal with tropical rain forests. Nearly all the published papers were done in the temperate zone, especially in the western United States.…”

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Recovery of trailside vegetation from trampling in a tropical rain forest

Boucher

Aviles

Chepote

et al. 1991

Environmental Management

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/ Practically no information exists on the impact of human trampling on tropical rain forest vegetation. We studied three trails with varying periods of use and recovery in a tropical rain forest in Costa Rica. Human impact on trailside plants was curvilinearly related to use, as found by other workers in temperate zone vegetation. Recovery in a period of two years and eight months had been rapid, and herbs and seedlings were more abundant along the recovering trail than in undisturbed forest. The results imply that a shifting mosaic of trails, analogous to the mosaic created by light gaps, may be the best management technique to minimize the impact of human visitors in tropical rain forests.Although the literature on the impact of truman trampling on the vegetation and soils along trails is substantial (Kuss and Graefe 1985, Kuss 1986, Cole and Schreiner 1981, none of the hundreds of studies deal with tropical rain forests. Nearly all the published papers were done in the temperate zone, especially in the western United States. Of 348 papers on the subject reviewed by Cole and Schreiner in 1981, every single one came from a north-temperate-zone country, and since then only two have been added from tropical or subtropical regions: the study of Liddle and Thyer (1986) in subtropical eucalyptus forest in Australia, and the work of Jim (1987) on the parks of Hong Kong.With the development of ecotourism leading to in-

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Effects of Recreation Trampling on Natural Area Vegetation

Cited by 40 publications

References 26 publications

Trail corridors as habitat and conduits for movement of plant species in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Trail corridors as habitat and conduits for movement of plant species in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Effects of recreational use impacts on hiking experiences in natural areas

Recovery of trailside vegetation from trampling in a tropical rain forest

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