The influence of recreational load on soil-dwelling collembolans in different forest associations

Assessment of the impact of recreation load on the development of responsible community tourism

“…Ukrainian and foreign scientists highlighted the problems of researching the level of recreational load and regulating its impact on natural complexes in their studies. Many works are devoted to the recreational load on the territories of national natural parks, in particular, from skiing sports [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The authors [11][12][13][14] emphasized the importance of the landscape and ecological approach for assessing the level of recreational load on individual natural complexes and their components and substantiated the need to choose indicators of recreational influence for monitoring and assessing the ecological condition of ecosystems.…”

“…Many works are devoted to the recreational load on the territories of national natural parks, in particular, from skiing sports [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The authors [11][12][13][14] emphasized the importance of the landscape and ecological approach for assessing the level of recreational load on individual natural complexes and their components and substantiated the need to choose indicators of recreational influence for monitoring and assessing the ecological condition of ecosystems. Researchers [11] emphasize the connection between the recreational load on the landscapes of national natural parks and the degree of their degradation.…”

“…The soil of recreational areas had less moisture and a lower content of organic matter. Kutiel, P., Zhevelev, Y. et al [10,14] emphasize on the decrease in resistance of plants to various types of diseases due to the influence of excessive recreational load, as well as the difference in the grass species composition in areas with recreationists and without recreational load. In all cases, with recreational loading, there is a significant decrease in floristic diversity, and species resistant to trampling spread and become dominant.…”

Analysis of environmental safety of recreational territories of mountain ecosystems and development of technical measures for its stabilization

“…Studies [15,16] consider changes in the environmental state of soil and plant environment of recreational areas. There is a decrease in the resistance of plants to various types of diseases and differences of herbaceous species composition from undisturbed forest in places for recreation.…”

Sympatry of genetic lineages of Parisotoma notabilis s. l. (Collembola, Isotomidae) in the East European Plain

“… Parisotoma notabilis Schaeffer, 1896 ( Collembola : Isotomidae ) is a cosmopolitan species which occurs in almost every biotope in temperate regions of the Western Palearctic, and predominates in most communities of Collembola ( Potapov 2001 ). This species is eurytopic and is moderately tolerant to disturbed habitats ( Kuznetsova 2002 ), showing resistance to pesticides ( Petersen and Krogh 1987 ), heavy metals ( Eitminaviciute 2006 ; Winkler et al 2018 ), application of various fertilizers ( Buchholz et al 2017 ) and moderate trampling ( Nadezhdina and Kuznetsova 2010 ). One of the reasons for its success is parthenogenesis, which allows P. notabilis to be one of the first colonizers of disturbed habitats ( Alvarez et al 1997 ).…”