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- The ecological
response of
forest ground
flora and
soils to
experimental
trampling in
British urban
woodlands: pp.
257-276.The
ecological
impact of
recreation in
woodlands and
forests is now
a subject of
considerable
world-wide
interest.
However, there
are few
studies
examining the
effects of
recreation on
woodland
vegetation and
soils in
Britain. This
paper
quantifies the
impact of
controlled
experimental
trampling on
three
different
woodland
ground flora
stands in
lowland urban
fringe W10
Quercus
robur—Pte
ridium
aquilinum—
;Rubus
fruticosus
woodlands
(Rodwell, J.S.
(1991) British
Plant
Communities I:
Woodland and
Scrub.
Cambridge
University
Press) near
Coventry, West
Midlands.Relat
ionships of
plant cover,
plant height
and soil
compaction
with trampling
in homogeneous
stands of
Hyacinthoides
non-scripta
(bluebell),
Pteridium
aquilinum
(bracken) and
Rubus
fruticosus
agg. (bramble)
were
curvi-linear,
suggesting
that rates of
damage were
most rapid at
the initial
stages of
trampling. By
virtue of its
rosette growth
form, the most
resistant
stand type was
the
Hyacinthoides
stand. Least
resistant was
the Pteridium
stand, but
both the
Pteridium and
the Rubus
stands were
able to
recover well
from heavy
levels of
trampling by
the following
year. The
ability of
ground flora
to tolerate
impacts was
more a
function of an
ability to
recover from
trampling,
rather than to
resist.
Trampling had
the most
profound
impact on the
ability of
Hyacinthoides
non-scripta to
produce seeds,
and even two
years after
the cessation
of impact,
samples that
had received
one season of
500 passes had
still not
produced any
seed bearing
scapes.The
carrying
capacity of
woodlands in
terms of
visitor
numbers was
lower than
previously
thought, with
only 35 people
permitted in
stands
dominated by
Hyacinthoides,
rising to 450
and 500 people
in woodlands
dominated by
Rubus and
Pteridium
stands
respectively.
Models
summarising
these
ecological
changes are
provided,
along with
applied
recommendation
s to help
manage urban
sites with
recreation and
conservation
in mind.J
Littlemore
Source: pp. 257-276. - Large Bird
Declines with
Increasing
Human Pressure
in Savanna
Woodlands
(Burkina Faso): Biodiversity
and
Conservation,
Vol. 15, No.
7. (June
2006), pp.
2085-2108.Thio
llay,
Jean-Marc
Source: Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 15, No. 7. (June 2006), pp. 2085-2108.
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