caa a22 4500 467905126 CHVBK 20180406152831.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-005-9051-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-005-9051-2 Assessment Of Trampling Simulation Impacts On Native Vegetation In Mediterranean Sclerophyllous Forest [Elektronische Daten] [Manuela Andrés-Abellán, Francisco López-Serrano, Francisco Morote, Antonio Cerro-Barja] This study examines the effects of visitors on vegetation of natural semi-arid areas of Mediterranean basin using controlled experimental trampling. Impacts were assessed on days 1, 5, 15 and 30 examining presence of plant species, their cover and height in linear transects suffering a constant trampling intensity (25, 75, 100 and 200 passes/day). In addition, the study included the analysis of factors such as plant species, trampling intensity, the cumulative impact (day effect) and the type of footwear on plant variables. The results showed a decrease on plant cover and height influenced by cumulative (day) effect, an effect of trampling intensity and a different effect for each species. In contrast, shoe type affected only slightly the decrease in plant height. The evolution of plant cover revealed which species were most resistant to trampling. The disappearance of plant individuals during trampling appeared to be an impact index better than plant cover, because cover increased in some species when they were trampled thus introducing a bias. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 environmental management nationallicence experimental trampling nationallicence natural areas nationallicence recreation nationallicence vegetation impact nationallicence Andrés-Abellán Manuela Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut López-Serrano Francisco Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut Morote Francisco Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut Cerro-Barja Antonio Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 120/1-3(2006-09-01), 93-107 0167-6369 120:1-3<93 2006 120 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9051-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9051-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Andrés-Abellán Manuela Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- López-Serrano Francisco Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morote Francisco Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cerro-Barja Antonio Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog'ía Agroforestal, E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha., Albacete, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 120/1-3(2006-09-01), 93-107 0167-6369 120:1-3<93 2006 120 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer