Step carefully, there is an elephant in the room: human trampling as threat or treat in conservation

作者：Ejrnaes Rasmus^*

来源：Applied Vegetation Science, 2015, 18(3): 357-358.

DOI：10.1111/avsc.12174

The impact from tourism, e.g. trampling, may be a real concern in nature reserves. Conradi etal. (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.

• 出版日期2015-7