Impacts of tourist disturbance on plant communities and soil properties in huangshan mountain scenic area

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2239-2251

  Gong, Jie ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Jin, Xiu Long ^a   Nan, Wei ^a   Liu, Fei ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Huangshan Mountain scenic area; Plant communities; Soil; Tourist disturbance

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; HERB; LEAF LITTER; MOUNTAIN; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; POTASSIUM; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUANG MOUNTAIN;

EID: 67649522561     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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