Vegetation moderates impacts of tourism usage on bird communities along roads and hiking trails

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-234

  Wolf, Isabelle D ^a   Hagenloh, Gerald ^a   Croft, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird community; Edge effect; Habitat modification; Hing trail; Recreation impact; Road; Tourism impact

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

ARID LANDS; BIRDS COMMUNITIES; EDGE-EFFECTS; HABITAT MODIFICATION; HING TRAIL; RECREATION IMPACTS; ROAD; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM IMPACT; TOURISM TRAFFICS;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; DISTURBANCE; GENERALIST; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CAMPING; COMMUNITY; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM; TREE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

BIRD COMMUNITY; EDGE-EFFECT; HABITAT MODIFICATION; HING TRAIL; RECREATION IMPACT; ROAD; TOURISM IMPACT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; RECREATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882656592     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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