Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking

Autores
Pickering, Catherine Marina; Barros, Ana Agustina
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Functional traits reflect plant responses to disturbance, including from visitor impacts. The impacts of mountain biking and hiking on functional composition were compared using a common experimental protocol in a subalpine grassland in the Australian Alps. The overlapping cover of all species was recorded two weeks after different intensities of hiking (200 and 500 passes) and mountain biking (none, 25, 75, 200 and 500 passes). Species' functional trait data were combined with their relative cover to calculate community trait weighted means for plant height, leaf area, percentage leaf dry matter content and Specific Leaf Area (SLA). Species such as Poa fawcettiae with larger leaves and SLA but lower dry weight content of leaves were more resistant to use, with differences between bikers and hikers only apparent at the highest levels of use tested. This differs from some vegetation communities in Europe where plants with smaller leaves were more resistant to hiking. More research using functional traits may account for differences in species responses to trampling. Managers of conservation areas used for hiking and biking need to minimise off trail use by both user groups.
Fil: Pickering, Catherine Marina. Griffith University; Australia
Fil: Barros, Ana Agustina. Griffith University; Australia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Materia
Australia
Functional Composition
Impacts
Mountain Biking
Recreation Ecology
Walking
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
Repositorio
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Institución
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
OAI Identificador
oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/59458

id CONICETDig_677277e633eb890e8742d45cf2303524
oai_identifier_str oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/59458
network_acronym_str CONICETDig
repository_id_str 3498
network_name_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
spelling Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hikingPickering, Catherine MarinaBarros, Ana AgustinaAustraliaFunctional CompositionImpactsMountain BikingRecreation EcologyWalkinghttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Functional traits reflect plant responses to disturbance, including from visitor impacts. The impacts of mountain biking and hiking on functional composition were compared using a common experimental protocol in a subalpine grassland in the Australian Alps. The overlapping cover of all species was recorded two weeks after different intensities of hiking (200 and 500 passes) and mountain biking (none, 25, 75, 200 and 500 passes). Species' functional trait data were combined with their relative cover to calculate community trait weighted means for plant height, leaf area, percentage leaf dry matter content and Specific Leaf Area (SLA). Species such as Poa fawcettiae with larger leaves and SLA but lower dry weight content of leaves were more resistant to use, with differences between bikers and hikers only apparent at the highest levels of use tested. This differs from some vegetation communities in Europe where plants with smaller leaves were more resistant to hiking. More research using functional traits may account for differences in species responses to trampling. Managers of conservation areas used for hiking and biking need to minimise off trail use by both user groups.Fil: Pickering, Catherine Marina. Griffith University; AustraliaFil: Barros, Ana Agustina. Griffith University; Australia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAcademic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd2015-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/59458Pickering, Catherine Marina; Barros, Ana Agustina; Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Environmental Management; 164; 12-2015; 129-1360301-4797CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.003info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479715301481info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:46:56Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/59458instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:46:57.231CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
title Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
spellingShingle Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
Pickering, Catherine Marina
Australia
Functional Composition
Impacts
Mountain Biking
Recreation Ecology
Walking
title_short Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
title_full Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
title_fullStr Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
title_full_unstemmed Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
title_sort Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pickering, Catherine Marina
Barros, Ana Agustina
author Pickering, Catherine Marina
author_facet Pickering, Catherine Marina
Barros, Ana Agustina
author_role author
author2 Barros, Ana Agustina
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Australia
Functional Composition
Impacts
Mountain Biking
Recreation Ecology
Walking
topic Australia
Functional Composition
Impacts
Mountain Biking
Recreation Ecology
Walking
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Functional traits reflect plant responses to disturbance, including from visitor impacts. The impacts of mountain biking and hiking on functional composition were compared using a common experimental protocol in a subalpine grassland in the Australian Alps. The overlapping cover of all species was recorded two weeks after different intensities of hiking (200 and 500 passes) and mountain biking (none, 25, 75, 200 and 500 passes). Species' functional trait data were combined with their relative cover to calculate community trait weighted means for plant height, leaf area, percentage leaf dry matter content and Specific Leaf Area (SLA). Species such as Poa fawcettiae with larger leaves and SLA but lower dry weight content of leaves were more resistant to use, with differences between bikers and hikers only apparent at the highest levels of use tested. This differs from some vegetation communities in Europe where plants with smaller leaves were more resistant to hiking. More research using functional traits may account for differences in species responses to trampling. Managers of conservation areas used for hiking and biking need to minimise off trail use by both user groups.
Fil: Pickering, Catherine Marina. Griffith University; Australia
Fil: Barros, Ana Agustina. Griffith University; Australia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Functional traits reflect plant responses to disturbance, including from visitor impacts. The impacts of mountain biking and hiking on functional composition were compared using a common experimental protocol in a subalpine grassland in the Australian Alps. The overlapping cover of all species was recorded two weeks after different intensities of hiking (200 and 500 passes) and mountain biking (none, 25, 75, 200 and 500 passes). Species' functional trait data were combined with their relative cover to calculate community trait weighted means for plant height, leaf area, percentage leaf dry matter content and Specific Leaf Area (SLA). Species such as Poa fawcettiae with larger leaves and SLA but lower dry weight content of leaves were more resistant to use, with differences between bikers and hikers only apparent at the highest levels of use tested. This differs from some vegetation communities in Europe where plants with smaller leaves were more resistant to hiking. More research using functional traits may account for differences in species responses to trampling. Managers of conservation areas used for hiking and biking need to minimise off trail use by both user groups.
publishDate 2015
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2015-12
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
info:ar-repo/semantics/articulo
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/11336/59458
Pickering, Catherine Marina; Barros, Ana Agustina; Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Environmental Management; 164; 12-2015; 129-136
0301-4797
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/59458
identifier_str_mv Pickering, Catherine Marina; Barros, Ana Agustina; Using functional traits to assess the resistance of subalpine grassland to trampling by mountain biking and hiking; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Environmental Management; 164; 12-2015; 129-136
0301-4797
CONICET Digital
CONICET
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.003
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479715301481
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
reponame_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
collection CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname_str Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.name.fl_str_mv CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.mail.fl_str_mv dasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.ar
_version_ 1844613464604016640
score 13.070432