Environmental Impact - Inventorying & monitoring methods

Cole, D. N. & Bayfield, N.G. (1991). Recreational trampling of vegetation: standard experimental procedures. Biological Conservation 63: 209-215.

Abstract

Cole and Bayfield present a standard protocol for controlled trampling experiments. The procedure provides information on both damage to vegetation in response to short duration trampling and subsequent recovery over a one-year period. Changes in vegetation cover, vegetation height, bare ground cover, and the cover of individual species can be assessed. It is designed to be efficient both in area and time requirements. It can be applied in a wide variety of vegetation types.

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