Environmental Impact - Wildlife/Vegetation Effects

Boucher, D. H., Aviles, J. & Chepote, R. (1991). Recovery of trail side vegetation from trampling in a tropical rain forest. Environmental Management 15: 257-262.

Abstract

Three trails with varying periods of use and recovery were studied in a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica. The impact of trampling was evident in the comparisons of the trails to the forest control trail, as well as in the rapid increase in diversity and cover with distance from the trail center. The lack of differences between the trail used for 32 months and that used for 51 months, suggests that curvilinearity characterizes responses to trampling over time and space.

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