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Recent Advances In Recreation Ecology And The Implications Of Different Relationships Between Recreation Use And Ecological Impacts, Christopher Monz, C. M. Pickering, W. Hadwen Jan 2013

Recent Advances In Recreation Ecology And The Implications Of Different Relationships Between Recreation Use And Ecological Impacts, Christopher Monz, C. M. Pickering, W. Hadwen

Christopher Monz

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Theutility Of Visitor Impact Assessment In Parks And Protected Areas: A Combined Social-‐‐ Ecological Approach, A. D'Antonio, Christopher Monz, P. Newman, S. Lawson, D. Taff Jan 2013

Enhancing Theutility Of Visitor Impact Assessment In Parks And Protected Areas: A Combined Social-‐‐ Ecological Approach, A. D'Antonio, Christopher Monz, P. Newman, S. Lawson, D. Taff

Christopher Monz

No abstract provided.


Megaherbivores And Cattle Alter Edge Effects Around Ecosystem Hotspots In An African Savanna, Kari E. Veblen Jan 2013

Megaherbivores And Cattle Alter Edge Effects Around Ecosystem Hotspots In An African Savanna, Kari E. Veblen

Kari E. Veblen

Wild mammalian herbivores and cattle are fundamental drivers of African savanna ecosystems and have strong impacts on woody vegetation. However, few experimental studies have investigated the separate and combined influences of different large herbivores on spatial vegetation patterning. In East Africa, temporary cattle corrals (bomas) develop after abandonment into productive, treeless ‘glades’ that attract both domestic and wild herbivores. Edges of glades exhibit unusually high densities of large trees. We used a long-term, broad-scale manipulative experiment to test whether megaherbivores (elephants and giraffes), wild meso-herbivores (15–1000 kg), or cattle caused shifts in woody plant abundances in glade edges. We also …


Impacts Of Traditional Livestock Corrals On Woody Plant Communities In An East African Savanna, Kari E. Veblen Jan 2013

Impacts Of Traditional Livestock Corrals On Woody Plant Communities In An East African Savanna, Kari E. Veblen

Kari E. Veblen

No abstract provided.