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- Title
Not all ski slopes are created equal: Disturbance intensity affects ecosystem properties.
- Authors
Burt, Jennifer W.; Rice, Kevin J.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which investigates the impact of ski-caused disturbance on the properties of ecosystem in Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada. The study examined soil, vegetation and environmental characteristics on forests adjacent to downhill ski resorts. It shows that bigger disturbance intensity related to grading yielded huge effect on all ecosystem properties including the composition and diversity of plant community, soil characteristics and nutrient retention and cycling.
- Subjects
SIERRA Nevada (Calif. &; Nev.); CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; SKIING -- Environmental aspects; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; DOWNHILL skiing; PLANT communities; NUTRIENT cycles
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 8, p2242
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/08-0719.1