The Effects of Winter Recreation on Alpine and Subalpine Fauna: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
dc.contributor.author | Sato, Chloe | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, Jeff T. | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Lindenmayer, David B | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-25T23:40:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-25T23:40:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-05-15 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T08:04:39Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The ski industry is often perceived as having a negative impact on sensitive alpine and subalpine communities. However, empirical evidence of such impacts is lacking. We reviewed the available literature from the last 35 years to quantify the reported effects of winter recreation on faunal communities. Overall, using one-sample binomial tests ('sign tests') we found that the effects of all types of winter recreation-related disturbances (i.e. ski runs, resort infrastructure and winter tourism) were more likely to be negative or have no effect, than be positive for wildlife. More specifically, in Europe, where the majority of the available research was conducted, the impacts of winter recreation were most often negative for fauna. In terms of specific taxa, birds and to a lesser extent mammals and arthropods, responded negatively to disturbance. Results from our meta-analysis confirmed the results from our binomial tests. Richness, abundance and diversity of fauna were lower in areas affected by winter recreation when compared with undisturbed areas. For most regions and taxa, however, empirical evidence remains too limited to identify clear impacts of winter recreation. We therefore conclude that the majority of ski resorts are operating in the absence of knowledge needed to inform effective strategies for biodiversity conservation and ecologically-sound management. Thus, there is an urgent need for more empirical research to be conducted throughout this increasingly threatened ecological community, especially given the indication from the available literature that fauna often respond negatively to winter recreation. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The corresponding author (C. Sato) was supported by the Glenn Sanecki Alpine Scholarship to carry out this research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16812 | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.rights | © 2013 Sato et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.source | PLoS ONE | |
dc.source.uri | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0064282 | en_AU |
dc.subject | animals | |
dc.subject | species specificity | |
dc.subject | recreation | |
dc.subject | seasons | |
dc.title | The Effects of Winter Recreation on Alpine and Subalpine Fauna: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 5 | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | e64282 | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Sato, Chloe, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Fenner School of Environment and Society, FSES General, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wood, Jeffrey, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Fenner School of Environment and Society, FSES General, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lindenmayer, David, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Fenner School of Environment and Society, FSES General, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | chloe.sato@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | jeff.wood@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | Sato, Chloe, u4772529 | en_AU |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 050205 | en_AU |
local.identifier.absseo | 960604 | en_AU |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f5625xPUB3394 | en_AU |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 8 | en_AU |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0064282 | en_AU |
local.identifier.essn | 1932-6203 | en_AU |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84877760453 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000319052700087 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u3488905 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | http://journals.plos.org/ | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |
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