Effects of trampling on a terrestrial orchid environment
Orchids and soil communities that support them may be affected when we monitor or conduct inves- tigative procedures, or through tourism especially during the blooming season, but this has never been investigated or quantified (Light 2004). The immedi- ate and direct effect of human disturbance incl...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | spa |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2015
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/19523 |
Summary: | Orchids and soil communities that support them may be affected when we monitor or conduct inves- tigative procedures, or through tourism especially during the blooming season, but this has never been investigated or quantified (Light 2004). The immedi- ate and direct effect of human disturbance including crushing of flowering plants and seedlings is obvious: broken stems are unlikely to resume growth and a season’s reproductive effort can be lost. |
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