[1]NIU Li-qin,CHENG Zhan-hong.Comparison of the Calculation Methods on the Impact of Tourism on Vegetation in Wutai Mountains[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2012,19(05):223-229.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
19
Number of periods:
2012 05
Page number:
223-229
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Public date:
2012-10-20
- Title:
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Comparison of the Calculation Methods on the Impact of Tourism on Vegetation in Wutai Mountains
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NIU Li-qin1, CHENG Zhan-hong2
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1. College of Environment Economics, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China;
2. College of Tourism Management, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- Keywords:
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Wutai Mountains; tourism ecology; calculation methods; TWINSPAN; DCA
- CLC:
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Q948.12+3
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- Abstract:
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It is very important for the quality of ecological environment in scenic spot to study the calculating methods for the impact of tourism on vegetation. Nowadays, there are two different ways. The first way is to use species importance value in traditional ecology, and the second is to use landscape importance value, biodiversity, the ratio of community structure, shade-tolerant species proportion, the proportion of species companying with human and tourism influencing index. These two ways were compared by TWINSPAN and DCA in Wutai Mountains, and their results show different ecological information. In TWINSPAN, the result of the first way mainly showed the ecological characteristics of different populations and communities, whereas that of the second way reflected the ecological relationship between tourism development and vegetation landscapes. In DCA, the result of the first way showed the ecological relationship between plant communities and physical geography, and the spatial pattern among different types, whereas that of the second way reflected the pattern rule of different vegetation landscapes under tourism disturbance. Compared with the first way, the second way is more reasonable and scientific with regard to the impact of tourism on vegetation.