Assessment of the character of touristic activity impact on the population of amphibians and reptiles of the Khatun recreational area in the Republic of Altai
Annotation
on the basis of quantitative data, collected by means of routing method in a number of landscapes of the Katun recreational area in the Republic of Altai, it is shown in this article that the touristic activity impacts ambiguously on the reptiles and amphibians’ population. The character of the changes in the population depends on the intensity of the touristic activity, and on the humidity degree of this or that area. Within areas with moderate and low humidity high degree of recreation impacts basically negatively; in more humid areas on the contrary it promotes growth species richness, tota...
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