Recovery of alpine herbfield on a closed walking track in the Kosciuszko Alpine Zone, Australia

• Main Authors: Scherrer, Pascal, Pickering, Catherine M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ePublications@SCU 2006
• Subjects: tourism; alpine; herbfield; Kosciusko; restoration; vegetation recovery; Natural Resources and Conservation; Arctic
• Online Access: https://epubs.scu.edu.au/tourism_pubs/509; https://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1510&context=tourism_pubs

Human use of arctic and alpine environments can result in damage to the natural vegetation and soils. Restoration of the damage can have limited success due to the severity of the environment, which restricts plant germination and growth and increases the potential for soil erosion. In this study, w...