ANALYSIS OF ANTHROPOGENICALLY INDUCED CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE KATUN RECREATIONAL AREA OF THE ALTAI REPUBLIC, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The aim of the research is a comprehensive evaluation of the character of the impact of recreational activity and tourism on the biological communities of the Republic of Altai. The article discusses the main tendencies of changes in biological communities in the Altai Mountains proper to places of...

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Main Authors: Peter Yu. MALKOV, Tatyana N. KURILENKO, Maria G. SUKHOVA, Olga V. ZHURAVLEVA, Alexander I. MINAEV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universităţii din Oradea 2019-09-01
Series:Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
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Online Access:http://gtg.webhost.uoradea.ro/PDF/GTG-3-2019/gtg.26308-396.pdf
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Summary:The aim of the research is a comprehensive evaluation of the character of the impact of recreational activity and tourism on the biological communities of the Republic of Altai. The article discusses the main tendencies of changes in biological communities in the Altai Mountains proper to places of high recreational load. It is shown that as a rule, changes are manifested in the impoverishment of biological diversity, local extinction or decrease of the number of stenotopic bank types and the extension of the spatial distribution anthropoperseverant species. The general regularities and specificity of the reaction of the researched groups of organisms are demonstrated.
ISSN:2065-0817