Impacts of rock climbing on cliff vegetation: A methods review and best practices

LM Boggess, GR Harrison… - Applied Vegetation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Cliff vegetation is diverse, understudied, and threatened by increased human
disturbance. The growing popularity of rock climbing heightens the need for science‐based …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and planetary health: a sco** review

L Capdevila, JM Losilla, C Alfonso, T Estrella… - Journal of Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The behaviors and attitudes associated with event attendance and engagement in physical
and sporting activities exert a significant impact on planetary health. This sco** review …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring of plant species and communities on coastal cliffs: Is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles suitable?

S Strumia, M Buonanno, G Aronne, A Santo… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cliffs are reservoirs of biodiversity; therefore, many plant species and communities of inland
and coastal cliffs are protected by Council Directive 92/43/EEC (European Economic …

[HTML][HTML] A call to action for inventorying and monitoring of cliff ecosystems to support conservation

GR Harrison, LM Boggess, SE McCord… - Basic and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cliffs harbor unique and specialized biodiversity that warrants attention and conservation. At
the same time, cliffs are under increased threat from anthropogenic disturbance and climate …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution of cliff plant species in the Balearic Islands under current and projected climatic scenarios

J Borràs, I Cortés-Fernández, M Capó - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cliff ecology has been studied for decades, providing information about its high biodiversity
values and their vulnerability to climate change. Also, insular ecosystems present …

Climbing route development affects cliff vascular plants more than subsequent climbing: A guide to evidence‐based conservation management to regulate climbing

F Morales‐Armijo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cliff ecosystems provide refuge to 35%–66% of the world's endemic plants. However, they
face growing threats from sport climbing. Evidence suggests that unclimbed cliffs harbour …

Rock climbing affects cliff-plant communities by reducing species diversity and altering species coexistence patterns

M March-Salas, F Morales-Armijo… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Cliffs are unique ecosystems with an outstanding but relatively unknown plant diversity,
harboring rare, endemic and threatened species, but also rock-specialist or generalist …

[HTML][HTML] Unique geology and climbing: a literature review

DA Ruban, VA Ermolaev - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Geological and geomorphological heritage (geoheritage) is often found in mountain
domains that also provide resources for climbing, mountaineering, bouldering, and …

[HTML][HTML] Nature sports: prospects for sustainability

D Van Rheenen, R Melo - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper articulates a paradigm shift in the adoption of a critical ecopedagogy focused on
substantive and systemic change within nature sports. In analyzing the unifying concept of …

The distribution of climbing chalk on climbed boulders and its impact on rock‐dwelling fern and moss species

D Hepenstrick, A Bergamini… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rock climbing is popular, and the number of climbers rises worldwide. Numerous studies on
the impact of climbing on rock‐dwelling plants have reported negative effects, which were …