Human-Wildlife Interactions (May 2020)
Stone-Stacking as a Looming Threat to Rock-Dwelling Biodiversity
- Ricardo Rocha,
- Paulo A. V. Borges,
- Pedro Cardoso,
- Mirza Dikari Kusrini,
- José Luis Martín-Esquivel,
- Dília Menezes,
- Mário Mota-Ferreira,
- Sara F. Nunes,
- Inês Órfão,
- Catarina Serra-Gonçalves,
- Manuela Sim-Sim,
- Pedro Sepúlveda,
- Dinarte Teixeira,
- Anna Traveset
Affiliations
- Ricardo Rocha
- University of Porto
- Paulo A. V. Borges
- University of Lisbon
- Pedro Cardoso
- University of Helsinki
- Mirza Dikari Kusrini
- IPB University
- José Luis Martín-Esquivel
- National Park of Teide, Canary Islands
- Dília Menezes
- Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza
- Mário Mota-Ferreira
- University of Porto
- Sara F. Nunes
- University of Lisbon
- Inês Órfão
- University of Lisbon
- Catarina Serra-Gonçalves
- University of Tasmania
- Manuela Sim-Sim
- University of Lisbon
- Pedro Sepúlveda
- DROTA - Direção Regional do Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente
- Dinarte Teixeira
- University of Madeira
- Anna Traveset
- Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26077/secn-2a27
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
Abstract
This letter to the editor describes the surge of “photo-friendly” stacks of stones as an emerging tourism-associated threat to rock-dwelling biodiversity.
Keywords
- habitat disturbance
- invertebrate conservation
- narrow-range endemics
- nature-based tourism
- retreat sites
