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Table 2.1. Some recent examples of investigations on natural resource impacts of ecotourist activities.<br />

Study area<br />

Costa Rica <strong>and</strong><br />

Ecuador<br />

Kibale National<br />

Park, Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Kibale National<br />

Park, Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Loxahatchee<br />

National Wildlife<br />

Refuge, Florida,<br />

USA<br />

Chile, Costa Rica<br />

<strong>and</strong> Belize<br />

Cuyabeno Wildlife<br />

Reserve,<br />

Amazonian<br />

Ecuador<br />

Jiuzhaigou National<br />

Park, China<br />

Stressor<br />

activities<br />

Impacted<br />

components Methods Impact indicators Source<br />

Hiking Trail conditions Rainfall simulation<br />

experiments<br />

Camping <strong>and</strong> Campsite <strong>and</strong> trail Condition<br />

hiking<br />

conditions<br />

assessment<br />

Campsite<br />

development<br />

<strong>and</strong> activities<br />

Walking;<br />

birdwatching<br />

Hiking <strong>and</strong><br />

camping<br />

Boating <strong>and</strong><br />

birdwatching<br />

Hiking<br />

Compaction; infiltration;<br />

soil detachment rate<br />

Campsite <strong>and</strong> trail<br />

condition indicators<br />

surveys<br />

Vegetation Plot sampling Population <strong>and</strong> diversity<br />

indices; species<br />

composition<br />

Birds (herons<br />

<strong>and</strong> ibis)<br />

Trail <strong>and</strong> recreation<br />

site conditions<br />

Birds (hoatzins)<br />

Trail conditions <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution patterns<br />

Behaviour<br />

observations<br />

Point sampling<br />

<strong>and</strong> condition<br />

assessments<br />

Monitoring of<br />

nesting activities;<br />

flight behaviour<br />

observations;<br />

hormonal analysis<br />

Census of trail<br />

problem events<br />

Foraging <strong>and</strong> avoidance<br />

behaviour<br />

Trail <strong>and</strong> site condition<br />

indicators<br />

Breeding success;<br />

flight behaviour;<br />

hormonal stress<br />

Trail widening, multiple<br />

treads, root<br />

exposure, etc.<br />

Wallin <strong>and</strong> Harden,<br />

1996<br />

Obua <strong>and</strong> Harding,<br />

1997<br />

Obua, 1997<br />

Burger <strong>and</strong> Gochfeld,<br />

1998<br />

Farrell <strong>and</strong> Marion,<br />

2001, 2002b<br />

Müllner et al., 2004<br />

Li et al., 2005<br />

Y.-F. Leung et al. 27

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