Forests provide important ecosystem services and are often the only natural areas that are freely accessible to the public for outdoor recreation. Large numbers of forest visitors can cause severe damage to forest ecosystems, which in turn can affect the ecosystem functioning. We aimed to assess whether experimental short-term and long-term trampling affect the ground vegetation in deciduous forests and its recovery to a different extent.

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单次与重复的人类践踏事件：郊区山毛榉森林中地面植被的响应

森林提供重要的生态系统服务，通常是唯一可供公众免费进入户外休闲活动的自然区域。大量森林游客会对森林生态系统造成严重破坏，进而影响生态系统功能。我们旨在评估实验性的短期和长期践踏是否对落叶林地表植被及其恢复有不同程度的影响。