• Prospective
    Students
  • Current
    Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News &
    Events
  • About Royal
    Roads
Main menu
  • Prospective Students
  • Current Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News & Events
  • About Royal Roads
 
    • Admin Login
    View Item 
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    An investigation into the influence of slope on trail erosion and the effects of trails on plant communities within Garry Oak and associated ecosystems in Mount Douglas Park, Vancouver Island

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    ONeill_royalroads_1313O_10514.pdf (2.521Mb)
    Date
    2018-03-19
    Author
    O'Neill, Hailey
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Subject
    Garry Oak ecosystem; species diversity; species richness; trail erosion; trail slope; vegetation community
    Abstract
    Urban parks provide refuge for species at risk, and maintain and preserve biodiversity in densely populated settings. Soil erosion on trails, which can have negative impacts on the surrounding plant communities, is a growing concern for park managers. To characterize the effects of slope on trail erosion, and trail presence on plant communities within Garry oak ecosystems, a study was conducted within Mount Douglas Park, Saanich, British Columbia. Four trails were assessed for trail erosion, followed by vegetation community assessment. The degree of erosion was significantly different between all trails observed in the current study, but was not determined to be a function of trail slope. The presence of trails was found to affect plant community composition, where species richness and species diversity were higher adjacent to trails than at a distance from the trail. This study can provide park managers with insight into the ecological impacts of urban recreation.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10613/5622
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25316/IR-562
    Collections
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • MSc Environment and Management Theses

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Thumbnail

      Diversity among rare and common congeneric plant species from the Garry oak and Okanagan shrub-steppe ecosystems in British Columbia: Implications for conservation 

      Hersh, Evan W.; Wheeler, Erica J.; Costanzo, Brenda; Ramakrishnan, Alisa P.; Miscampbell, Allyson E.; Ritland, Carol; Whitton, Jeannette; Gorrell, Jamieson C.; Harrower, William (Canadian Science Publishing, 2022-09-27)
      It is often assumed that the northern peripheral populations of species’ ranges are genetically depauperate due in part to founder effects from postglacial colonization. The majority of federally protected plant species ...
    • Thumbnail

      Restoring anthropogenic fires to Garry oak ecosystems : a case study from Tumbo Island North 

      Botica, Tony (2020-11-27)
      This research is focused at the sites of Tumbo Island North and Tumbo Cliff (both on Tumbo Island within the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve [GINPR]), with supplemental data from Rocky Point Department of National Defense ...
    • Thumbnail

      Mapping Garry oak ecosystems within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region 

      Croxall, Roxanne; Shearing, Rachelle (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-04-12)
      The Garry oak ecosystem mapping project aims to gain a better understanding of the location and extent of Garry oak ecosystems (GOEs) within the UNESCO designated Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR). This project will ...

    Browse

    All of VIURRSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Admin LoginRegister
    back to top  
    Royal Roads University
    Our Location
    2005 Sooke Road
    Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
    Canada
    •   Campus Map
    Get in Touch
    •   Phone: 250.391.2511
    •   Toll-free: 1.800.788.8028
    •   Email Us
    •   Directories
    @RoyalRoadsRRU FacebookRRU LinkedInRRU YouTubeRRU Pinterest
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback
    • Website Feedback
    • Privacy Policy
    • Academic Regulations
    • Copyright
    • Sitemap
    • ©2017 Royal Roads University
     
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV