Impact of Tourism and Recreational Activities on the Biological Diversity in the Altai Republic

Peter Yu. MALKOV; Maria G. SUKHOVA; Olga P. VOZNIYCHUK; Anastasia N. MALKOVA; Nadezhda E. KHUDYAKOVA; Sergey V. DOLGOVYKH

doi:10.14505//jemt.10.4(36).18

Peter Yu. MALKOV Department of Biology and Chemistry Gorno-Altaisk State University, Russian Federation
Maria G. SUKHOVA Department of Geography and Nature Management, Gorno-Altaisk State University Laboratory of Landscape Water and Ecological Researches and Environmental Management Institute of Water and Environmental Problems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science Russian Federation
Olga P. VOZNIYCHUK Department of Biology and Chemistry Gorno-Altaisk State University, Russian Federation
Anastasia N. MALKOVA Department of Biology and Ecology Republican Center for Continuing Education, Russian Federation
Nadezhda E. KHUDYAKOVA Department of Biology and Chemistry Gorno-Altaisk State University, Russian Federation
Sergey V. DOLGOVYKH Department of Education Mayminsky Agricultural College, Russian Federation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14505//jemt.10.4(36).18

Abstract

Tourism development directly affects territorial biological diversity. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to analyze the biological diversity in the areas with intensive impact of tourism and recreational activities in the Altai Republic. The article presents the results of field studies in the Katun Nature Reserve in the Altai Republic. This territory is characterized by an excessive tourism and recreational burden on ecosystems. Based on the quantitative analysis, data on the abundance (density) of species of clavaceous lepidoptera (diurnal butterflies) and orthopterans, amphibians, reptiles, birds, small mammals, resources of superterraneous biomass of herbage cover and earthworms (lumbricidae) were obtained. The proposed publication is an attempt of a comprehensive analysis of changes occurring in biological communities as a result of the impact of tourism and recreational environmental management.

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