Changes in Soil Cover and Vegetation by Mountaineering Activity

Abstract

Changes in soil cover and vegetation caused by mutual, close and indisputable relationships should be considered together. Due to the different nature of the changes, the stimulus (type of mountaineering), the intensity of use and, above all, the zone of impact, changes in soil cover and vegetation cover are described in this section in terms of two impact zones: (1) the hiking and trekking zones and (2) the climbing zone (see Fig. 1.1).