The effects of tourism disturbance on soil microbial communities are unclear
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The gap
The effects of tourism disturbance on soil microbial communities are unclear. The interactions between elevation and tourism disturbance on soil microbial communities are not well understood. The relationships between soil physicochemical properties and microbial community composition require further investigation.
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Sourced from the stated research gap and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 4 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Elevation modulates the effects of tourism disturbance on soil fungal and bacterial communities in a cold-temperate montane forest (2026) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi
The effects of tourism disturbance on soil microbial communities are unclear. The interactions between elevation and tourism disturbance on soil microbial communities are not well understood. The relationships between soil physicochemical properties and microbial community composition require further investigation.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: effects tourism disturbance soil microbial communities unclear interactions - Rising awareness to improve conservation of microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems: advances and future directions in soil microbial diversity from Chile and the Antarctic Peninsula (2024) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 4× · doi
The underrepresentation of the Global South in ecological studies has been suggested as an important gap that could compromise global solutions to conservation and the current biodiversity and climate crisis. The southwest of South America, which includes Chile, runs behind the rest of the continent on studies related to soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: underrepresentation global south ecological studies has been suggested - Lost paradise—anthropogenic pressure alters microbial functional diversity in an endangered endemic toad-habitat system (2025) · ISME Communications · doi
Integrating field-based ecological, microbiological, and conservation perspectives, this study provides novel insights into how anthropogenic disturbance—particularly tourism—affects microbial functional diversity across interconnected environmental (soil) and host-associated (amphibian skin and faeces) compartments in a globally unique and poorly studied highland ecosystem, the summit of Roraima-tepui in Venezuela.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: integrating field based ecological microbiological conservation perspectives provides novel insights anthropogenic disturbance particularly tourism affects
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