Letter to the Editor: Stone-stacking as a Looming Threat to Rock-dwelling Biodiversity

Authors

• Ricardo Rocha, Universidade do PortoFollow
• Paulo A. V. Borges, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Pedro Cardoso, University of Helsinki
• Mirza D. Kusrini, IPB University
• José Martin-Esquivel, National Park of Teide, Canary Islands
• Dília Menezes, Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza
• Mário Monta-Ferreira, Universidade do Porto
• Sara F. Nunes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Inês Órfão, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Catarina Serra-Gonçalves, University of Tasmania
• Manuela Sim-Sim, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Pedro Sepúlveda, Direção Regional do Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente
• Dinarte Teixeira, Universidade da Madeira
• Anna Traveset, Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies

Date of this Version

Spring 2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

Human–Wildlife Interactions (Spring 2020) 14(1): article 17 

doi: 10.26077/secn-2a27

Comments

Open access. License: CC BY 4.0

Abstract

This letter to the editor describes the surge of “photo-friendly” stacks of stones as an emerging tourism-associated threat to rock-dwelling biodiversity.