Past experience and behavioral choice among wilderness users

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-213

  McFarlane, Bonita L ^a   Boxall, Peter C ^a   Watson, David O ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Western Field Economics ^*

Author keywords

Behavioral choice; Constraints; Past experience; Setting preferences; Wilderness recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006742916     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1998.11949826     Document Type: Article

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