The impact of commercial horse riding on sub-alpine environments at cradle mountain, Tasmania, Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-70

  Whinam, J ^a   Comfort, M ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial horse riding; Ecotourism; Management implications; Soil erosion; Sub alpine environments; Tasmania; Trampling

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; GLEICHENIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORSE RIDING; MOUNTAIN AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, CRADLE MOUNTAIN;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL HORSE RIDING; ECO-TOURISMS; EUCALYPT FOREST; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SUB ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TASMANIA; TRAMPLING;

SOILS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0029662511     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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