Monitoring recreational use in urban natural areas

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 366-379

  Lajeunesse, Denyse ^a   Domon, Gérald ^a   Cogliastro, Alain ^a   Bouchard, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term study; Monitoring; Recreational use; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL USE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; URBAN PARK;

CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL;

EID: 0031422728     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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