Environmental sensitivity and conservation management in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland

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Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Gordon, John E ^a   Thompson, Des B A ^b   Haynes, Valerie M ^b   Brazier, Vanessa ^a   Macdonald, Ron ^a  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CAIRNGORMS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031847379     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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53. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Seminar on Research for Mountain Area Development: Europe, held at Abisko, September 1997. JEG is grateful to Anders Rapp and the Royal Swedish Academy for the invitation to attend the Seminar, to the Royal Swedish Academy for financial support and to the participants for helpful discussion. We also thank the referees for constructive comments. It is also a pleasure to record our debt to the following who have influenced our thinking about the Cairngorms: Colin Ballantyne, Rikck Battarbee, Neil Bayfield, John Birks, Charles Gimmingham, Ian Gneve, Derek Ratcliffe, David Sugden and Adam Watson.