The assessment, monitoring and management of hiking trails: A case study from the Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia

Conservation Science Western Australia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Mende, Pamela ^a   Newsome, David ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Hiking trails; Management monitoring; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; STIRLING RANGE NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33748669904     PISSN: 14473682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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