Characterizing and comparing backcountry trail conditions in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-400

  Nepal, Sanjay K ^a   Way, Paul ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND DEGRADATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MOUNT ROBSON PROVINCIAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548272650     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[394:CACBTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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32. Funding for this work was provided bv the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant # 249964 02). Research was completed while the authors were at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.
33. First submitted 28 August 2006. Accepted for publication 19 September 2006.