Impact of outdoor winter sports on the abundance of a key indicator species of alpine ecosystems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1704-1711

  Patthey, Patrick ^a   Wirthner, Sven ^a   Signorell, Natalina ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIC; Alpine ecosystems; Habitat quality; Human disturbance; Hunting; Ski lifts; Tetrao tetrix; Winter recreation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT QUALITY; HUNTING; PATCHINESS; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREELINE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 54349117074     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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