The influence of use-related, environmental, and managerial factors on soil loss from recreational trails

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1483-1493

  Olive, Nathaniel D ^a   Marion, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Recreation impact; Soil erosion; Tourism impact; Trail erosion; Trail impact; Trail impact monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

IMPACT MONITORING; RECREATION IMPACTS; RELATED FACTORS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; TOURISM IMPACT; TRAIL EROSION; TRAIL IMPACT MONITORING; TRAIL IMPACTS;

EROSION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOIL EROSION; TOURISM;

BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA; KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 58149123382     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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