Impacts of experimental trampling on tall alpine herbfields and subalpine grasslands in the Australian Alps

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-540

  Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a   Growcock, Andrew J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Management; Recovery; Recreation ecology; Resistance; Tourism impacts

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAMPLING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; RECREATION; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

EID: 70449715107     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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