A program of research to support management of visitor-caused noise at Muir Woods National Monument

Park Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Manning, Robert ^a   Newman, Peter ^b   Fristrup, Kurt ^c   Stack, Dave ^d   Pilcher, Ericka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Statue of Liberty National Monument   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicators and standards; Muir Woods; Noise; Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP); Visitor management

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649145863     PISSN: 07359462     EISSN: 10909966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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