Assessment and monitoring of recreation impacts and resource conditions on mountain summits: Examples from the Northern Forest, USA

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-343

  Monz, Christopher A ^a   Marion, Jeffrey L ^b,c   Goonan, Kelly A ^d   Manning, Robert E ^d   Wimpey, Jeremy ^b   Carr, Christopher ^e  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain recreation; mountain summits; recreation ecology; recreation impact monitoring; USA; visitor impacts

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MONITORING SYSTEM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649494864     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00078.1     Document Type: Article

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