Influence of weather conditions on hiking behavior

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 777-781

  Li, Ching ^a   Lin, Shu Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b APEC Reserach Center for Typhoon and Society   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior changes; Hiking; Outdoor recreation; Participation predication; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALKING; WEATHER;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WALKING; WEATHER;

EID: 84862874727     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0459-9     Document Type: Article

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