Using social media to quantify nature-based tourism and recreation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wood, Spencer A ^a,b   Guerry, Anne D ^a,b   Silver, Jessica M ^a,b   Lacayo, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889610092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02976     Document Type: Article

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