Skill level and normative evaluations among summer recreationists at alpine ski areas

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-94

  Needham, Mark D ^a   Rollins, Rick B ^b   Vaske, Jerry J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Malaspina University College   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Image capture technology; Norms; Ski areas; Skill level; Standards of quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994540974     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2005.9651324     Document Type: Article

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