Climate change and the future of snowmobiling in non-mountainous regions of Canada

Managing Leisure

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-250

  McBoyle, Geoff ^a   Scott, Daniel ^a   Jones, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 85009552845     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710701546868     Document Type: Article

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