Revealing spatial and temporal patterns of outdoor recreation in the European Alps and their surroundings

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 31, Issue , 2018, Pages 336-350

  Schirpke, Uta ^a,b   Meisch, Claude ^a   Marsoner, Thomas ^b   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural ecosystem services; Societal preferences; Spatio temporal pattern; Visitation rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037621009     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.017     Document Type: Article

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