Using social media to quantify spatial and temporal dynamics of nature-based recreational activities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Mancini, Francesca ^a   Coghill, George M ^a   Lusseau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL PARK; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILDLIFE; DEVICES; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL PARK;

ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85049967887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200565     Document Type: Article

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