Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and ManagementChannel View Publications, 2002 - 340 pages The book covers all facets of tourism in natural areas. The book is underpinned by a strong foundation of environmental understanding. It then describes the range of impacts, which occur when tourism takes place in the natural environment and illustrates how managers can plan, develop and appropriately manage tourism developments in natural areas. Finally, the book addresses ongoing management concerns such as monitoring environmental change and the need to introduce appropriate management strategies. |
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Page 55
... birds . Introduced herbivores can compete for scarce resources and alter ecosystem structure by preventing the regen- eration of larger , woody plant species . Introduced rats ( Rattus rattus ) are well known as egg predators and their ...
... birds . Introduced herbivores can compete for scarce resources and alter ecosystem structure by preventing the regen- eration of larger , woody plant species . Introduced rats ( Rattus rattus ) are well known as egg predators and their ...
Page 120
... birds to desert their nests and the resultant exposure of eggs and young can lead to mortality . Similarly the disturbance of unfledged birds can cause them to fall from the nest area , risking injury and predation . Other species of bird ...
... birds to desert their nests and the resultant exposure of eggs and young can lead to mortality . Similarly the disturbance of unfledged birds can cause them to fall from the nest area , risking injury and predation . Other species of bird ...
Page 253
... birds . So far , up to 248 bird species have been recorded . During winter the area supports up to 20,000 waterfowl and comprises an important over- wintering site for various species of ducks , geese and swans . Facilities include two ...
... birds . So far , up to 248 bird species have been recorded . During winter the area supports up to 20,000 waterfowl and comprises an important over- wintering site for various species of ducks , geese and swans . Facilities include two ...
Contents
Approaches to nature | 4 |
Natural Area Tourism | 10 |
Further Reading | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and Management David Newsome,Susan A. Moore,Ross Kingston Dowling No preview available - 2002 |
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activities animals applied approach assessment Banff National Park Barrier Reef behaviour birds Bob Marshall Wilderness camping campsites carrying capacity cave centre chapter communities coral reef damage disturbance diversity ecological ecosystems ecotourism effects environmental impacts Environmental Management erosion example experience facilities Forest Service fynbos groups habitat Hammitt & Cole human increased indicators interpretation Island Kakadu Kakadu National Park Kruger National Park Land Management landscape Leung levels Limits of Acceptable located management actions management strategies Marion McArthur measure ment minimise monitoring programme Mountains National Park natural area tourism natural environment off-road vehicles opportunity classes organisations planning frameworks plants problems protected areas rainforest Ramsar Convention reduce Research reserves resource river roads social soil species stakeholders standards Stankey survey techniques tion tourism development trampling trees users vegetation visitor impacts visitor management visitor monitoring visitor numbers Warren National Park Western Australia wilderness areas wildlife zone