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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"wilderness area"”.
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Palaeoecology and vegetation dynamics in the Cederberg wilderness area
The Cederberg Wilderness Area, in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, contains over 2000 plant species, 280 of which are endemic. The area has been subject to various forms of land use for millennia ranging from hunter-gatherers, herders, and farmers to visitors today. This study used …
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The benefits and burdens of living beside the Cederberg Wilderness Area
… times faster than ever before, protected areas have emerged as the most widely used tool available to conservationists to curb the loss of species (Child, 2004; Jepson & Ladle, 2010) . The number and extent of protected areas has increased dramatically over the past century, and their …
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User fee for wilderness recreation: a comparison of user characteristics and travel cost demand functions for Linville Gorge wilderness area and Grandfather Mountain backcountry, North Carolina
User fees for federal Wilderness have been suggested as a way to reduce deficit spending on Wilderness recreation and supplement decreasing management budgets. This study examines the users of Linville Gorge Wilderness, a federal free area, and Grandfather Mountain Backcountry, a nearby private fee …
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A Methodology For Using Thematic Mapper Landsat Remotely Sensed Data to Determine Environmental Quality
… to infer environmental quality of a pristine wilderness area, such as Piney Creek Wilderness. The environmental variables studied were geology, topography, soils, hydrology, climate, cultural features, and vegetation as a surrogate for the quality of the whole ecosystem. This includes a study …
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Perceptions of a guided wilderness trail
… Interviews with past and present guides of the Wilderness Leadership School were used to identify four Important factors in a successful guided wilderness trail. Using postal questionnaires, guides and members of the Wilderness Leadership School were asked to rank nine trail scenarios. The …
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Spatial and Temporal Land Use Change in Southern Illinois' Clear Springs and Bald Knob Wilderness Areas
… of land use change in a southern Illinois wilderness area. The study area is the Clear Springs and Bald Knob Wilderness areas. Land patent and Forest Service acquisition records were compiled with spatial and temporal elements of land transfers examined utilizing a geographic information …
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Mount San Jacinto State Park Visitor Attributes, Preferences, and Perceptions
… points within Mount San Jacinto State Park Wilderness Area, the entrance to Long Valley and adjacent to the Long Valley Ranger Station, during summer 2008. Three hundred and seventy-eight subjects completed one of the two visitor surveys (97.68% response rate), 256 (67.7%) completed the Long …
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Fire-on-Fire Interactions in Three Large Wilderness Areas
… wildfires on subsequent large wildfires in three wilderness areas: The Greater Bob Marshall, the Selway-Bitterroot, and the Frank Church. Data from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project, which mapped large wildfires in the western United States occurring since 1984, are used for …
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Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model
… <P /> <P>Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model</P> <P /> <P>Chair: William T. Borrie</P> <P /> <P>Wilderness managers are charged with the challenging goal of balancing resource protection and experience quality across a broad, value-laden landscape. …
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Fire-on-Fire Interactions in Three Large Wilderness Areas
… wildfires on subsequent large wildfires in three wilderness areas: The Greater Bob Marshall, the Selway-Bitterroot, and the Frank Church. Data from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project, which mapped large wildfires in the western United States occurring since 1984, are used for …
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Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model
… <P /> <P>Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model</P> <P /> <P>Chair: William T. Borrie</P> <P /> <P>Wilderness managers are charged with the challenging goal of balancing resource protection and experience quality across a broad, value-laden landscape. …
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Assessing the Reliability of Computer Simulation Modeling for Monitoring and Managing Indicators of Wilderness Solitude in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
… simulation model estimates for monitoring wilderness solitude-related indicators of quality. In particular, can reliable estimates of solitude-related indicators be generated for low use recreation environments, such as backcountry and wilderness areas? Is there a spatial component to …
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Effects of fire frequency and seasonality on the population dynamics of the critically endangered Clanwilliam cedar
… To characterise fire patterns in the Cederberg Wilderness Area, I used a latent class analysis on fire indices calculated from a fire history database. To explore the effects of fire seasonality on the cedar count numbers I used a negative binomial hurdle model using seasonal fire indices and …
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A Geospatial Approach to Wildlife and Wilderness Management
… to highlight the importance of protected areas and wildlife habitat. Chapter 1 explores the use of Poisson and negative binomial regression models to examine winter habitat use by mountain goats in the Kenai Mountains of South-Central Alaska. Using GPS collared locations data, these models …
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The impact of alien invasive smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) on the indigenous fish of the Rondegat River : a quantitative assessment with implications for rehabilitation
… catchment and the custodians of the Cedarberg Wilderness Area. The most effective strategy will be to eradicate M dolomieu from the lower river with piscicides, while at the same time taking steps to rehabilitate the riparian zone throughout the river. A holistic rehabilitation programme such …
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The Ahipara gumfields
… has taken place. The Historic Reserve area has been modified by machine washing and sluicing, leaving permanent scars in the landscape where the topsoil has been washed away, these workings are from the later period of gumdigging about 1930 onwards, however, in parts the ground is …
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A pluralistic, socio-ecological approach to understand the long-term impact of mountain conservation: a counterfactual and place-based assessment of social, ecological and hydrological change in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains of the Cape Floristic Region
The problem: For protected areas to remain relevant, we need to understand their impact on a wide set of conservation objectives and environmental outcomes. We also need to evaluate how this influence relates to the socio-ecological environment within which they occur. This is a complex endeavour …