| Abstract: | Mountain summits present a unique challenge to manage sustainably: they are ecologically important and, in many circumstances, under high demand for recreation and tourism activities. This article presents recent advances in the assessment of resource conditions and visitor disturbance in mountain summit environments, by drawing on examples from a multiyear, interdisciplinary study of summits in the northeastern United States. Primary impact issues as a consequence of visitor use, such as informal trail formation, vegetation disturbance, and soil loss, were addressed via the adaption of protocols from recreation ecology studies to summit environments. In addition, new methodologies were developed that provide measurement sensitivity to change previously unavailable through standard recreation monitoring protocols. Although currently limited in application to the northeastern US summit environments, the methods presented show promise for widespread application wherever summits are in demand for visitor activities. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70003888 |
| Citation Author: | Monz, Christopher A.; Marion, Jeffrey L.; Goonan, Kelly A.; Manning, Robert E.; Wimpey, Jeremy ; Carr, Christopher |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 343 |
| Citation Issue: | 4 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Mountain Research and Development |
| Citation LatN: | 0500000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0400000 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 12 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 12 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | International Mountain Society |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Assessment and monitoring of recreation impacts and resource conditions on mountain summits: examples from the Northern Forest, USA; 2010; Article; Journal; Mountain Research and Development; Monz, Christopher A.; Marion, Jeffrey L.; Goonan, Kelly A.; Manning, Robert E.; Wimpey, Jeremy ; Carr, Christopher |
| Citation Start Page: | 332 |
| Citation Volume: | 30 |
| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Assessment and monitoring of recreation impacts and resource conditions on mountain summits: examples from the Northern Forest, USA; 2010; Article; Journal; Mountain Research and Development; Monz, Christopher A.; Marion, Jeffrey L.; Goonan, Kelly A.; Manning, Robert E.; Wimpey, Jeremy ; Carr, Christopher |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00078.1 |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | International Mountain Society |
