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Tree ring analysis as an indicator of environmental changes caused by tourist trampling — A potential method for the assessment of the impact of tourists Cover

Tree ring analysis as an indicator of environmental changes caused by tourist trampling — A potential method for the assessment of the impact of tourists

Geochronometria
Volume 41 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: Szymon Ciapała,  Paweł Adamski and  Tomasz Zielonka  
Open Access
|Oct 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0170-1 | Journal eISSN: 1897-1695
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Language: English
Page range: 392 - 399
Published on: Oct 1, 2014
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Keywords:
dendrochronology,
tourist impact,
spruce forest,
trampling
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
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