Spatially characterizing visitor use and its association with informal trails in Yosemite Valley meadows.

Abstract:

:Ecological impacts associated with nature-based recreation and tourism can compromise park and protected area goals if left unrestricted. Protected area agencies are increasingly incorporating indicator-based management frameworks into their management plans to address visitor impacts. Development of indicators requires empirical evaluation of indicator measures and examining their ecological and social relevance. This study addresses the development of the informal trail indicator in Yosemite National Park by spatially characterizing visitor use in open landscapes and integrating use patterns with informal trail condition data to examine their spatial association. Informal trail and visitor use data were collected concurrently during July and August of 2011 in three, high-use meadows of Yosemite Valley. Visitor use was clustered at statistically significant levels in all three study meadows. Spatial data integration found no statistically significant differences between use patterns and trail condition class. However, statistically significant differences were found between the distance visitors were observed from informal trails and visitor activity type with active activities occurring closer to trail corridors. Gender was also found to be significant with male visitors observed further from trail corridors. Results highlight the utility of integrated spatial analysis in supporting indicator-based monitoring and informing management of open landscapes. Additional variables for future analysis and methodological improvements are discussed.

journal_name

Environ Manage

journal_title

Environmental management

authors

Walden-Schreiner C,Leung YF

doi

10.1007/s00267-013-0066-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-07-01 00:00:00

pages

163-78

issue

1

eissn

0364-152X

issn

1432-1009

journal_volume

52

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Uneven environmental management: a Canadian perspective.

    abstract::Advocates of community-based approaches to environmental management argue that by respecting local circumstances, skills, and concerns we may improve the prospects of achieving environmental sustainability; yet, within nation states such as Canada, environmental conditions, management and enforcement costs and capabil...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-005-0159-5

    authors: Reed MG

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Evaluating aggregate terrestrial impacts of road construction projects for advanced regional mitigation.

    abstract::This study presents a GIS-based database framework used to assess aggregate terrestrial habitat impacts from multiple highway construction projects in California, USA. Transportation planners need such impact assessment tools to effectively address additive biological mitigation obligations. Such assessments can reduc...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-008-9246-8

    authors: Thorne JH,Girvetz EH,McCoy MC

    更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00

  • From Conflict to Cooperation: A Macromarketing View of Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Lebanon and the Middle East.

    abstract::Since the beginning of the Syrian war, Lebanon has experienced a major population change and has become the country with the highest number of refugees per capita. The authors apply a macromarketing perspective to study the effects of this population growth on the environmental management of Lebanon, with implications...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-020-01300-w

    authors: DeQuero-Navarro B,Aoun Barakat K,Shultz CJ,Araque-Padilla RA,Montero-Simo MJ

    更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00

  • Mapping stream habitats with a global positioning system: accuracy, precision, and comparison with traditional methods.

    abstract::We tested the precision and accuracy of the Trimble GeoXTtrade mark global positioning system (GPS) handheld receiver on point and area features and compared estimates of stream habitat dimensions (e.g., lengths and areas of riffles and pools) that were made in three different Oklahoma streams using the GPS receiver a...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-004-0270-z

    authors: Dauwalter DC,Fisher WL,Belt KC

    更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00

  • Correction to: An Analytical Review of Different Approaches to Wastewater Discharge Standards with Particular Emphasis on Nutrients.

    abstract::An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 已发布勘误

    doi:10.1007/s00267-020-01359-5

    authors: Preisner M,Neverova-Dziopak E,Kowalewski Z

    更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00

  • Rapid assessment of soil erosion in the Rio Lempa Basin, Central America, using the universal soil loss equation and geographic information systems.

    abstract::Soil erosion is a severe problem for many developing regions that lack adequate infrastructure to combat the problem. The authors established a first-order method for prioritizing areas to be examined and remediated using preexisting data and expert knowledge where data are lacking. The Universal Soil Loss Equation wa...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-002-0065-z

    authors: Kim JB,Saunders P,Finn JT

    更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00

  • An Attempt to Find a Suitable Biomass for Biochar-Based Polypropylene Biocomposites.

    abstract::Four biomass wastes (rice husk, coffee husk, coarse wool, and landfill wood) were added with biochar and polypropylene (PP) to manufacture biocomposites. Individual biomasses were tested for their combustion behavior using cone calorimeter. Biocomposites were analyzed for their fire/thermal, mechanical, and morphologi...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1033-6

    authors: Das O,Kim NK,Hedenqvist MS,Lin RJT,Sarmah AK,Bhattacharyya D

    更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00

  • Cleanup and Complexity: Nuclear and Industrial Contamination at The Santa Susana Field Laboratory, California.

    abstract::Environmental contamination, a legacy of industrial activity borne by numerous sites around the world, poses health risks for surrounding communities and presents serious cleanup challenges. One such site, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), served as an aerospace and nuclear energy research facility for over 50...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-019-01239-7

    authors: Ulibarri N,Tracy CL,McCarty RJ

    更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00

  • Using ecological risk assessment to identify the major anthropogenic stressor in the Waquoit Bay Watershed, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

    abstract::The Waquoit Bay Watershed ecological risk assessment was performed by an interdisciplinary and interagency workgroup. This paper focuses on the steps taken to formulate the analysis plan for this watershed assessment. The workgroup initially conducted a series of meetings with the general public and local and state ma...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-004-0085-y

    authors: Serveiss VB,Bowen JL,Dow D,Valiela I

    更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00

  • A structured approach to incidental take decision making.

    abstract::Decision making related to incidental take of endangered species under U.S. law lends itself well to a structured decision making approach. Incidental take is the permitted killing, harming, or harassing of a protected species under the law as long as that harm is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and does no...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-012-9981-8

    authors: McGowan CP

    更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00

  • Perceiving the environment from the lay perspective in desertified areas, northern China.

    abstract::Investigating local people's environmental perceptions can produce useful information that could be incorporated into decision making processes that help resolve environmental problems. Although China is undergoing severe desertification, the perceptions of the local people toward their degraded environment and the re...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-007-9052-8

    authors: Lee HF,Zhang DD

    更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00

  • Potential of multivariate quantitative methods for delineation and visualization of ecoregions.

    abstract::Multivariate clustering based on fine spatial resolution maps of elevation, temperature, precipitation, soil characteristics, and solar inputs has been used at several specified levels of division to produce a spectrum of quantitative ecoregion maps for the conterminous United States. The coarse ecoregion divisions ac...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-003-1084-0

    authors: Hargrove WW,Hoffman FM

    更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00

  • Adaptive Management: Promises and Pitfalls

    abstract::Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides opportunities for creating shared understandings. However, evidence from efforts to implement the approach in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Canad...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/BF01474647

    authors: McLain RJ,Lee RG

    更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00

  • Problems in Extinction Model Selection and Parameter Estimation.

    abstract::It is a vexing problem to achieve a consensus about the proper scientific way to assess population viability for habitat conservation plans. Rather than a hypothesis-testing approach, here it is proposed to select population models, estimate extinction parameters, and assess prediction uncertainty using a pragmatic, e...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s002670010062

    authors: FOLEY P

    更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00

  • Resolving the conflict between ecosystem protection and land use in protected areas of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico.

    abstract::Livelihoods of people living in many protected areas (PAs) around the world are in conflict with biodiversity conservation. In Mexico, the decrees of creation of biosphere reserves state that rural communities with the right to use buffer zones must avoid deforestation and their land uses must become sustainable, a ta...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-011-9799-9

    authors: Cortina-Villar S,Plascencia-Vargas H,Vaca R,Schroth G,Zepeda Y,Soto-Pinto L,Nahed-Toral J

    更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00

  • Acid Volatile Sulfides, Equilibrium Partitioning, and HazardousWaste Site Sediments

    abstract::/ Information provided by acid volatile sulfide (AVS) andequilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory is described, including two caseexamples, relative to hazardous waste site sediments. AVS and EqP are toolsin the toolbox, which can serve three main functions: screening,prioritization, and assisting in explaining observed ...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s002679900018

    authors: CHAPMAN PM

    更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00

  • Water Use by Inland Aquaculture in Thailand: Stakeholder Perceptions, Scientific Evidence, and Public Policy.

    abstract::This paper assesses the significance of stakeholder discourses on uses of water by aquaculture for public policy. Our discourse analysis focuses on the experiences with inland aquaculture in Thailand, drawing from interviews with stakeholders, and evidence in public documents such as newspapers and television news rep...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-019-01143-0

    authors: Lebel L,Lebel P,Chuah CJ

    更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00

  • Environmental indicators of biofuel sustainability: what about context?

    abstract::Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are used. The context of a sustainability assessment includes the purpose, the particular biofuel production and distribution system, polic...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-012-9907-5

    authors: Efroymson RA,Dale VH,Kline KL,McBride AC,Bielicki JM,Smith RL,Parish ES,Schweizer PE,Shaw DM

    更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00

  • Community capacity for adaptation to climate-induced water shortages: linking institutional complexity and local actors.

    abstract::There is growing concern for the capacity of urban and rural communities to manage current water shortages and to prepare for shortages that may accompany predicted changes in climate. In this paper, concepts relating to the notion of climate adaptation and particularly "capacity building" are used to elucidate severa...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-003-0014-5

    authors: Ivey JL,Smithers J,de Loë RC,Kreutzwiser RD

    更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00

  • Possible input of nitrogen of visitors' origin on a protected peatland.

    abstract::The Ozegahara peatland, in the Nikko-Oze National Park in Japan, is ecologically significant because of its oligotrophic environment; it is one of the most strictly preserved areas in the country. The isotope ratio of nitrogen (15N/14N) and carbon (13C/12C) and C/N ratio of peat moss (Sphagnum spp.) and sundew (Droser...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-003-0103-5

    authors: Akagi T,Osawa K

    更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00

  • Biogeochemical Research Priorities for Sustainable Biofuel and Bioenergy Feedstock Production in the Americas.

    abstract::Rapid expansion in biomass production for biofuels and bioenergy in the Americas is increasing demand on the ecosystem resources required to sustain soil and site productivity. We review the current state of knowledge and highlight gaps in research on biogeochemical processes and ecosystem sustainability related to bi...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1007/s00267-015-0536-7

    authors: Gollany HT,Titus BD,Scott DA,Asbjornsen H,Resh SC,Chimner RA,Kaczmarek DJ,Leite LF,Ferreira AC,Rod KA,Hilbert J,Galdos MV,Cisz ME

    更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00

  • Farmers' Preferences for PES Contracts to Adopt Silvopastoral Systems in Southern Ecuador, Revealed Through a Choice Experiment.

    abstract::This study investigates farmers' preferences to participate in payment contracts to adopt silvopastoral systems in Ecuador. A choice experiment was used to elicit preferences between different contract attributes, including differing payment amounts and land management requirements. The research was carried out in the...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-017-0876-6

    authors: Raes L,Speelman S,Aguirre N

    更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00

  • Phreatophytic vegetation and groundwater fluctuations: a review of current research and application of ecosystem response modeling with an emphasis on great basin vegetation.

    abstract::Although changes in depth to groundwater occur naturally, anthropogenic alterations may exacerbate these fluctuations and, thus, affect vegetation reliant on groundwater. These effects include changes in physiology, structure, and community dynamics, particularly in arid regions where groundwater can be an important w...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1007/s00267-004-0194-7

    authors: Naumburg E,Mata-Gonzalez R,Hunter RG,McLendon T,Martin DW

    更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00

  • Relationships between nitrogen transformation rates and gene abundance in a riparian buffer soil.

    abstract::Denitrification is a critical biogeochemical process that results in the conversion of nitrate to volatile products, and thus is a major route of nitrogen loss from terrestrial environments. Riparian buffers are an important management tool that is widely utilized to protect water from non-point source pollution. Howe...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-012-9929-z

    authors: Wu L,Osmond DL,Graves AK,Burchell MR,Duckworth OW

    更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00

  • Brazil's Cuiabá- Santarém (BR-163) Highway: the environmental cost of paving a soybean corridor through the Amazon.

    abstract::Brazil's Cuiabá-Santarém (BR-163) Highway provides a valuable example of ways in which decision-making procedures for infrastructure projects in tropical forest areas need to be reformulated in order to guarantee that environmental concerns are properly weighed. BR-163, which is slated to be paved as an export corrido...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-006-0149-2

    authors: Fearnside PM

    更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00

  • Exploring homeowner diffusion of yard care knowledge as one step toward improving urban ecosystems.

    abstract::Urban ecosystems are increasingly influenced by residential yard care decisions. This had led researchers to focus on homeowner education programs when it comes to yard care. Typically, the success of programs designed to influence yard care is based on whether the target subject changes his or her behavior in a more ...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0368-x

    authors: Martini NF,Nelson KC,Dahmus ME

    更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00

  • Risk tradeoffs in adaptive ecosystem management: the case of the U.S. Forest Service.

    abstract::Natural resource planning processes on public lands in the United States are driven in large part by the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which dictates general processes for analyzing and disclosing the likely impacts of proposed actions. The outcomes of these processes are the result of ...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0267-1

    authors: Stern MJ,Martin CA,Predmore SA,Morse WC

    更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00

  • Riparian land-use and rehabilitation: impact on organic matter input and soil respiration.

    abstract::Rehabilitated riparian zones in agricultural landscapes enhance environmental integrity and provide environmental services such as carbon (C) sequestration. This study quantified differences in organic matter input, soil biochemical characteristics, and soil respiration in a 25-year-old rehabilitated (RH), grass (GRS)...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0410-z

    authors: Oelbermann M,Raimbault BA,Gordon AM

    更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00

  • Biological Control of Water Hyacinth Under Conditions of Maintenance Management: Can Herbicides and Insects Be Integrated?

    abstract::/ We hypothesized that repeated herbicidal (maintenance) control of water hyacinth infestations in Florida suppressed biological control agent populations, especially the weevils Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi. We therefore sampled water hyacinth and weevil populations at 54 sites distributed statewide. Half wer...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s002679900183

    authors: CENTER TD,DRAY JR FA,JUBINSKY GP,GRODOWITZ MJ

    更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00

  • Assessing Land-Use Impacts on Natural Resources

    abstract::/ Much information is available on changes that occur in natural resources from both spatially-explicit data on environmental conditions and models of the interactions of these conditions and resources with human activities. The strategy for assessing land-use impacts on natural resources developed in this paper provi...

    journal_title:Environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s002679900097

    authors: Dale VH,KING AW,MANN LK,WASHINGTON-ALLEN RA,McCORD RA

    更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00