Thesis (M.A.)--Brock University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-251). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-257).

Thesis (M.A.)--Brock University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-251)

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MSc (Wildlife Management))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Centre for Wildlife Management / unrestricted

An essential ingredient in park and recreation planning is knowledge of the user clientele. Opinion and behavioral studies of park visitors are a priority need in recreation research, they aid in defining resource quality and contribute to improved park planning. Names and addresses of 995 wilderness vacationers were gathered from back country trail registers in Bowron Lake, Garibaldi and Mount Robson Provincial Park. Anine-page mail back questionnaire, calling for response to 92 items, was returned by 80 percent of the sample. The questionnaire gathered data on user and trip characteristics, user assessment of benefits and motivations, and user reaction to and evaluation of management policies and other visitors. The first phase of the study attempts an empirical descriptive analysis of the back country camper in three contrasting wilderness parks. As the only such survey undertaken in this regional context, a basic census is provide d from which future trends can be detected. Findings reinforce and are contrasted with other user studies. The second phase of the study explores variables that influence, use. On the basis of questionnaire response, users are classified by ten different dimensions, eight of which were important in explaining variation in response. The final concern of the study seeks application so the findings to wilderness planning and management. It is concluded that (1) growth in demand for the recreational services of wilderness will continue; (2) present park use levels, in the visitors estimation, are approaching saturation; and (3) the wilderness experience is taking on a new meaning as the parks become more "democratized" and "humanized". / Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies / Graduate

The San Gorgonio Wilderness in Southern California is surrounded on three sides by roads, and receives thousands of visitors each year. Its character as a wilderness is threatened by the large populations of people nearby, as well as the humans who venture into its boundaries. This project outlines the history of human presence in the Wilderness, and describes the impact of that presence. There is a discussion of attempts by various organizations to mitigate that impact, and deal with the increasing numbers of visitors. The project concludes with predictions and suggestions for the future of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.

Thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 2002.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 1996. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-142). Also available on the World Wide Web.

A continental-scale study of historic wildfire data within and across ecoregion provinces was conducted and geographical gradients in seasonal measures of wildfire size and frequency were observed. In the conterminous United States, western ecoregion provinces show north-south gradients in duration of season (short-to-long) and peak of season (early-to-late). Across the continent a gradient of unimodal to bimodal seasonal distributions of wildfire size and frequency was shown: western ecoregions have a single summer fire season and eastern regions have spring and late-summer fire seasons separated by an intervening dip in wildfire activity. From the ecoregion provinces with the highest wildfire frequency, average size, and area burned values, eight federal land units (four from the western and four from the eastern conterminous United States) were selected for a study of geographical variation in interactions between wildfire variables and the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI). Daily KBDI values for each location were provided by the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS). Confidence intervals around the mean for both days on which wildfires ignited and for days on which no new wildfires ignited were generated for each location using a bootstrap resampling method. A greater difference existed between nonire and fire-start KBDI values in the western locations, indicating a stronger association between KBDI and wildfire potential. At eastern locations, the difference between mean nonire and fire-start KBDI was lower than the minimum western mean difference for three of the four locations. The exception, the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, showed the second highest difference between nonire and fire-start KBDI values of all eight federal land units. These results indicate that across the southeastern United States, the soil moisture (and, by extension, fuel moisture) cycle from field capacity (saturation) to drought (wilting point) and back to field capacity does not follow the regular seasonal pattern shown in the western states, and neither do geographical characteristics of wildfires.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Montana, 2006. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Mar. 14, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117).