This paper reviews recent research into the impact of recreation and tourism in protected
areas on plant biodiversity and vegetation communities in Australia. Despite the international …

Universities increasingly expect students to publish during a PhD candidature because it
benefits the candidate, supervisor, institution, and wider community. Here, we describe a …

Urban trees can potentially mitigate environmental degradation accompanying rapid urbanisation
via a range of tree benefits and services. But uncertainty exists about the extent of tree …

Hiking, horse riding and mountain biking are popular in protected areas in Australia and the
United States of America. To help inform the often contentious deliberations about use of …

Globally, rapid urbanisation has substantially reduced the amount of viable agricultural land
– a food security issue. Food security is bringing a renewed scholarly interest in community …

Nature based recreation such as wildlife viewing, hiking, running, cycling, canoeing, horse
riding and dog walking can have negative environmental effects. A review of the recreation …

Research on the barriers and limits to climate change adaptation identifies many factors, but
describes few processes whereby adaptation is constrained or may indeed fail to avoid …

Recreation ecology – the study of the environmental consequences of outdoor recreation/nature‐based
tourism activities and their effective management – is an emerging field of global …

Current understandings suggest that three aspects of writing practice underpin the research
student publication process: knowledge creation, text production and identity formation. …

Social media is increasingly recognised as an important source of information about a wide
range of issues, including nature-based tourism. We assess the current state of the …