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- Title
Footprints of climate change in US national park visitation.
- Authors
Buckley, Lauren; Foushee, Madison
- Abstract
Climate change has driven many organisms to shift their seasonal timing. Are humans also shifting their weather-related behaviors such as outdoor recreation? Here we show that peak attendance in US national parks experiencing climate change has shifted 4 days earlier since 1979. Of the nine parks experiencing significant increases in mean spring temperatures, seven also exhibit shifts in the timing of peak attendance. Of the 18 parks without significant temperature changes, only 3 exhibit attendance shifts. Our analysis suggests that humans are among the organisms shifting behavior in response to climate change.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PARK use; NATIONAL parks &; reserves; CLIMATE change; PHENOLOGY; NATIONAL parks &; reserves -- Environmental conditions
- Publication
International Journal of Biometeorology, 2012, Vol 56, Issue 6, p1173
- ISSN
0020-7128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00484-011-0508-4