abstract: established in the nucleus of the scientific reservation pietrosu mare and set up in 1932 on a surface of 183 hectares, rodna mountains national park (r.m.n.p.) witnessed a remarkable spatial evolution, reaching today a 46 399- hectare territory. the management of this protected area is conducted by the employees of a.r.m.n.p., an administrative structure located in rodna, bistriţa-nă...

As a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is second national park in Romanian. The aim of research identify analyze prospects for sustainable development rural tourism area taking into account impact on social economic life inha...

The University of Alberta Press Between 1902 and 1930, Dominion Land Surveyor Morrison Parsons Bridgland spent nearly every summer mapping the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia, climbing many of Canada’s Rocky Mountains for the first time. This unheralded alpinist perfected phototopographical techniques to compile a series of mountaintop photographs to create accurate topographical maps...

Five new species of the genus Cheumatopsyche (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from the Phetchabun Mountains, Thailand, are described and illustrated. The national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the Phetchabun Mountains are recognized as areas with a high density of endemic species deserving protection. Four new species of Cheumatopsyche (C. recta, C. diversa, C. triangula, and C. tongto) have b...

W. A. Bunn ([email protected]), C. B. Brown and N. J. Sanders, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. (Present address of W. A. B.: USDOI, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, P. O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, USA.) !M. A. Jenkins, USDOI, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1314 Cheroke...

the afghan vole had not been reported from north-eastern iran until for the first time its presence was confirmed by examining the pellets of predatory birds from dargaz, kalat, sarakhs and the vicinity of mashhad through studying the molar teeth. by further sampling, colonies of this species were found in the periphery of tandoureh national park in the kopet-dag mountains and also in alpine re...

Measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were made at three rural sites in the southeast U.S. national parks: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky; Cove Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee; and Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. In 1995 the three locations were sampling sites for the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) Nashville Intensive, and the measureme...