ABSTRACT

In remote parks and other protected areas, estimates of visitor use levels and distributions are often limited in accuracy and feasibility. Visitors to these areas may not see any staff during their visit or even know the locations they visited. As a result, visitor use management efforts often require information from other sources, including annual reports submitted by Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) permit holders. We used a case study approach at Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves to demonstrate the potential of a common wildlife analysis method for understanding visitor use in parks and protected areas: the utilization distribution. Utilization distributions are used for defining the home range, or primary area of use, for an individual or population. This novel research provides an example of the benefits of incorporating wildlife methods into social science practices to better manage parks and other protected areas.

摘要

在偏远的公园和其他保护区，对游客使用水平和分布的估计通常在准确性和可行性方面受到限制。这些地区的游客在访问期间可能看不到任何工作人员，甚至不知道他们访问过的位置。因此，访客使用管理工作通常需要其他来源的信息，包括商业使用授权 (CUA) 许可证持有人提交的年度报告。我们在卡特迈和克拉克湖国家公园和保护区使用案例研究方法来展示一种常见的野生动物分析方法在了解公园和保护区的游客使用情况方面的潜力：利用率分布。利用率分布用于定义个人或人口的家庭范围或主要使用区域。