Below is a selected list of references
compiled by the Boise Climbers Alliance.
- Camp, R.J., and R.L. Knight. 1998. Effects of rock climbing on cliff plant
communities at Joshua Tree National Monument, California. Conservation Biology
12: 1302-1306.
- Camp, R.J., and R.L. Knight. 1998. Rock Climbing and cliff bird communities
at Joshua Tree National Monument, California. Wildlife Society Bulletin
26:892-898.
- Epeldi, S. 2003. Boise Climbs: A Guide to Rock Climbing in the Boise
area. Third Edition. Self-published, Boise, Idaho.
- Farris, M.A. 1998. The effects of rock climbing on the vegetation of three
Minnesota cliff systems. Canadian Journal of Botany 76:1981-1990.
- Kelly, P.E., and D.W. Larson. 1997. Effects of rock climbing on populations
of presettlement eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) on cliffs
of the Niagra Escarpment, Canada. Conservation Biology 11:1125-1132.
- Krajick, K. 1999. Scientists - and climbers - discover cliff ecosystems.
Science 283:1623-1624
- Nuzzo, V.A. 1995. Effects of rock climbing on cliff goldenweed (Solidago
sciaphila Steele) in northwest Illinois. American Midland Naturalist
133:229-241.
- Nuzzo, V.A. 1996. Structure of cliff vegetation on exposed cliffs and
the effect of rock climbing. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:607-617.
- Richardson, C.T., and C.K. Miller. 1997. Recommendations for protecting
raptors from human disturbance: a review. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25:634-638.
- Young, W. 1999. Climbers threatened by lichens. Climbing No. 189 (November
1, 1999).
