Toleration of traffic by vegetation: Life form conclusions and summary extracts from a comprehensive data base

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-131

  Yorks, Terence Preston ^a   West, Neil E ^b   Mueller, Richard J ^b   Warren, Steven D ^c  

^a High Level Research   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data base; Resilience; Resistance; Traffic; Trampling; Vegetation; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TRAFFIC; VEGETATION;

LIFE FORM; RESILIENCE; RESISTANCE; TRAFFIC; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0030613178     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900011     Document Type: Article

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