Off-road vehicles and vegetation patterning in a degraded desert ecosystem in Kuwait

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 413-427

  Brown, G ^a   Schoknecht, N ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert annuals; Desert ecology; Microhabitats; Off road driving; Positive track effect; Seed bank; Tyre tracks; Vegetation patterning

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VEGETATION;

KUWAIT;

STIPA CAPENSIS;

EID: 0034781220     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0772     Document Type: Article

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