Impacts of tracked vehicles on sediment from a desert soil

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-352

  Fuchs, Erek H ^a   Wood, M Karl ^a   Jones, Tim L ^a   Racher, Brent ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Military land; Seasonal drought; Site recovery; Soil stability

Indexed keywords

DESERT SOIL; DROUGHT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MILITARY LAND; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0041910156     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004037     Document Type: Article

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