Soil compaction from human trampling, biking, and off-road motor vehicle activity in a blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrubland

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Lei, Simon A ^a  

^a Department of Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biking; Blackbrush; Coleogyne ramosissima; Disturbance; Hiking; Kyle Canyon; Motorcycle; Soil compaction; Southern Nevada; Spring Mountains; Trampling; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

COLEOGYNE; COLEOGYNE RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 1442340156     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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