Vehicle impacts on the environment at different spatial scales: Observations in west central Georgia, USA

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 383-402

  Dale, Virginia ^a   Druckenbrod, Daniel L ^a   Baskaran, Latha ^a   Aldridge, Matthew ^b   Berry, Michael ^b   Garten, Chuck ^a   Olsen, Lisa ^a   Efroymson, Rebecca ^a   Washington Allen, Robert ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Disturbance; Fort Benning; Land cover; Landscape; Management; Scale; Simulation; Soil compaction; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION; VEHICLES;

DISTURBANCE; FORT BENNING; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPES; SCALE; SOIL COMPACTION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; ROADS; SOIL; VEHICLES;

EID: 18844391043     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2004.10.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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