Assessing and predicting changes in vegetation cover associated with military land use activities using field monitoring data at Fort Hood, Texas

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 207-229

  Anderson, Alan B ^a   Wang, Guangxing ^b   Fang, Shoufan ^b   Gertner, George Z ^b   Güneralp, Burak ^b   Jones, Don ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c III Corps and Fort Hood   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory and monitoring; Land condition trend analysis; Vegetation impacts; Vehicle impacts

Indexed keywords

INSTALLATION; LAND USE; MILITARY VEHICLES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STANDARDS; VEGETATION;

INVENTORY AND MONITORING; LAND CONDITION TREND ANALYSIS; MILITARY TRAINING; VEHICLE IMPACTS;

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

EID: 18844459418     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2004.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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