Off-highway vehicle impact on Astragalus magdalenae var. Peirsonii, and other critical plant species of the algodones dunes, California

California Fish and Game

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-82

  McGrann, Amy M ^a   McGrann, Michael C ^a   Dial, Roman ^b  

^a Alaska Pacific University ^*  (United States)

^b ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algodones; Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii; Dunes; Helianthus niveus var. tephrodes; Off highway vehicle; Off road vehicle; Peirson's milkvetch

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY;

CALIFORNIA; IMPERIAL COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); ASTRAGALUS MAGDALENAE; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS NIVEUS; PHOLISMA SONORAE;

EID: 18944363189     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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