Soil properties and perceived disturbance of grasslands subjected to mechanized military training: Evaluation of an index

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-288

  Althoff, D P ^a   Althoff, P S ^a   Lambrecht, N D ^a   Gipson, P S ^a   Pontius, J S ^a   Woodford, P B ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Integrated Training Area Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance index; Grasslands; Kansas; Mechanized military training; Nematodes; Soil compaction; Soil properties; USA

Indexed keywords

MILITARY OPERATIONS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

GRASSLANDS; MILITARY TRAINING;

LAND USE;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MILITARY LAND; NEMATODE; POROSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TRAINING; WATER CONTENT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NEMATODA;

EID: 34249883353     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.773     Document Type: Article

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