Grassland plant composition alters vehicular disturbance effects in Kansas, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-684

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a   Wilsey, Brian J ^a   Busby, Ryan R ^b   Gebhart, Dick L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Catastrophic shift; Military lands; Species composition; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC SHIFT; MILITARY LANDS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VEGETATION CHANGE;

LAND USE; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLANNING; VEGETATION;

VEHICLES;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE PLANNING; MILITARY LAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; GRASSLAND; MOTOR VEHICLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; KANSAS; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL;

FORT RILEY; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 42449137426     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9064-4     Document Type: Article

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