Monitoring environmental impact in the upper sonoran lifestyle: A new tool for rapid ecological assessment

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 346-356

  Allen, Casey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Distance decay modeling; Field methods; Rapid ecological assessment; Trail impact; Upper Sonoran Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; DISTANCE DECAY MODELING; FIELD METHODS; RAPID ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; TRAIL IMPACT; UPPER SONORAN LIFESTYLE;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIELD METHOD; LIFESTYLE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOIL CRUST; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; URBAN ECONOMY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARIZONA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; RECREATION; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149474002     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9212-5     Document Type: Article

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