Assessing transportation infrastructure impacts on rangelands: Test of a standard rangeland assessment protocol

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 524-536

  Duniway, Michael C ^a   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Pyke, David A ^b   Toledo P , David ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disturbance; indicators; off highway vehicles; oil and gas; rangeland health; roads

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; OIL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957234543     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00176.1     Document Type: Article

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