Accumulation of wind-dispersed trash in desert environments

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-15

  Zylstra, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Latex balloon; Plastic; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

DESERT; PLASTIC; SAMPLING; SNAKE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TURTLE;

SONORAN DESERT;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII;

EID: 84868227298     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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