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| DOI: | 10.1007/s002670002224 |
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Whitecotton, Randy C. A.;
David, Mark B.;
Darmody, Robert G.;
Price, David L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Whitecotton: Captain, USAF; Whitecotton, David, and Darmody: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana; Whitecotton and Price: US Army Engineering Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Military Lands Division, Champaign, Illinois |
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| Title: | Impact of foot traffic from military training on soil and vegetation properties |
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| Source: | Environmental Management. Vol. 26, No. 6, December 2000, p. 697-706. |
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| Publishing Information: | New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Related Web URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002670002224
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Compaction; Growth analysis; Growth factors; Infiltration rate; Soil fertility; Soil properties; Soil water; Traffic damage; Wear resistance
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The impact of military training activities (primarily foot traffic) on soils and vegetation was assessed at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, USA. In MayJune 1998 after 2 years of intensive training use, mean bulk densities of the top 6 cm of soil in the high-use site (1.37 g/cm3) and moderate-use site (1.30 g/cm3) were significantly different from bulk density of the reference site (1.04 g/cm3). Mean infiltration rates on the high use site (0.63 cm/min) and moderate use site (0.67 cm/min) were significantly different from the infiltration rate on the reference site (3.83 cm/min). Soil water holding capacities of the three sites were not significantly different. Descriptive comparisons of total aboveground biomass and litter indicated a 68% decrease in total aboveground biomass and a 91% decrease in litter when the high-use site was compared to the reference site. Using the Universal Soil Loss Equation, an estimated soil erosion rate for the reference plot (0.07 tons/ha/yr) was 30 times less than the erosion rate for the high use plot in the center of the basic cadet training encampment area (2 tons/ha/yr) and between 7 and 6 times less than the moderate use plot and the high use plot on the edge of the encampment area (0.5 and 0.4 tons/ha/yr, respectively). Therefore, training use appears to adversely affect bulk density, infiltration, total aboveground biomass, litter, and erosion. Without implementation of restoration practices, further site degradation is likely." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 33 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Whitecotton, R. C. A., M. B. David, R. G. Darmody, and D. L. Price. 2000. Impact of foot traffic from military training on soil and vegetation properties. Environ. Manage. 26(6):p. 697-706. |
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