Vehicle Impacts on Northern Great Plains Range Vegetation

Payne, Gene F.; Foster, J.W.; Leininger, Wayne C.

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“…However, the sensitivity of different habitats to compaction may vary. In a mixed prairie habitat, Payne et al (1983) found that bulk density did not increase when passes with a 4-wheeled vehicle were fewer than 32 times a month between May and September. The discrepancies may be a result of different aspects of the site (e.g., soil type, vegetation, soil moisture, terrain, etc.)…”

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Physical alterations to the soil structure can also result in changes to the hydrology and erosion at the site. Specifically, ORV areas were found to have lower infiltration rates and soil moisture in grassland/shrubland (Wilshire et al, 1978;Eckert et al, 1979;Payne et al, 1983) and desert habitats (Al-Awadhi, 2013). Further, thaw patterns following disturbance with ATVs with different weights and ground pressures were dependent on the seasonal timing and type of the disturbance (Racine and Ahlstrand, 1991).…”

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Physical properties of soils were common measures to explore the impacts of ORVs on the terrain and were found to be relatively sensitive to ORV activities. In ORV areas, soils tend to have higher levels of compaction in the form of increased bulk density (Sparrow et al, 1978;Wilshire et al, 1978;Payne et al, 1983;Pérez, 1991;Al-Awadhi, 2013;Dewidar et al, 2016;Assaeed et al, 2019) and penetration resistance (Hosier and Eaton, 1980;Pérez, 1991;Brown and Schoknecht, 2001;Al-Awadhi, 2013;Davies et al, 2016;Knisley et al, 2018;Navas Romero et al, 2019). Compaction tended to increase with the number of vehicle passes and vehicle weight (Adams et al, 1982;Kutiel et al, 2000;Hirst et al, 2003;Webb et al, 2013), and often increased significantly after a single pass of an ORV, including motorcycles, ATVs, and four-wheel drive vehicles (Adams et al, 1982;Hirst et al, 2003;Webb et al, 2013).…”

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In grassland habitats, cover and aboveground biomass were found to recover 4 years following ORV road abandonment (Kinugasa et al, 2015;Navas Romero et al, 2019), and 1 year after applying low levels of ORV disturbance (2 or 8 passes a month) (Payne et al, 1983). In a coastal ecosystem, aboveground vegetation was completed destroyed after 270 or 650 passes by a four-wheel drive vehicle, but there was an adequate amount of belowground biomass remaining allowing for a small amount of regrowth after cessation of the treatments (Brodhead and Godfrey, 1977).…”

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Vegetationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Find New RoadsTM? A Systematic Review on the Impacts of Off-Road Vehicle Activity on Soil, Vegetation, and Wildlife

Ploughe

Fraser

2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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The global use of off-road vehicles (ORVs) in natural environments has accelerated rapidly over the last few decades, resulting in significant social and environmental consequences. As the demand, use, and promotion of light-duty ORVs like all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, four-wheel drive trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) increases in remote wilderness, the landscape is becoming fragmented into disorganized and destructive networks of trails and roads. Substantial ecological impacts to a wide range of ecosystem structures and functions will likely result from ORV activity. Applying a global systematic review, we examine 105 publications about plant, soil, and wildlife responses to ORV traffic in different habitats to help guide the direction of future research, monitoring programs, and mitigation efforts. Most studies investigated impacts to animals, followed by soils, then vegetative responses. Soil studies primarily focused on physical impacts to the soil (i.e., compaction, erosion, rut depth), but some studies suggest that soil chemical and biological properties may also be impacted by ORV traffic. The literature on plant responses to ORV activities primarily explored vegetation loss, although impacts on the plant community were also investigated. Animal studies investigated impacts of ORV use on invertebrates, mammals, birds, and to a lesser extent reptiles/amphibians, including population-level, community-level, and behavioral responses. Overall, research on environmental impacts of ORV traffic is biased to coastal and desert ecosystems in the northern hemisphere (primarily in the US), often does not address mechanisms that may produce ecological impacts (e.g., intensity of vehicular disturbance and ecosystem- or species-specific sensitivity to ORV activities), and frequently focused on short-term responses. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms that cause the different responses of soil, plant, and animals to ORVs over the long-term in a broad range of ecosystems to support real-time management and conservation efforts.

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Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Soil Propertiesmentioning

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Section: Impacts Of Orv Activities On Vegetationmentioning

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“…Impact on soldiersí readiness Impact on facilitiesí ability to train Impact on endangered species Impact on critical habitat Payment Payment Payne et al, 1983;Shaw and Diersing, 1990). 20 Knowing that any areas where critical habitat and training lands coincide are at risk, we categorized the levels of risk to critical habitat in the following manner.…”

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‘People or Prairie Chickens’ Revisited: Stated Preferences With Explicit Non‐market Trade‐offs

Smith

McKee

2007

Defence and Peace Economics

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Urban sprawl has led to increasing prevalence of endangered species on military training facilities throughout the United States. Provisions of the Endangered Species Act imply encroachment interrupts military training activities and may affect military readiness. Endangered species protection and military training are competing non-market goods. This paper reports the estimates of public valuation of military training activities incorporating explicit tradeoffs associated with endangered species protection. Our results suggest the public is willing to pay to alleviate conflicts between endangered species and the military. The public values for continued survival of endangered species approximately equal those for military readiness.

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Grassland Plant Composition Alters Vehicular Disturbance Effects in Kansas, USA

Dickson

Wilsey

Busby

et al. 2008

Environmental Management

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Many ''natural'' areas are exposed to military or recreational off-road vehicles. The interactive effects of different types of vehicular disturbance on vegetation have rarely been examined, and it has been proposed that some vegetation types are less susceptible to vehicular disturbance than others. At Fort Riley, Kansas, we experimentally tested how different plant community types changed after disturbance from an M1A1 Abrams tank driven at different speeds and turning angles during different seasons. The greatest vegetation change was observed because of driving in the spring in wet soils and the interaction of turning while driving fast (vegetation change was measured with Bray-Curtis dissimilarity). We found that less vegetation change occurred in communities with high amounts of native prairie vegetation than in communities with high amounts of introduced C3 grasses, which is the first experimental evidence we are aware of that suggests plant communities dominated by introduced C3 grasses changed more because of vehicular disturbance than communities dominated by native prairie grasses. We also found that vegetation changed linearly with vehicular disturbance intensity, suggesting that at least initially there was no catastrophic shift in vegetation beyond a certain disturbance intensity threshold. Overall, the intensity of vehicular disturbance appeared to play the greatest role in vegetation change, but the plant community type also played a strong role and this should be considered in land use planning. The reasons for greater vegetation change in introduced C3 grass dominated areas deserve further study. RightsWorks produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted. Abstract Many ''natural'' areas are exposed to military or recreational off-road vehicles. The interactive effects of different types of vehicular disturbance on vegetation have rarely been examined, and it has been proposed that some vegetation types are less susceptible to vehicular disturbance than others. At Fort Riley, Kansas, we experimentally tested how different plant community types changed after disturbance from an M1A1 Abrams tank driven at different speeds and turning angles during different seasons. The greatest vegetation change was observed because of driving in the spring in wet soils and the interaction of turning while driving fast (vegetation change was measured with Bray-Curtis dissimilarity). We found that less vegetation change occurred in communities with high amounts of native prairie vegetation than in communities with high amounts of introduced C 3 grasses, which is the first experimental evidence we are aware of that suggests plant communities dominated by introduced C 3 grasses changed more because of vehicular disturbance than communities dominated by native prairie grasses. We also found that vegetation changed linearly with vehicular disturbance intensity, suggesting that at least initially ...

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Vehicle Impacts on Northern Great Plains Range Vegetation

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Find New RoadsTM? A Systematic Review on the Impacts of Off-Road Vehicle Activity on Soil, Vegetation, and Wildlife

Find New RoadsTM? A Systematic Review on the Impacts of Off-Road Vehicle Activity on Soil, Vegetation, and Wildlife

‘People or Prairie Chickens’ Revisited: Stated Preferences With Explicit Non‐market Trade‐offs

Grassland Plant Composition Alters Vehicular Disturbance Effects in Kansas, USA

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