The experimental effects of off-road vehicle sounds on three species of desert vertebrates : report to the Bureau of Land Management

By

Bondello, Michael C.

Brattstrom, Bayard H.
United States. Bureau of Land Management.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Calif.], [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management], 1979

Notes

Contents: pt. I : Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchi) -- pt. II : Mohave fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia) -- pt. III : Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti).

"Represents the final phase of a three-part study funded entirely by the Bureau of Land Management. The purposes of this study were to provide the BLM Desert Plan Staff with a comprehensive review of the existing literature concerning noise and its effects on vertebrates, baseline data describing ambient sound levels that occur in the deserts of California, and experimental data regarding the impact of ORV (off-road vehicle) sounds on desert vertebrates"--Page ii.

Cover title.

Contract no. CA-060-CT7-2737.

Subjects

California , Deserts , Effect of noise on , Effect of off-road vehicles on , Kangaroo rats , Lizards , Noise , Off-road vehicles , Toads

Call Number

QH545.A43 B71 1979

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 9148269