road and disturbance

2005-10-25 Thread Jun Yang
Dear All: I am looking for literatures on the impacts of road or railway on environment, especially the impacts on plant species diversity and the spreading of invasive species. I know the Road Ecology by Richard Forman is a good beginning. However, can anyone direct me to more recent and re

Re: road and disturbance

2005-10-25 Thread Kristen Kordecki
Jun, You might try: RG Lym and Nelson, JA. 2000. "Biological Control of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) with Apthona spp. along Railroad Right-of-Ways". Weed Technology 14:642-646. or A. Silveri et al. 2001. "Logging and edaphic factors in the invasion of an Asian woody vine in a mesic N

Re: road and disturbance

2005-10-26 Thread Leslie Friedlander
Dr. Yang, I would suggest searching US government archives, either Interior or Transportation, maybe even EPA. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation on the impacts of roadways to wildlife. I don't have the exact reference for that report , but a re

Re: road and disturbance

2005-10-26 Thread Aliya Y. Ercelawn
y of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of Jun Yang Sent: Tue 10/25/2005 2:05 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Cc: Subject: road and disturbance Dear All: I am looking for literatures on the impacts of road or rail

Road and disturbance literature

2005-11-08 Thread Jun Yang
Dear All: Two weeks ago I posted a request for information on road and disturbance. I have received timely responses from many people since then. I want to thank you all for your kind help. Here I attached a list of literatures. You can keep to sending me literatures that were not included