Environmental Impact - Wildlife/Vegetation Effects

Berry, K. H. (1980). A review of the effects of off-road vehicles on birds and other vertebrates. Proc. Management of Western Forests and Grasslands for non-game Birds.

Abstract

A review of the literature on the effects of off-road vehicles on birds revealed that ORV use has significant negative impacts and can reduce numbers, diversity, and biomass of vertebrates. The degree of impact depends upon amount and intensity of ORV use, habitat type, and sensitivity of the species. The literature on effects of ORV’s on soils and vegetation-major wildlife habitat components-and on related topics such as erodibility of soils, rates of erosion, and re-vegetation, is much more extensive. Information from such studies infer the kinds of impacts that can occur to birds and other vertebrates.

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