The experimental effects of off-road vehicle sounds on three species of desert vertebrates

"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.