Environmental impact of ATV riding in Bangalore

Natural resources are affected by ATV use

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. All-terrain vehicle use affects soil and hydrologic function primarily through soil compaction, increased soil strength, and removal of the forest litter layer in temperate environments

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Rutting, fugitive dust migration, and changes in plant species composition are other effects on the physical environment resulting from ATV use. Rutting channels water into preferential flow paths resulting in rill erosion

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ATV trails that act as conduits for human-caused disturbances which promote invasion by exotic species (Greenberg et al. 1997). In contrast, one of the corner

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