Vegetation pattern and heavy metal accumulation at a mine tailing at Gyöngyösoroszi, Hungary

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 362-367

  Tamás, János ^a   Kovács, Elza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heavy Metal; Mine Tailing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANAGALLIS; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; ANCHUSA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; LANCEOLATA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POA; POA ANNUA; RUBUS CAESIUS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 19944410529     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2005-3-421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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