Heavy metal content in Erica andevalensis: An endemic plant from the extreme acidic environment of tinto river and its soils

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-65

  Rodríguez, Nuria ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^a,b   Jiménez Ballesta, Raimundo ^b   Rufo, Lourdes ^b   De La Fuente, Vicenta ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid soils; Heavy metals; Mining area; Nutrients; Phytostabilization; Primary colonizer; Tolerance rate

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ACIDITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEAVY METAL; IRON; NUTRIENT; RIVER TERRACE; SHRUB; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ERICA ANDEVALENSIS;

EID: 33845981854     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980601074578     Document Type: Article

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