Industrial barrens: Extreme habitats created by non-ferrous metallurgy

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 231-259

  Kozlov, M V ^a   Zvereva, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clearcutting; Conservation; Contamination; Disturbance; Fire; Heavy metals; Microclimate; Pollution; Recovery; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846384048     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-006-9117-9     Document Type: Review

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