Soil degradation in the tropical forests of the Dominican Republic's Pedernales province in relation to heavy metal contents

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Hernández, Ana Jesus ^a   Alexis, Stervin ^a   Pastor, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosphere Reserve; Heavy metals; Land uses; Soil fertility; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS;

BIOSPHERE RESERVES; SOIL FERTILITY;

SOILS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CROP; CULTIVATED LAND; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILITY; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; SOIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHORUCO; BAHORUCO NATIONAL PARK; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; JARAGUA NATIONAL PARK; PEDERNALES;

ANIMALIA; HYPARRHENIA RUFA;

EID: 34147210337     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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