Relationship between plant biodiversity and heavy metal bioavailability in grasslands overlying an abandoned mine

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Hernandez A J ^a   Pastor, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

diversity; Ba; Cd; Cu; Grasslands; Pb; Polluted soils; Shannon index; Zn

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SODIUM;

ABANDONED MINE; BARIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COPPER; GRASSLAND SOIL; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PLANTS; SODIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; ILEX; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; QUERCUS ILEX; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 41249097558     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9150-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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