Heavy metals and biological properties of subalpine soils on ophiolites in the Italian Western Alps

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 193-214

  D'Amico, Michele E ^a   Calabrese, Francesca ^a   Rossetti, Andrea ^a   Previtali, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 75449110633     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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