Species adaptation in serpentine soils in Lesbos Island (Greece): Metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance

Plant and Soil

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 369-385

  Kazakou, Elena ^a   Adamidis, George C ^b   Baker, Alan J M ^c   Reeves, Roger D ^c   Godino, Malinda ^c   Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alyssum lesbiacum; Heavy metals; Lesbos; Nickel hyperaccumulation; Thlaspi ochroleucum; Ultramafic soils

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; HERB; HYPERACCUMULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SERPENTINE; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

ALYSSUM LESBIACUM; THLASPI; THLASPI OCHROLEUCUM;

EID: 77953688882     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0302-9     Document Type: Article

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