Seedling growth and metal accumulation of selected woody species in copper and lead/zinc mine tailings

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-274

  Shi, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Xiaolei ^a,b   Chen, Guangcai ^a   Chen, Yitai ^a   Wang, Ling ^a,c   Shan, Xiaoquan ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mine tailing; Revegetation; Root; Tolerance; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METAL ACCUMULATION; MINE TAILINGS; NORMAL GROWTH; PB/ZN TAILING; POT EXPERIMENT; ROOT; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; SEEDLING GROWTH; SENSITIVE SPECIES; SESBANIA CANNABINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; TOLERANCE; TOLERANCE INDICES; TOLERANT SPECIES; TRANSLOCATION FACTOR; WOODY PLANTS; WOODY SPECIES;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

TAILINGS;

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GROWTH RATE; LEAD; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REVEGETATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TRANSLOCATION; WOODY PLANT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MINING; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WOOD;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CHINA; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; WOOD; ZINC;

CHINA;

AMORPHA FRUTICOSA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; GLOCHIDION PUBERUM; SESBANIA CANNABINA; STYRAX TONKINENSIS; VITEX TRIFOLIA;

EID: 79551673113     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60402-0     Document Type: Article

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