Some elements are more equal than others: Soil-to-plant transfer of radiocaesium and radiostrontium, revisited: Commentary on "Disparity in 90Sr and 137Cs uptake in Alpine plants: Phylogenetic effect and Ca and K availability", by T. Guillaume et al.

Plant and Soil

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Broadley, Martin R ^a   White, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium; Calcium; Phylogeny; Potassium; Radiocaesium; Radioecology; Radiostrontium; Soil to plant transfer; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM; CESIUM ISOTOPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POTASSIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL TYPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84861589704     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1163-1     Document Type: Article

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