The effect of intensive traffic on soil and vegetation risk element contents as affected by the distance from a highway

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 379-384

  Modlingerova V ^a   Szakova J ^a   Sysalova J ^b   Tlustos P ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium L.; Atmospheric deposition; Contamination; Toxic elements; Vicia cracca L

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; VICIA; VICIA CRACCA;

EID: 84865469614     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/309/2012-pse     Document Type: Article

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