Avian conservation areas as a proxy for contaminated soil remediation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8312-8331

  Lin, Wei Chih ^a   Lin, Yu Pin ^a   Anthony, Johnathen ^a   Ding, Tsun Su ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Geostatistics; Multiple heavy metals; Pollution; Remediation priority; Robust decision

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIRD; DECISION MAKING; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; PRIORITIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY; ZONATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84937485432     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120708312     Document Type: Article

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