Soil physicochemical factors as environmental filters for spontaneous plant colonization of abandoned tailing dumps

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 13484-13496

  Ginocchio, Rosanna ^a,b   León Lobos, Pedro ^c   Arellano, Eduardo Carlos ^a,b   Anic, Vinka ^d   Ovalle, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Baker, Alan John Martin ^e  

^a Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic filters; Metal mining; Mine waste; Pioneer plants; Primary succession; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COPPER; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MINE WASTE; ORDINATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RECOLONIZATION; TAILINGS DAM;

CHILE; COQUIMBO;

SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; CHILE; MINING; PLANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHILE; MINING; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85017147947     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8894-8     Document Type: Article

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