Edaphic Factor

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 1201-1207

  Rajakaruna, N ^a   Boyd, R S ^b  

^a Policy and Design   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Edaphic factor; Endemism; Evolution; Geology; Hyperaccumulation; Invasive species; Island biogeography; Metallophytes; Phytoremediation; Serpentine; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020532463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00484-5     Document Type: Chapter

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