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Vazquez-Marquez AM, Bernabé-Antonio A, Correa-Basurto J, Burrola-Aguilar C, Zepeda-Gómez C, Cruz-Sosa F, Nieto-Trujillo A, Estrada-Zúñiga ME. Changes in Growth and Heavy Metal and Phenolic Compound Accumulation in Buddleja cordata Cell Suspension Culture under Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn Enrichment. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1147. [PMID: 38674556 PMCID: PMC11054087 DOI: 10.3390/plants13081147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Buddleja cordata cell suspension cultures could be used as a tool for investigating the capabilities of this species to tolerate heavy metals (HMs) and for assessing the effects of HMs on the accumulation of phenolic compounds in this species. It grows in a wide range of habitats in Mexico, including ultramafic soils, and mobilizes some HMs in the soil. The mobilization of these HMs has been associated with phenolic substances. In addition, this species is used in Mexican traditional medicine. In the present study, a B. cordata cell suspension culture was grown for 18 days in a culture medium enriched with Cu (0.03-0.25 mM), Fe (0.25-1.5 mM), Mn (0.5-3.0 mM), or Zn (0.5-2.0 mM) to determine the effects of these HMs on growth and HM accumulation. We also assessed the effects of the HMs on phenolic compound accumulation after 1 and 18 days of HM exposure. Cells were able to grow at almost all tested HM concentrations and accumulated significant amounts of each HM. The highest accumulation levels were as follows: 1160 mg Cu kg-1, 6845 mg Fe kg-1, 3770 mg Mn kg-1, and 6581 mg Zn kg-1. Phenolic compound accumulation was affected by the HM exposure time and corresponded to each HM and its concentration. Future research should analyze whole plants to determine the capabilities of Buddleja cordata to accumulate abnormally high amounts of HM and to evaluate the physiological impact of changes in the accumulation of phenolic compounds.
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- Alicia Monserrat Vazquez-Marquez
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus El Cerrillo, Piedras Blancas, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km. 15.5, Toluca CP 50200, México
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- Departamento de Madera, Celulosa y Papel, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Km. 15.5, Carretera Guadalajara-Nogales, Col. Las Agujas, Zapopan CP 45200, México
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- Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón S/N, Casco de Santo Tomas, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México CP 11340, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Recursos Bióticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km 14.5, San Cayetano, Toluca CP 50295, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus El Cerrillo, Piedras Blancas, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km. 15.5, Toluca CP 50200, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. Ferrocarril San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Leyes de Reforma 1a. Sección, Alcaldía Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México CP 09310, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Recursos Bióticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km 14.5, San Cayetano, Toluca CP 50295, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Recursos Bióticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km 14.5, San Cayetano, Toluca CP 50295, México
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Esteves-Aguilar J, Mussali-Galante P, Valencia-Cuevas L, García-Cigarrero AA, Rodríguez A, Castrejón-Godínez ML, Tovar-Sánchez E. Ecotoxicological effects of heavy metal bioaccumulation in two trophic levels. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:49840-49855. [PMID: 36781676 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25804-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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The pollution generated by the heavy metals (HM) contained in mining wastes (tailings) is a worldwide recognized environmental concern. Due to the persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification capacity through the food chains, the release of HM into the environment causes negative effects on human health and the ecosystems. Wigandia urens Kunth (Boraginaceae) is a plant species that naturally establishes and grows in tailings and is consumed by the grasshopper Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). HM accumulation in this plant and their subsequent consumption by defoliating insects allow these contaminants to enter the food webs and favor their biomagnification. This study evaluated the effect of HM bioaccumulation in the leaf tissue of W. urens on the characteristics associated with its physical defense against herbivores and the effect of HM exposure on population parameters of grasshoppers through their ontogeny under controlled conditions. The results showed a significant increase in leaf hardness and in the number of simple and glandular trichomes in the leaves of W. urens growing on mine tailing substrate compared to those grown on the control substrate without HM. W. urens individuals growing on mine tailing substrate presented the following heavy metal foliar bioaccumulation pattern: Fe > Zn > Pb > Cu. These metals were also bioaccumulated in individuals of S. purpurascens fed with leaves of the plants exposed to mine tailings, observing differences in their concentration pattern through ontogeny. Grasshoppers fed on leaf tissue containing HM showed higher mortality in the first two developmental instars and lower body biomass throughout their ontogeny in comparison to the individuals fed on leaf tissue of plants growing on the control treatment without HM. In conclusion, W. urens is a species with phytoremediation potential for soils contaminated with HM, since it is naturally established in contaminated sites, has a wide geographic distribution, and bioaccumulates significant amounts of different HM. Furthermore, as was observed in this report, the W. urens physical and chemical defense against herbivores was enhanced by HM exposure, compromising the fitness and development of the herbivore S. purpurascens through its ontogeny and thus interrupting the entry and transfer of heavy metal through the food chain.
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- Janeth Esteves-Aguilar
- Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
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Kierczak J, Pietranik A, Pędziwiatr A. Ultramafic geoecosystems as a natural source of Ni, Cr, and Co to the environment: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 755:142620. [PMID: 33097274 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ultramafic soils are in equal parts fascinating and dangerous. Developed on rocks derived predominately from the Earth's mantle and metamorphosed at the ocean floors, ultramafic soils form in the places where tectonic forces brought these rocks from mantle depths to the surface. As it is common in nature, both ultramafic rocks and soils are site-specific, and vary in character and composition; however, they have one thing in common, they are enriched in certain elements and three metals in particular form an "ultramafic" triad: Ni, Cr, and Co. These three metals are far from being human-friendly and strict legislative limits are established for maximum allowable concentrations of these metals in soils, but mostly in the case when the metals are of anthropogenic origin. However, ultramafic soils are a natural phenomenon where increased metal content is not the result of pollution, but rather referred as a peculiar geochemical background, therefore there is no reason for their remediation. At the same time, it is not that easy to actually find an ultramafic soil that does not overstep the limits (for the sake of this paper we use median world Regulatory Guidance Values - RGVs). Often, mobile Ni and Co concentrations are above the guidelines when doing tests to estimate the bioavailable fraction (EDTA and DTPA), and high concentrations of Ni are also commonly present in excluder plants (also edible ones). Also waters in ultramafic areas often exceed Ni and Cr(VI) limits. It is therefore expected that the ultramafic metals are present in the food chain and they might constitute a potential health risk. Thus, there is a need for additional research focused on assessment of the potential health consequences of chronic high exposure on naturally occurring Ni, Cr, and Co.
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- Jakub Kierczak
- University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, Pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland.
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- University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, Pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS-SGGW, Institute of Agriculture, ul. Nowoursynowska 159/37, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
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Navarrete Gutiérrez DM, Pollard AJ, van der Ent A, Cathelineau M, Pons MN, Cuevas Sánchez JA, Echevarria G. Blepharidium guatemalense, an obligate nickel hyperaccumulator plant from non-ultramafic soils in Mexico. CHEMOECOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00049-021-00338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alekseenko VA, Shvydkaya NV, Alekseenko AV, Machevariani MM, Bech J, Pashkevich MA, Puzanov AV, Nastavkin AV, Roca N. Element Accumulation Patterns of Native Plant Species under the Natural Geochemical Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:plants10010033. [PMID: 33375579 PMCID: PMC7824280 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A biogeochemical study of more than 20,000 soil and plant samples from the North Caucasus, Dzungarian Alatau, Kazakh Uplands, and Karatau Mountains revealed features of the chemical element uptake by the local flora. Adaptation of ore prospecting techniques alongside environmental approaches allowed the detection of geochemical changes in ecosystems, and the lessons learned can be embraced for soil phytoremediation. The data on the influence of phytogeochemical stress on the accumulation of more than 20 chemical elements by plants are considered in geochemical provinces, secondary fields of deposits, halos surrounding ore and nonmetallic deposits, zones of regional faults and schist formation, and over lithological contact lines of chemically contrasting rocks overlain by 5-20 m thick soils and unconsolidated cover. We have corroborated the postulate that the element accumulation patterns of native plants under the natural geochemical stress depend not only on the element content in soils and the characteristics of a particular species but also on the values of ionic radii and valences; with an increase in the energy coefficients of a chemical element, its plant accumulation decreases sharply. The contribution of internal factors to element uptake from solutions gives the way to soil phytoremediation over vast contaminated areas. The use of hyperaccumulating species for mining site soil treatment depends on several external factors that can strengthen or weaken the stressful situation, viz., the amount of bedrock exposure and thickness of unconsolidated rocks over ores, the chemical composition of ores and primary halos in ore-containing strata, the landscape and geochemical features of sites, and chemical element migration patterns in the supergene zone.
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- Vladimir A. Alekseenko
- Institute of Earth Sciences, Southern Federal University, 344006 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (V.A.A.); (A.V.N.)
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- Department of Botany and General Ecology, Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar, 350004 Krasnodar Krai, Russia;
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- Department of Geoecology, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Petrography, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08002 Barcelona, Spain; (J.B.); (N.R.)
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- Department of Geoecology, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Southern Federal University, 344006 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (V.A.A.); (A.V.N.)
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08002 Barcelona, Spain; (J.B.); (N.R.)
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Muro-González DA, Mussali-Galante P, Valencia-Cuevas L, Flores-Trujillo K, Tovar-Sánchez E. Morphological, physiological, and genotoxic effects of heavy metal bioaccumulation in Prosopis laevigata reveal its potential for phytoremediation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:40187-40204. [PMID: 32661966 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10026-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mining industry generates large volumes of waste known as mine tailings, which contain heavy metals (HMs) that generate a risk to environmental health. Thus, remediation of HM pollution requires attention. In this study, HM bioaccumulation, genotoxic damage, and morphological and physiological changes in the tree species Prosopis laevigata were evaluated in order to assess its potential for remediation of mine tailings. P. laevigata plants were established in two treatments (reference substrate and tailing substrate) under greenhouse conditions. Every 2 months, six individuals were selected per treatment for 1 year. From each individual, macromorphological (height, stem diameter, and number of leaves), micromorphological (stomatal coverage and stomatal index), and physiological parameters (chlorophyll content) were evaluated, as well as the concentration of Pb, Cu, Cd, Cr, Fe, and Zn in root and foliar tissue. Genetic damage was assessed by the comet assay in foliar tissue. These parameters were evaluated in adult individuals established in mine tailings. Roots bioaccumulated significantly more HM compared to foliar tissue. However, the bioaccumulation pattern in both tissues was Fe > Pb > Zn > Cu. The plants in tailing substrate reduced significantly the morphological and physiological characters throughout the experiment. Only the bioaccumulation of Pb affected significantly the levels of genetic damage and the number of leaves, while Zn reduced plant height. The percentage of plants that have translocation factor values greater than 1 are Cu (92.9) > Fe (85.7) > Pb (75.0) > Zn (64.3). P. laevigata has potential to phytoremediate environments contaminated with metals, due to its dominance and establishment in abandoned mine tailings, and its ability to bioaccumulate HM unaffecting plant development, as well as their high levels of HM translocation.
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- Dalia A Muro-González
- Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ambientales, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ambientales, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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McCartha GL, Taylor CM, van der Ent A, Echevarria G, Navarrete Gutiérrez DM, Pollard AJ. Phylogenetic and geographic distribution of nickel hyperaccumulation in neotropical Psychotria. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2019; 106:1377-1385. [PMID: 31553490 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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PREMISE Hyperaccumulation of heavy metals in plants has never been documented from Central America or Mexico. Psychotria grandis, P. costivenia, and P. glomerata (Rubiaceae) have been reported to hyperaccumulate nickel in the Greater Antilles, but they also occur widely across the neotropics. The goals of this research were to investigate the geographic distribution of hyperaccumulation in these species and explore the phylogenetic distribution of hyperaccumulation in this clade by testing related species. METHODS Portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy was used to analyze 565 specimens representing eight species of Psychotria from the Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium. RESULTS Nickel hyperaccumulation was found in specimens of Psychotria costivenia ranging from Mexico to Costa Rica and in specimens of P. grandis from Guatemala to Ecuador and Venezuela. Among related species, nickel hyperaccumulation is reported for the first time in P. lorenciana and P. papantlensis, but no evidence of hyperaccumulation was found in P. clivorum, P. flava, or P. pleuropoda. Previous reports of hyperaccumulation in P. glomerata appear to be erroneous, resulting from taxonomic synonymy and specimen misidentification. CONCLUSIONS Hyperaccumulation of nickel by Psychotria is now known to occur widely from southern Mexico through Central America to northwestern South America, including some areas not known to have ultramafic soils. Novel aspects of this research include the successful prediction of new hyperaccumulator species based on molecular phylogeny, use of XRF technology to nondestructively obtain elemental data from herbarium specimens, and documentation of previously unknown areas of ultramafic or nickel-rich soil based on such data.
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- Grace L McCartha
- Department of Biology, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 29613, USA
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54000, Nancy, France
- Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Texcoco, DF, México
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- Department of Biology, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 29613, USA
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Echevarria G, Baker AJM, Boyd RS, van der Ent A, Mizuno T, Rajakaruna N, Sakaguchi S, Bani A. A global forum on ultramafic ecosystems: from ultramafic ecology to rehabilitation of degraded environments. Ecol Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-018-1611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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