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Are Oaks Locally Adapted to Serpentine Soils? [PDF]
Northeastern Naturalist, 2009 Abstract Serpentine soils are extreme habitats known to be involved in processes of local adaptation and speciation of plants. Here I use a greenhouse reciprocal-transplant experiment to compile baseline data for describing patterns of serpentine local adaptation in Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Holm Oak).
Branco, Sara, Sara Branco
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, 2014 Serpentine soils are weathered products of a range of ultramafic rocks composed of ferromagnesian silicates. Serpentine more accurately refers to a group of minerals, including antigorite, chrysotile, and lizardite, in hydrothermally altered ultramafic rocks.
Rajakaruna, Nishanta, Boyd, R. S.
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Perchlorate mobilization of metals in serpentine soils
Applied Geochemistry, 2016 Natural processes and anthropogenic activities may result in the formation and/or introduction of perchlorate (ClO4−) at elevated levels into the environment. Perchlorate in soil environments on Earth and potentially in Mars may modify the dynamics of metal release and their mobilization. Serpentine soils, known for their elevated metal concentrations,
Kumarathilaka, Prasanna +2 more
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Metal release from serpentine soils in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014 Ultramafic rocks and their related soils (i.e., serpentine soils) are non-anthropogenic sources of metal contamination. Elevated concentrations of metals released from these soils into the surrounding areas and groundwater have ecological-, agricultural-, and human health-related consequences.
Vithanage, Meththika +4 more
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The “Serpentine Syndrome” (H. Jenny, 1980): A Proxy for Soil Remediation
EQA, 2014 Serpentine soils have relatively high concentrations of PTEs (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni) but generally low amounts of major nutrients. They often bear a distinctive vegetation, and a frequently-used approach to understanding serpentine ecology and related ...
Claudio Bini, Laura Maleci
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Biological crusts of serpentine and non‐serpentine soils from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa [PDF]
Ecological Research, 2017 Abstract Climate and geography can influence biological soil crust (BSC) community composition, but local heterogeneity in variables such as soil characteristics or microclimate gradients can also impact cryptogamic diversity.
Arthurita Venter +8 more
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Dynamics of soil chemistry in different serpentine habitats from Serbia [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2014 To enhance understanding of edaphic conditions in serpentine habitats, a thorough investigation of chemical and mechanical properties of three soils from disjunct ultramafic outcrops in the central Balkans was undertaken.
Vicić Dražen D. +5 more
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Revegetation of serpentine soils: Difficult but not impossible
California Agriculture, 1986 Combining fast-growing, fertilized annuals and a slower growing perennial could give long-term erosion control.
R Smith, B Kay
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Mutualism and adaptive divergence: co-invasion of a heterogeneous grassland by an exotic legume-rhizobium symbiosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Species interactions play a critical role in biological invasions. For example, exotic plant and microbe mutualists can facilitate each other's spread as they co-invade novel ranges.
Stephanie S Porter +2 more
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Soil and Water Research, 2022 This study aims to compare the chromium (Cr) mobility in two soils with different Cr sources. The first one is an anthropogenically contaminated soil from an area of a piston ring production factory, and the second one is a serpentine soil with a ...
Julie Dajčl +5 more
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