Background and aims Hyperaccumulator plants exhibit extreme ecophysiological
characteristics, which make them suited for phytoremediation. Understanding their …

Odontarrhena corsica was grown for three months on Chrome loam topsoil and subsoil from
near Reisterstown, MD, to examine the effects of varying soil masses (2.8 and 5.6 kg pot− 1) …

Background Specific leaf area (SLA) is a core trait within the leaf economic spectrum that
describes differences in plant performance and productivity. Research on the sources of …

Dual effects of spatial distance and environment shape archipelagic floras. In Malesia, there
are multiple environmental stressors associated with increasing uplands, drought, and metal …

About a third of New Caledonia is covered with ultramafic soils (UM) which hosts a rich flora
(endemism> 85%) threatened by mining activities. This combination makes the ultramafic …

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 …

Background and aims Understanding the determinants of plant species associations on
unique ultramafic substrates is crucial for the study of restoration ecology. We investigated …

Metal hyperaccumulators accumulate particular metals or metalloids in their leaves to
concentrations hundreds or thousands of times greater than is normal for most plants …

Pristine soils under native vegetation can present high levels of potentially toxic elements
when developed from the weathering of some unusual parent materials, especially …

New Caledonia, an archipelago in the Southwest Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot (Myers
1988; Myers et al. 2000) whose rich and unique flora has generally been associated with the …