Tolerance to heavy metals in plants is a model process used to study adaptations to
extremely unfavorable environments. One species capable of colonizing areas with high …

Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) is a plant that grows in a variety of
environmental conditions. It shows high capability to spread in various habitats, including …

The restoration of forest ecosystems on metal-contaminated sites can be achieved whilst
producing valuable plant biomass. Here, we investigated the metal accumulation and …

The main objective of this study was to determine whether species that are considered to be
indicator species for former iron ore mining areas also have value as indicators for remnants …

Aims The study investigated the growth and metal accumulation over time of young forest
vegetation growing on metal-contaminated topsoil above either acidic or calcareous subsoil …

Solidago canadensis (Canadian goldenrod) is an invasive plant species occurring in
Poland. Canadian goldenrod tolerates a wide range of habitat conditions, it grows in landfills …

Invasive plant species pose a threat to the diversity of natural habitats. The extent of the
changes depends, among others, on soil properties, settlement time and the degree of …

Long-term industrial development has changed the natural environment significantly. The
exploitation of coal, sand, gravel, limestone, and dolomites caused changes in the surface …

1, 2, 3 Department of Ecotoxicology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology,
University of Warsaw Ilji Miecznikowa 1 St., 02-096 Warsaw 1 e-mail: olga. bemowska …

Post-mining areas where zinc and lead ores were extracted are a novel anthropogenic
environment whose most distinctive feature is a high content of heavy metals in its substrate …