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An integration of health risk indices and statistical techniques to appraise the associated human risks and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in roadside soils
The study was conducted to analyse the potentially toxic elements (PTEs) (Fe, Cu, Co, Mn, Zn, Ni, Cr, Se, Cd, As and Pb), and pH, phosphorus and organic carbon in roadside soils of the Punjab state, India. The...
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Land use induced blurring of forest-grassland transition in north-west Himalaya — A case study using Moving Split Window boundary detection technique
Transition zone or ecotone is a unique community sandwiched between two communities/ecosystems/biomes. These ecotones in Himalaya remained unexplored for many ecological aspects like biodiversity, phyto-sociol...
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Appraisal of tissue compartmentalized metal(loid) uptake by rice
Numerous physical and chemical approaches are existing for metal elimination from the soil; nonetheless, phytoremediation is regarded as one of the paramount effective and cost-friendly approach. However, ampl...
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Open AccessEnvironmental variables vis-a-vis distribution of herbaceous tracheophytes on northern sub-slopes in Western Himalayan ecotone
In the northern hemisphere, the north face of the mountains has a high diversity of species which is attributed to the moist and shady conditions at the north face. Other environmental variables may also influ...