309–310, 314–315, 318–320, 325, 344–346,
348, 362–368, 371, 374–376, 382, 389
Bolivia, 53, 59, 234, 356–359, 361
Boreal Forest, 8, 37, 39, 42–45, 47–49, 77, 85, 94,
97, 104, 116–117, 139, 158, 174, 187, 237,
239, 261, 288, 304, 313–314, 320, 344–345,
362, 366, 369, 374, 389
Boron, 11, 23, 166, 185, 240–241
Bou Azzer, 247, 249
Brazil, 4, 53, 58–59, 83, 100, 131, 236, 256, 292,
341
British Columbia, 5–6, 32, 34, 47, 65, 74, 79, 81,
84, 86, 90, 96, 102, 105, 108–109, 121, 123,
125, 127, 132,
141, 144–147, 155–156, 173, 215–217, 235,
240–241, 243, 250, 258, 261–262, 265, 272,
277, 280, 289–290, 292, 301, 304–306, 311,
314–315, 320, 322–324, 332, 343, 349–350,
380
Bromine, 23, 123, 241
Bryophytes, 120, 272
Buffalo Head Hills, 284, 310, 388–389
Cadmium, 24, 128, 242–243, 322
Calciphilous floras, 3
Calcium, 2, 11, 23, 29–30, 33, 36, 86, 243,
267
Cedar, 49, 57, 141–142, 144–145
Central America, 53
Cerium, 244
Cesium, 36, 140, 245
Cevada Mayu, 356, 358–359
Chilcobija Mine, 358, 360
Chile, 49
China, 2, 9, 50, 56, 186, 250, 263, 267, 279, 321,
394
Chinapintza, 137–138, 245, 274, 351, 354–355
Chlorine, 11, 23, 248
Chlorophyll, 13, 25, 259, 265, 267, 269, 316,
416–417
Chonta con Espinas, 75, 137, 351
Chromium, 23, 173, 246–247, 328, 341
CLPP (Community Level Physiological Profil-
ing), 397
Cobalt, 3, 23–24, 109, 120, 160, 248, 339, 396
Cobar, 148–149
Coniferous Forest, 49–50, 56
Contamination, 7, 89, 92, 100, 107–108, 111–112,
115, 121–122, 152, 155, 158–159, 177,
179–180, 196, 232, 245, 247, 250, 255–258,
264, 270–271, 274, 299, 305, 307, 312, 321,
324–325, 328–329, 339–341, 358, 360, 379,
418
Copper, 3, 11, 21, 23–24, 123, 130, 156, 183, 236,
248–250, 273, 276, 288, 361
Copper/cobalt floras, 3
Cordillera del Co
´
ndor, 137, 354–355
Cornwall, 5, 105, 214
Correlation analysis, 260
Coryell, 290
Costa Rica, 53
Crowberry, 51, 98, 382
Culture-dependent techniques, 397
Czech Republic, 233
Deciduous Forest, 50–51, 56
DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophor-
esis), 402, 404
DNA, 399–404, 408–409, 411–412
DNA extraction, 401
Dogs, 125
Douglas-fir, 1, 8, 36, 39, 49–50, 65, 72, 74–75, 79,
84, 106, 128, 160–161, 181, 183–184,
234–236, 265–266, 268, 272, 276, 280,
288–289, 301, 304–305, 314–316, 322, 324,
328, 332–333, 341, 349–350, 416
Dry ashing, 43, 165, 168–169, 179
Drying, 88, 111, 116, 151, 155, 184, 188, 349, 382
Duluth gabbro, 289
Dysprosium, 250
East Kemptville, 134–135, 315, 317
Ecuador, 137, 245, 274, 350–351, 354–355
Eden Project, 213–216, 218, 220, 222–227,
232–233, 239, 243, 245, 247, 249–250, 252,
255, 257, 261, 267, 269, 276, 280, 284, 291,
294–295, 297, 299–300, 302, 304–306, 308,
312–313, 315–316, 318, 322, 324
Ekati, 143–144, 244, 250–251, 259, 279, 285, 290,
297, 316, 321, 381–382, 388
Endako, 6, 105, 109, 132, 262, 277–278, 380
Engelmann spruce, 49–50, 65, 243, 265
Erbium, 250
Essential elements, 11, 21, 23, 25, 72, 96, 158, 269
Eucalyptus, 9, 57, 58, 132, 148, 156
Europium, 251
Factor analysis, 261, 297, 335–338
Ferguson Lake, 288
Fern, 10, 53, 57, 75–76, 102–103, 137, 219,
222–224, 236, 261–263, 274, 277, 297, 315,
318, 351–353, 355
Field Accessories, 109–110
Fir, 1, 8, 17, 36, 39, 42–43, 47–50, 56, 65, 69–72,
74–75, 79, 81, 84, 96, 106, 128, 132, 134–135,
148, 152, 160–161, 181–185, 234–236, 254,
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