#additive interactions

Is hyperaccumulation of nickel worthwhile in non-serpentine soils?

Ni-hyperaccumulating species produce high-Ni litters and potentially influence important ecosystem processes such as decomposition. According to the elemental allelopathy hypothesis of hyperaccumulation, the restriction of the majority of metal hyperaccumulators in metaliferous soils may be dependent on litter decomposition. Litter mass remaining (LMR) in the mixed-species litterbags relative to…