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Research Articles

Surface-dwelling soil macrofauna and ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) of metal post-mining spoil heaps–community composition and potential risk element bioaccumulation

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Pages 530-551 | Received 01 Jun 2020, Accepted 26 Feb 2021, Published online: 17 Mar 2021

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