@conference{
author = "Kašanin-Grubin, Milica and Hukić, Emira and Stojadinović, Sanja and Veselinović, Gorica and Živanović, Nikola and Rončević, Vukašin and Štrbac, Snežana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The objectives of this research were to investigate the concentration; characterize the
distribution; and determine the sources of heavy metals in European mountain beech
forest soils. Total of 37 soil samples were collected from 11 countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia and Spain). Concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, and Hg were
in ranges of 0.98-22.98 mg kg-1, 0.99-6.03 mg kg-1, 2.51-26.01 mg kg-1, 4.22-83.42
mg kg-1, 11.25-39.77 mg kg-1, 4.79-56.34 mg kg-1, 1.38-91.76 mg kg-1, 32.50-252.20
mg kg-1, 0.20-5.07 mg kg-1, respectively. Hotspots of heavy metals were observed in
luvisol and rendzina soils developed on carbonate bedrock. Multivariate analyses discriminated
between component 1 with a large positive associations of As, Cd, Cr, Zn,
Hg, Pb, CaCO3, Corganic, pH, EC, Mg, and Ca and component 2 with a large positive
associations of Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, clay, Al, and Fe. Positive matrix factorization Factor 1
was defined by As, Pb, and Zn, Cu and Hg provided similar contributions for Factors
1 and 2. Cd, Co, Cr, and Ni provided the highest percentage contributions for Factor
2. Pollution index, Enrichment factor of Cr, Hg, As, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cu, Zn, and Co ranges:
0.05–1.17, 4.48–246.63, 0.01–3.21, 0.06–2.97, 0.18–3.40, 4.30–81.62, 0.56–3.20,
0.52–3.83 and 0.21–3.81, respectively.",
publisher = "Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina : Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka",
journal = "Book of abstracts - International Scientific Conference Forestry Science for Sustainable Development - FORS2D, Perspectives of forestry and related sectors as drivers of sustainable development in the post-Covid era, 29-30 September 2022, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina",
title = "Origin and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Mountain Beech Forests Soils Across Europe",
pages = "111-111",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6547"
}