CONTENIDO
1. General Introduction 1
PART 1. GEOBOTANY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION
2. An Introduction to geobotany in mineral explotation 9
3. Plant Communities as Indicators of mineralization 11
4. Indicator Plants 31
5. Morphological and Mutational Changes induced by Mineralization 50
6. Remote Sensing of Vegetation 62
PART 2. GEOZOOLOGY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION
8. Introduction to Geozoology 87
9. Land Mammals as Indicators of Mineralization 89
10. Birds and Fish as a Guide to Mineralization 98
11. Insects as Indicator of Mineralization 101
PART 3. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION
12. An Introduction to Biogeochemical Prospecting 109
13. Soils and their Formation 112
14. Accumulation of Elements by Plants 127
15. Biogeochemical Parameters and their Significance for Mineral Prospecting 153
16. AField Guide to Biogeochemical Prospecting 162
17. Alternative Sample Types in Biogeochemical Prospecting 176
18. Chemical Analysis of Plant Material 191
19. Statical Interpretation of Data from Biological Prospecting Methods 206
20. Aerial Biogeochemical Prospecting 233
21. Biochemical Prospecting in the Herbarium 243
22. Biochemical Prospecting in Retrospect 260
23. An Element-by-Element Listing of Biological Prospecting References 266
REFERENCES 273
APPENDIXES 301
INDEX OF BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL NAMES 307
SUBJECT INDEX 313