“…Ernst's monograph 'Schwermetallvegetation der Erde' (Ernst, 1974a) remains the standard source of reference on plants and plant communities of metal-contaminated soils on a global scale. Landmark reviews and papers on evolutionary aspects are Antonovics, Bradshaw & Turner (1971), Antonovics (1975) and Bradshaw (1976Bradshaw ( , 1984. Genetical aspects are also covered by Macnair (1981), methodology by Wilkins (1978) and mechanisms of tolerance by Turner (1969), Ernst (1974bErnst ( , 1975Ernst ( , 1976, Wainwright & Woolhouse (1975), Farago (1981, Thurman (1981), Peterson (1983) and Woolhouse (1983).…”