**Author details**

Peter Ostoich1 \*, Michaela Beltcheva1 , Jose Antonio Heredia Rojas2 and Roumiana Metcheva1

1 Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

2 Faculty of Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

\*Address all correspondence to: p.ostoich@gmail.com

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*Radionuclide Contamination as a Risk Factor in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Occurrence, Biological… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104468*
