Ex situ plant conservation and beyond

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-531

  Havens, Kayri ^a   Vitt, Pati ^a   Maunder, Mike ^b,c   Guerrant Jr , Edward O ^d   Dixon, Kingsley ^e  

^a Institute for Plant Conservation   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c IUCN/Species Survival Commission Plant Conservation Committee   (United States)

^d Berry Botanic Garden   (United States)

^e KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botanic garden; Conservation strategies; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744787843     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[525:ESPCAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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