Research in the garden: Averting the collections crisis

Botanical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-234

  Dosmann, Michael Sean ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749665784     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0006-8101(2006)72[207:RITGAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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