The unappreciated ecology of landrace populations: Conservation consequences of soil seed banks in Cassava

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-551

  Pujol, Benoît ^a,b   Renoux, François ^c   Elias, Marianne ^d   Rival, Laura ^a   Mckey, Doyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c Institute for Research and Development   (French Guiana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amerindian traditional cultivation; In situ conservation; Long term gene flow; Manihot esculenta Crantz

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ETHNOBOTANY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 33947374366     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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