Is it appropriate to rely on seed set to assess candidate plant populations for genetic rescue? A case study with a threatened species

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Severns, Paul M ^a   Lewis, Brian S ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Bombus; Facilitated selfing; Lupinus; Supplemental planting

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOGAMY; BEE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HERB; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POLLINATION; RARITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED SET;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

LUPINUS; LUPINUS OREGANUS KINCAIDII; LUPINUS SULPHUREUS;

EID: 35948950332     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2007)27[313:IIATRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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