Agrobiodiversity: Its value, measurement, and conservation in the context of sustainable agriculture

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-82

  Love, Brian ^a   Spaner, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Conservation; Ex situ; Genebanks; In situ; On farm conservation; Seed exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149014109     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v31n02_05     Document Type: Article

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