Why the conservation of forest genetic resources has not worked

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-274

  Geburek, Thomas ^a   Konrad, H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Europe; Forest biodiversity; Forest genetic resources; Forest governance; Forest sustainability; Genetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POLITICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 41849086945     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00900.x     Document Type: Review

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