How bryophytes came out of the cold: Successful cryopreservation of threatened species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1413-1420

  Rowntree, J K ^a,b   Ramsay, M M ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Cryopreservation; Encapsulation dehydration; Ex situ conservation; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEHYDRATION; ENCAPSULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REGENERATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KEW OBSERVATORY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; RICHMOND UPON THAMES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 67349117099     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9453-x     Document Type: Article

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