Germination capacity and viability of threatened species collections in seed banks

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1365-1383

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a,b,c   van de Vyver, Ann ^a   Vanderborght, Thierry ^a  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Endangered plant species; Ex situ; Germinability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GERMINATION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIABILITY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 77952092447     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9767-3     Document Type: Article

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