A question of origin: Where and how to collect seed for ecological restoration

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-311

  Vander Mijnsbrugge, Kristine ^a   Bischoff, Armin ^b   Smith, Barbara ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial seed collection; Habitat differentiation; Home site advantage; Inbreeding and outbreeding depression; Local adaptation; Seed collection zones; Seed orchard; Seed provenance; Seed transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953288251     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.09.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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