To what extent are threatened European plant species conserved in seed banks?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1494-1498

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Rivière, Stéphane ^d   Waldren, Steve ^d   Boretos, Nikolaos ^e   Eastwood, Ruth ^f   Vanderborght, Thierry ^a  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^f ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endangered species; ENSCONET; Ex situ conservation; Red lists; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTINCTION; FERN; GENETIC VARIATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; RED LIST; SEED BANK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 79956189194     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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