Plant diversity and conservation in China: Planning a strategic bioresource for a sustainable future

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-300

  Huang, Hongwen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio economy; Ex situ conservation; Garden flora; Germplasm discovery; In situ conservation; Nature reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GARDEN; GERMPLASM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MICROECONOMICS; NATURE RESERVE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VASCULAR PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORESTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PLANTS;

CHINA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79959549907     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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