Conservation of fern spores

Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 165-172

  Ballesteros, Daniel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7162-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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