Translating conservation genetics into management: Pan-European minimum requirements for dynamic conservation units of forest tree genetic diversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-49

  Koskela, Jarkko ^a   Lefèvre, François ^b   Schueler, Silvio ^c   Kraigher, Hojka ^d   Olrik, Ditte C ^e   Hubert, Jason ^f   Longauer, Roman ^g   Bozzano, Michele ^a   Yrjänä, Leena ^h   Alizoti, Paraskevi ⁱ   Rotach, Peter ^j   Vietto, Lorenzo ^k   Bordács, Sándor ^l   Myking, Tor ^m   Eysteinsson, Thröstur ⁿ   Souvannavong, Oudara ^o   Fady, Bruno ^b   De Cuyper, Bart ^p   Heinze, Berthold ^c   von Wühlisch, Georg ^q   Ducousso, Alexis ^r   Ditlevsen, Bjerne ^e   more..

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^b French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e Danish Nature Agency   (Denmark)

^f FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL FOREST CENTRE   (Slovakia)

^h FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^l CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^m NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁿ Iceland Forest Service   (Iceland)

^o FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

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

^q Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^r UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Forest genetic resources; Genetic conservation unit; Genetic diversity; Genetic management; In situ

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION SIZE; REGENERATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869878765     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.023     Document Type: Review

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