Optimal sampling of seeds from plant populations for ex-situ conservation of genetic biodiversity, considering realistic population structure

Biological Conservation

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-99

  Hoban, Sean ^a   Schlarbaum, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ex situ sampling; Genetic diversity; Juglans cinerea; Living collection; Minimum sample size; Optimization; Sample strategy; Seed bank; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT LOSS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLLEN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SEED; SEED BANK; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84904265131     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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