Seeds of success: A national seed banking program working to achieve long-term conservation goals

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-173

  Haidet, Megan ^a   Olwell, Peggy ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureau of Land Management; ex situ conservation; Native Plant Materials Development Program; native plants; restoration; seed banking; Seeds of Success

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921898198     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.035.0118     Document Type: Article

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