Ex situ seed collections will benefit from considering spatial sampling design and species' reproductive biology

Biological Conservation

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-191

  Hoban, Sean ^a   Strand, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Optimization; Plant conservation; Seed bank; Seed collection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GUIDELINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEED COLLECTION;

EID: 84929148505     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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