Strengthening the conservation value of ex situ tree collections

ORYX

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 416-424

  Cavender, Nicole ^a   Westwood, Murphy ^a   Bechtoldt, Catherine ^a   Donnelly, Gerard ^a   Oldfield, Sara ^b   Gardner, Martin ^c   Rae, David ^c   McNamara, William ^d  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^b and Botanical Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Quarryhill Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboretum; botanical garden; ex situ; Global Strategy for Plant Conservation; Global Trees Campaign; in situ; integrated conservation management; tree conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; GARDEN; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE;

EID: 84934282474     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605314000866     Document Type: Article

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