Developing quantitative seed sampling protocols using simulations: A reply to comments from Guja et al. and Guerrant et al.

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 469-470

  Hoban, Sean ^a   Strand, Allan ^b   Fraga, Naomi ^c   Richards, Chris ^d   Schlarbaum, Scott ^e  

^a University of Tennessee and National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis   (United States)

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

^c RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ex situ; Genetic resources; Sampling; Seed bank; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939999878     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.021     Document Type: Letter

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