Fitness decline and adaptation to novel environments in ex situ plant collections: Current knowledge and future perspectives

Biological Conservation

Volumn 192, Issue , 2015, Pages 394-401

  Ensslin, Andreas ^a   Tschöpe, Okka ^a   Burkart, Michael ^a   Joshi, Jasmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

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EID: 84946594715     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.012     Document Type: Note

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