Maximizing Seed Resources for Restoration in an Uncertain Future

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-79

  Broadhurst, Linda M ^a   Jones, Thomas A ^c   Smith, Forrest S ^d   North, Tom ^a   Guja, Lydia ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian National Botanic Gardens   (Australia)

^c USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; land degradation; restoration; seed production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959871703     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv155     Document Type: Review

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