Banking on the future: progress, challenges and opportunities for the genetic conservation of forest trees

New Forests

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 153-180

  Potter, Kevin M ^a   Jetton, Robert M ^a   Bower, Andrew ^b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^c   Man, Gary ^b   Hipkins, Valerie D ^b   Westwood, Murphy ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ex situ conservation; Forest management; Genetic diversity; Global change; In situ conservation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION;

EX SITU; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SILVICULTURAL PRESCRIPTIONS;

CONSERVATION;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; STAKEHOLDER; TREE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECTS; RESTORATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 85017116476     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-017-9582-8     Document Type: Article

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