Collection
Topical Collection: Ex-situ Conservation
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This collection of articles covers conservation of biodiversity of all kinds outside natural habitats, including botanic gardens, zoos, wildlife parks, aquaria, microbial resource centres, and sed ad tissue banks; also cryopreservation and micropropagation methods.
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Editors
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David L. Hawksworth CBE
Prof. Hawksworth is a mycologist and lichenologist with a professorship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. He is Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity and Conservation (Springer) and IMA Fungus (BMC).
Articles (26 in this collection)
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Assessing the storage potential of Australian rainforest seeds: a decision-making key to aid rapid conservation
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- K. D. Sommerville
- G. Errington
- C. A. Offord
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 19 July 2021
- Pages: 3185 - 3218
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Gap analyses of priority wild relatives of food crop in current ex situ and in situ conservation in Indonesia
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Wiguna Rahman
- Joana Magos Brehm
- Mauricio Parra Quijano
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 06 July 2021
- Pages: 2827 - 2855
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Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mesfin Wondafrash
- Michael J. Wingfield
- Trudy Paap
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 20 April 2021
- Pages: 1929 - 1946
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In vitro conservation and genetic diversity of threatened species of Melocactus (Cactaceae)
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Gabriela Torres-Silva
- Alessandra Selbach Schnadelbach
- Sheila Vitória Resende
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 17 February 2021
- Pages: 1067 - 1080
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Comparative analysis of the gene pool structure of Triticum aethiopicum wheat accessions conserved ex situ and recollected in fields after 85 years
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Aya A. Trifonova
- Liliya V. Dedova
- Alexander M. Kudryavtsev
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 05 January 2021
- Pages: 329 - 342
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Enhancing seed conservation in rural communities of Guatemala by implementing the dry chain concept
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Filippo Guzzon
- Pedro Bello
- Denise E. Costich
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2020
- Pages: 3997 - 4017
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Biobanking of vegetable genetic resources by in vitro conservation and cryopreservation
Authors
- Claudia Ruta
- Maurizio Lambardi
- Elif Aylin Ozudogru
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 25 September 2020
- Pages: 3495 - 3532
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A safeguard measure of endemic and endangered plant species: cryostorage of Dianthus taxa
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- A. Halmagyi
- A. Coste
- V. Cristea
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 14 August 2020
- Pages: 3445 - 3460
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Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Udayangani Liu
- Tiziana A. Cossu
- Elinor Breman
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2020
- Pages: 2901 - 2949
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Botanical gardens as valuable resources in plant sciences
Authors
- Leila Faraji
- Mojtaba Karimi
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 02 January 2020
- Pages: 2905 - 2926
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Cryopreservation enables long-term conservation of critically endangered species Rubus humulifolius
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jaanika Edesi
- Jonne Tolonen
- Hely Häggman
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2019
- Pages: 303 - 314
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From keystone species to conservation: conservation genetics of wax palm Ceroxylon quindiuense in the largest wild populations of Colombia and selected neighboring ex situ plant collections
Authors
- Katherine Chacón-Vargas
- Víctor Hugo García-Merchán
- María José Sanín
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 23 October 2019
- Pages: 283 - 302
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How to meet the 2020 GSPC target 8 in Europe: priority-setting for seed banking of native threatened plants
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- S. Rivière
- E. Breman
- J. V. Müller
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 01 February 2018
- Pages: 1873 - 1890
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Measuring the representativeness of a germplasm collection
Authors
- Carlos Hernandez-Suarez
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 January 2018
- Pages: 1471 - 1486
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The conservation value of germplasm stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Udayangani Liu
- Elinor Breman
- Siobhan Kenney
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2018
- Pages: 1347 - 1386
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Could taxonomic misnaming threaten the ex situ conservation and the usage of plant genetic resources?
Authors
- Filippo Guzzon
- Nicola M. G. Ardenghi
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 21 December 2017
- Pages: 1157 - 1172
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Cryobiotechnology of forest trees: recent advances and future prospects
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jing-Wei Li
- Elif Aylin Ozudogru
- Qiao-Chun Wang
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 01 December 2017
- Pages: 795 - 814
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Plants in traditional home gardens: richness, composition, conservation and implications for native biodiversity in Benin
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon
- Valère Kolawolé Salako
- Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 August 2017
- Pages: 3307 - 3327
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Will the same ex situ protocols give similar results for closely related species?
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- M. Patrick Griffith
- Michael Calonje
- Tracy M. Magellan
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 10 July 2017
- Pages: 2951 - 2966
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Increasing zoo’s conservation potential through understanding barriers to holding globally threatened amphibians
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Leana Brady
- Richard P. Young
- Jeff Dawson
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 15 June 2017
- Pages: 2735 - 2749
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Extinction risk of Zamia inermis: a demographic study in its single natural population
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Pablo Octavio-Aguilar
- Andrés Rivera-Fernández
- Francisco F. Núñez de Cáceres-González
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 February 2017
- Pages: 787 - 800
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Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Pavla Christelová
- Edmond De Langhe
- Jaroslav Doležel
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2016
- Pages: 801 - 824
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Gaps in seed banking are compromising the GSPC’s Target 8 in a megadiverse country
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Alberto L. Teixido
- Peter E. Toorop
- Fernando A. O. Silveira
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 05 December 2016
- Pages: 703 - 716
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A model for determining ex situ conservation priorities in big genera is provided by analysis of the subgenera of Rhododendron (Ericaceae)
Authors
- Marion MacKay
- Susan E. Gardiner
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 25 October 2016
- Pages: 189 - 208
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Noah’s arks in the XXI century. A typology of seed banks
Authors
- Pablo A. Pellegrini
- Galo E. Balatti
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 12 September 2016
- Pages: 2753 - 2769