Conservation of diversity in forest trees
Abstract
This article discusses the threat to forest from population growth and concomitant poverty. Deforestation, pollution, and climatic change threaten forest diversity; and because forests are the habitats for diverse organisms, the threat extends to all flora and fauna associated with forests. Three different objectives included under the rubric of gene conservation are discussed: protection, particularly of domesticated plants, from genetic vulnerability; protection of endangered species; and preservation of genes for future use.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Institute of Forest Genetics, Berkeley, CA (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6741274
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- BioScience; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 38:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; FORESTS; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; GENES; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL EXTINCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; LAND POLLUTION; PLANTS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; POLLUTION; 510101* - Environment, Terrestrial- Basic Studies- Radiometric Techniques- (-1989); 550400 - Genetics
Citation Formats
Ledig, F T. Conservation of diversity in forest trees. United States: N. p., 1988.
Web.
Ledig, F T. Conservation of diversity in forest trees. United States.
Ledig, F T. 1988.
"Conservation of diversity in forest trees". United States.
@article{osti_6741274,
title = {Conservation of diversity in forest trees},
author = {Ledig, F T},
abstractNote = {This article discusses the threat to forest from population growth and concomitant poverty. Deforestation, pollution, and climatic change threaten forest diversity; and because forests are the habitats for diverse organisms, the threat extends to all flora and fauna associated with forests. Three different objectives included under the rubric of gene conservation are discussed: protection, particularly of domesticated plants, from genetic vulnerability; protection of endangered species; and preservation of genes for future use.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6741274},
journal = {BioScience; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 38:7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
}
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