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Title: 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.
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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.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6741274}, journal = {BioScience; (United States)},
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year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
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