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SUBMITTER: Wood J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wood Jordan J Ballou Jonathan D JD Callicrate Taylor T Fant Jeremie B JB Griffith M Patrick MP Kramer Andrea T AT Lacy Robert C RC Meyer Abby A Sullivan Sara S Traylor-Holzer Kathy K Walsh Seana K SK Havens Kayri K
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 20200617 6
Maintaining a living plant collection is the most common method of ex situ conservation for plant species that cannot be seed banked (i.e., exceptional species). Viability of living collections, and their value for future conservation efforts, can be limited without coordinated efforts to track and manage individuals across institutions. Using a pedigree-focused approach, the zoological community has established an inter-institutional infrastructure to support long-term viability of captive anim ...[more]