Plant conservation science and practice the role of botanic gardens

Only a green world, rich in plants, can sustain us and the millions of other species with which we share this planet. But, in an era of global change, nature is on the retreat. Like the communities they form, many plant species are becoming rarer, threatened even to the point of extinction. The worl...

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Other Authors: Blackmore, Stephen (Editor), Oldfield, Sara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Series:Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
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