Article
A distance-based framework for assessing the ex-situ conservation status of plants.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2025
Graoui Marwa El, Ghanem Michel Edmond, Amri Moez, Hijmans Robert J
Abstract excerpt
We present a framework to assess the ex-situ conservation status of plant species, by estimating the fraction of extant genetic diversity that has been conserved as seeds or other living material outside their natural habitat. We use a species distribution model to predict the area that is suitable for a species, and use inclusion and exclusion buffers to estimate its range. The range is divided into a number of...
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- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Ecosystem
- Seeds
- Plants
- Africa
- Fabaceae
- Genetic Variation
