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A conceptual framework for restoration of threatened plants: the effective model of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) reintroduction

  1. Douglass F. Jacobs1,†,*,
  2. Harmony J. Dalgleish1,2,†,
  3. C. Dana Nelson3

Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/nph.12020

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 197, Issue 2, pages 378–393, January 2013

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Jacobs, D. F., Dalgleish, H. J. and Nelson, C. D. (2013), A conceptual framework for restoration of threatened plants: the effective model of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) reintroduction. New Phytologist, 197: 378–393. doi: 10.1111/nph.12020

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  1. 1

    Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

  3. 3

    USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, Saucier, Mississippi, USA

  1. †

    The first two authors are co-first authors. All three authors contributed equally to the development of the conceptual framework.

* Author for correspondence:
Douglass F. Jacobs
Tel: +1 765 494 3608
Email: djacobs@purdue.edu

  1. †

    The first two authors are co-first authors. All three authors contributed equally to the development of the conceptual framework.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 29 AUG 2012

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  • Purdue University
  • USDA Forest Service
  • USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Grant Number: 105321

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