Germination capacity and seed storage behaviour of threatened metallophytes from the Katanga copper belt (D.R.Congo): implications for ex situ conservation

Sandrine Godefroid; Ann Van De Vyver; Julie Lebrun; Wilfried Masengo Kalenga; Guylain Handjila Minengo; Charles Rose; Michel Ngongo Luhembwe; Thierry Vanderborght; Grégory Mahy

doi:10.5091/plecevo.2013.745

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Plant Ecology and Evolution 146(2): 183-192
https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2013.745 (22 Jul 2013)

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