In many traditionally managed agroecosystems, populations of domesticated plants maintain high levels of genetic diversity. The threat of erosion of this diversity is a current conservation concern, motivating studies of how diversity can be maintained by in situ conservation measures. Precisely ...
Álvarez, N.
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Garine, E.
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Khasah, C.
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Dounias, E.
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Hossaert-McKey, M.
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McKey, D.
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[Farmers' practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon]
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Farmers' practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon
In this chapter, we develop new indicators and statistical tests to characterize patterns of crop diversity at local scales to better understand interactions between ecological and socio-cultural functions of agroecosystems. Farms, where a large number of crops (species or landraces) is grown, ar...
Thomas, M.
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Verzelen, N.
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Barbillon, P.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Caillon, S.
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McKey, D.
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Elias, M.
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Garine, E.
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Raimond, C.
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Dounias, E.
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Jarvis, D.
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Wencelius, J.
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Leclerc, C.
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Labeyrie, V.
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Pham Hung Cuong
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Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Rana, R.B.
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Barnaud, A.
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Violon, C.
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Arias Reyes, L.M.
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Latournerie Moreno, L.
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Santis, P. de
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Massol, F.
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[A network-based method to detect patters of local crop biodiversity: validation at the species and infr-species levels]
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A network-based method to detect patters of local crop biodiversity: validation at the species and infr-species levels
The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and dynamics. Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and crop species, from farming methods to landscape composition, is part of humanity�s cultural heritage. Whereas agrobio...
Pautasso, M.
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Aistara, G.
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Barnaud, A.
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Caillon, S.
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Clouvel, P.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Deletre, M.
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Demeulenaere, E.
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Santis, P. de
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Doring, T.
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Eloy, L.
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Emperaire, L.
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Garine, E.
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Goldringer, I.
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Jarvis, D.
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Joly, H.I.
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Leclerc, C.
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Louafi, S.
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[Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review.]
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Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review.
The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The role of farmer seed networks is less well understood and yet is...
Coomes, O.T.
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McGuire, S.J.
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Garine, E.
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Caillon, S.
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McKey, D.
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Demeulenaere, E.
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Jarvis, D.
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Aistara, G.
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Barnaud, A.
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Clouvel, P.
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Emperaire, L.
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Louafi, S.
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Martin, P.
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Massol, F.
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Pautasso, M.
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Violon, C.
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Wencelius, J.
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[Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions]
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Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions