CONSERVING LIVESTOCK BREED BIODIVERSITY

Authors
HALL SJG BRADLEY DG
Citation
Sjg. Hall et Dg. Bradley, CONSERVING LIVESTOCK BREED BIODIVERSITY, Trends in ecology & evolution, 10(7), 1995, pp. 267-270
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology
Journal title
Trends in ecology & evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
01695347
Volume
10
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-5347(1995)10:7<267:CLBB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Growing awareness of the importance of conserving the biodiversity of livestock breeds is paralleled by genetic advances that will help obje ctive planning of conservation. Inventories of breeds, long advocated, are now being established and concepts originally formulated for the quantification of species diversity are being applied. The breeds thus conserved will provide valuable resources for the future of agricultu re, especially in the developing world.