A Symposium to be held Friday, September 15, 2000 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Many plant populations are rapidly dwindling in size due to several factors including habitat loss, fragmentation, over-harvesting, and competition with exotic species. As populations get smaller, they are more vulnerable to genetic problems such as inbreeding and drift, demographic uncertainty, and environmental variation or catastrophe. These factors tend to reduce populations size further and ultimately can drive the population to extinction. This symposium will address several of these phenomena in small populations, as well as the issues involved in small population management. Speakers include: Kent Holsinger, Martha Groom, Leonard Nunney, Peggy Fiedler, Stephen Hendrix, and Sue Gawler.
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Education Registrar
Chicago Botanic Garden
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Glencoe, IL 60022
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Symposium on Scientific Basis for Participatory Improvement and Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources
October 8-14, 2000. Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico.
Contact: Dr. Adi Damania, Symposium Facilitator, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8602, USA. Tel: +1-530-754-8506. Fax: +1-530-754-8505. E-mail: abdamania@ucdavis.edu Internet:http://www.grcp.ucdavis.edu/projects/indexe.htm
