Geographic analysis for supporting conservation strategies of crop wild relatives. Thesis (Ph.D.)

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cg.creator.identifierNora P. Castañeda-Álvarez: 0000-0003-1827-4782en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://etheses.bham.ac.uk/6942/9/Chapter%202/Supplementary%20Table%202.3.pdfen_US
cg.placeBirmingham, UKen_US
cg.subject.ciatBIODIVERSITYen_US
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen_US
cg.subject.ciatGENETIC RESOURCESen_US
cg.subject.ciatPLANT BREEDINGen_US
dc.contributor.authorCastañeda Álvarez, Nora P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T18:57:07Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-01-24T18:57:07Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/79384en_US
dc.titleGeographic analysis for supporting conservation strategies of crop wild relatives. Thesis (Ph.D.)en_US
dcterms.abstractCrop wild relatives are important for agriculture due to the genetic richness they possess. They have been used in plant breeding to develop high yielding varieties; varieties with improved resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and enhanced nutritional content. Securing their conservation in the long-term is critical to enable the continuous development of crops’ varieties able to respond to future challenges. The work presented in this thesis is a contribution to the effort of understanding the ex situ conservation gaps of crop wild relatives, their expected response to climate change and their needs for conservation. Methods used in this thesis include species distribution modelling, gap analyses, a case study assessing the preliminary IUCN Red List categories, species distribution projections onto future climate change scenarios, and an estimation of the global value of crop wild relatives based on their likelihood of being used in plant breeding, and the contributions of their associated crops to human diets and agricultural production systems. The methods used here can be applied to more crop gene pools for global conservation planning, and can also be adapted for analysis at the regional and national level. The results presented here are being used to improve the conservation of the wild relatives of 29 crops.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCastañeda Alvarez, Nora Patricia. 2016. Geographic analysis for supporting conservation strategies of crop wild relatives. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Birmingham. School of Biosciences. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, GB. 182 p.en_US
dcterms.extent182 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2016-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Birminghamen_US
dcterms.subjectplant genetic resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectwild plantsen_US
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dcterms.subjectgenetic resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen_US
dcterms.subjectabiotic stressen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectrecursos genéticos vegetalesen_US
dcterms.subjectplantas silvestresen_US
dcterms.subjectbiodiversidaden_US
dcterms.subjectrecursos genéticosen_US
dcterms.subjectfitomejoramientoen_US
dcterms.subjectestrés abióticoen_US
dcterms.subjectcambio climáticoen_US
dcterms.typeThesisen_US

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