• DOI:10.1111/j.1749-4877.2008.00089.x
Corpus ID: 24645422

Effect of frugivorous birds on the establishment of a naturally regenerating population of Chinese yew in ex situ conservation.

@article{Lu2008EffectOF,
  title={Effect of frugivorous birds on the establishment of a naturally regenerating population of Chinese yew in ex situ conservation.},
  author={Changhu Lu and Qiongqiong Zhu and Qingshan Deng},
  journal={Integrative zoology},
  year={2008},
  volume={3 3},
  pages={
          186-93
        }
}

Changhu Lu, Qiongqiong Zhu, Qingshan Deng

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Integrative zoology

The Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis) is catalogued as an endangered species in China because of the small size and senescent status of most populations. Its lack of natural regeneration is the most important reason for its endangered status. We investigated the regeneration of an ex-situ conservation population, which was introduced into the Nanjing Botanical Garden Memorial Sun Yat-Sen in the 1950s, and evaluated the role of frugivorous birds on the establishment of this regenerating population… CONTINUE READING

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