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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (31170493) and the Guangdong Sci-Tech Planning Project (2010B060200039). Although the research described in this article has been funded in part by the above-mentioned agencies, it has not been subjected to the Agencies’ required peer and policy review and, therefore, does not necessarily reflect the views of the agencies and no official endorsement should be inferred. We thank Prof Bruce Jaffee for polishing the English.
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Fig. 1. The distribution of 120 plant species with extremely small populations in China. (Revised from State Forestry Administration of China, 2012) (JPEG 2.53 mb)
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Ren, H., Zhang, Q., Lu, H. et al. Wild Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations Require Conservation and Reintroduction in China. AMBIO 41, 913–917 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0284-3
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