A5059818650- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest ecology and management
- Wood and Agarwood Research
- Forest Management and Policy
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Gut microbiota and health
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
The University of Adelaide
2016-2025
University of Washington
2024
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
2024
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
2023
Nottinghamshire County Council
2021
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
2014-2020
Natural Environment Research Council
2005-2020
Queensland Police Service
2009-2020
University of New Caledonia
2019
Department for Environment and Water
2013-2018
Green plants (Viridiplantae) include around 450,000-500,000 species1,2 of great diversity and have important roles in terrestrial aquatic ecosystems. Here, as part the One Thousand Plant Transcriptomes Initiative, we sequenced vegetative transcriptomes 1,124 species that span a broad sense (Archaeplastida), including green (Viridiplantae), glaucophytes (Glaucophyta) red algae (Rhodophyta). Our analysis provides robust phylogenomic framework for examining evolution plants. Most inferred...
Evolution occurs rapidly and is an ongoing process in our environments. Evolutionary principles need to be built into conservation efforts, particularly given the stressful conditions organisms are increasingly likely experience because of climate change habitat fragmentation. The concept evolutionary resilience a way emphasizing processes landscape planning. From perspective, landscapes allow situ selection capture high levels genetic variation essential for responding direct indirect...
Restoring degraded land to combat environmental degradation requires the collection of vast quantities germplasm (seed). Sourcing this material raises questions related provenance selection, seed quality and harvest sustainability. Restoration guidelines strongly recommend using local sources maximize adaptation prevent outbreeding depression, but in highly modified landscapes restricts small remnants where limited, poor is available, harvesting impacts may be high. We review three...
Abstract Long‐term ecological studies are critical for providing key insights in ecology, environmental change, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. In this paper, we briefly discuss five values of such studies. These are: (1) quantifying responses to drivers ecosystem change; (2) understanding complex processes that occur over prolonged periods; (3) core data may be used develop theoretical models parameterize validate simulation models; (4) acting as platforms...
Mapping the world's dry forests The extent of forest area in dryland habitats, which occupy more than 40% Earth's land surface, is uncertain compared with that other biomes. Bastin et al. provide a global estimate drylands, calculated from high-resolution satellite images covering 200,000 plots. Forests drylands are much extensive previously reported and cover total similar to tropical rainforests or boreal forests. This increases estimates by at least 9%, finding will be important...
Next generation sequencing is revolutionizing molecular ecology by simplifying the development of genetic markers, including microsatellites. Here, we summarize results large-scale microsatellites for 54 nonmodel species using next and show that there are clear differences amongst plants, invertebrates vertebrates number proportion motif types recovered able to be utilized as markers. We highlight heterogeneity within each group very large. Despite this variation, provide an indication what...
Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary functions, yet there large gaps in our knowledge their diversity ecology. The 'Biomes Australian Soil Environments' (BASE) project has generated a database microbial with associated metadata across extensive environmental gradients at continental scale. As the characterisation microbes rapidly expands, BASE provides an evolving platform for interrogating integrating function. currently amplicon sequences contextual data...
Leaf area (LA), mass per (LMA), nitrogen unit (Narea ) and the leaf-internal to ambient CO2 ratio (χ) are fundamental traits for plant functional ecology vegetation modelling. Here we aimed assess how their variation, within between species, tracks environmental gradients. Measurements were made on 705 species from 116 sites a broad north-south transect tropical temperate Australia. Trait responses environment quantified using multiple regression; within- between-species compared analysis of...
In industrialized countries, non-communicable diseases have been increasing in prevalence since the middle of 20th century. While causal mechanisms remain poorly understood, increased population density, pollution, sedentary behavior, smoking, changes diet, and limited outdoor exposure all proposed as significant contributors. Several hypotheses (e.g. Hygiene, Old Friends, Biodiversity Hypotheses) also suggest that environmental microbial exposures may underpin part this rise diseases....
Inoculation of soil with living microbes or propagules has grown in interest and application due to the modification/degradation systems (including native microbial communities), need maintain agricultural yields fewer synthetic inputs. Whilst beneficial microorganisms such as plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) mycorrhizal fungi have been employed via inoculation, their utilisation an agronomic tool remains trivial context large-scale commercial agriculture. The development inoculation...
The role of seed dispersal in maintaining genetic connectivity among forest fragments has largely been ignored because gene flow by pollen is expected to predominate. By using genealogical reconstruction, we investigated after establishment seeds a wind-pollinated, wind-dispersed tree. Our data show that the main vector remnants and long-distance common across chronically fragmented landscape. relative importance seed-mediated may have underemphasized other systems, diagnosing response trees...
Two new polyploid species of Senecio have originated in the British Isles recent times following hybridization between native S. vulgaris (2n = 40) and introduced squalidus 20). One these is allohexaploid cambrensis 60), other recombinant tetraploid eboracensis 40). We review what known about when how each originated, their reproductive isolation from parents due to high selfing rates. also evidence that suggests may undergone rapid genome evolution since its origin, comment on risks...