Biological invasions, climate change, and genomics

SL Chown, KA Hodgins, PC Griffin - Crop Breeding, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …

Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness?

MR Gibson, DM Richardson… - Diversity and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Reproductive traits are important mediators of establishment and spread of introduced
species, both directly and through interactions with other life‐history traits and extrinsic …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic considerations in ecosystem restoration using native tree species

E Thomas, R Jalonen, J Loo, D Boshier, L Gallo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation and restoration of forest ecosystems are in growing demand to tackle climate
change, biodiversity loss and desertification—major environmental problems of our time …

Next generation restoration genetics: applications and opportunities

AV Williams, PG Nevill, SL Krauss - Trends in Plant Science, 2014 - cell.com
Restoration ecology is a young scientific discipline underpinning improvements in the rapid
global expansion of ecological restoration. The application of molecular tools over the past …

Strategies to address the conservation threats posed by hybridization and genetic introgression

JH Bohling - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Hybridization poses a complex problem for biodiversity conservation but there has been little
discussion of strategies and guidelines designed to address it from a management …

Effects of the cascading translocations of larch (Larix decidua Mill.) on canker disease due to Lachnellula willkommii (R. Hartig) Dennis

C Robin, S Wagner, O Baubet, F Ehrenmann… - Annals of Forest …, 2023 - Springer
Key message Appropriate silvicultural practices combined with the use of resistant Central
European provenances can reduce the prevalence of larch canker caused by Lachnellula …

Impacts of ecological restoration on the genetic diversity of plant species: A global meta‐analysis

X Wei, Y Xu, L Lyu, Z Xiao, S Wang… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to the depth of knowledge available for the enhancement of plant species
diversity and ecosystem services through ecological restoration, our understanding of how …

Extensive long-distance pollen dispersal and highly outcrossed mating in historically small and disjunct populations of Acacia woodmaniorum (Fabaceae), a rare …

MA Millar, DJ Coates, M Byrne - Annals of botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims Understanding patterns of pollen dispersal and variation in mating
systems provides insights into the evolutionary potential of plant species and how …

[HTML][HTML] Natural revegetation of areas impacted by gold mining in the tropical rain forest of Chocó, Colombia

H Valois-Cuesta, C Martínez-Ruiz… - Revista de Biología …, 2022 - scielo.sa.cr
Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto del tiempo sucesional y la distancia al bosque de referencia
sobre la estructura biológica y composición de especies en minas de oro revegetadas …

Testing the “local provenance” paradigm: a common garden experiment in Cumberland Plain woodland, Sydney, Australia

N Hancock, MR Leishman, L Hughes - Restoration Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Seed for restoration projects has traditionally been sourced locally to “preserve” the genetic
integrity of the replanted site. Plants grown from locally sourced seeds are perceived to have …