Why conserve genetic variation? Is this misdirected effort or a crucial concern?

在试图保护受威胁植物的种群时，生态系统管理者必须优先分配资源，以应对当前和长期的威胁，包括遗传变异的丧失。这项研究将确定在澳大利亚一个主要植物群中的几个物种的种群内保持现有遗传变异的重要性。除了在植物生态遗传学和进化生物学领域推进理论外，我们的研究结果将为保护受威胁植物物种的保护政策和管理决策的制定提供更强有力的科学依据。

In attempting to conserve populations of threatened plants, ecosystem managers must prioritise allocation of resources to both immediate and long-term threats, including loss of genetic variation. This study will determine the importance of maintaining existing genetic variation within populations of several species in a major Australian plant group. As well as advancing theory in the area of plant ecological genetics and evolutionary biology, our results will provide a stronger scientific basis for the development of conservation policy and management decisions for conserving threatened plant species.