Fire, bees and other disturbances: the basis for variation in genetic diversity in long-lived plants.

对多年生植物产生遗传多样性的时间和空间模式的过程的理解必须是成功保护的基础。我们的长期研究将开发我们已完成基础研究的Proteaceae家族系统。我们将开发和推广分子技术，以测量(I)从种子到成虫的遗传变化，(Ii)不同传粉者类别的基因流动，以及(Iii)外来基因库的遗传污染，在受引进传粉者以及天然和栽培品种杂交影响的系统中。最重要的是，我们将使用Fire作为代际变化的加速器，并测试基因多样性变化的适合性后果。

An understanding of processes generating temporal and spatial patterns of genetic diversity in perennial plants must underpin successful conservation. Our long-term study will exploit systems in the family Proteaceae in which we have completed foundation studies. We will develop and extend molecular techniques to measure (i) genetic changes from seed to adult, (ii) gene flow by different pollinator classes, and (iii) genetic contamination by foreign gene pools, in systems affected by introduced pollinators and natural and cultivar hybridization. Most importantly, we will use fire as an accelerant of generational change and test fitness consequences of changes in genotypic diversity.