Rediscovering Aboriginal dispersal pathways

该项目旨在与土著人民合作，使用尖端和跨学科的工具，重新发现澳大利亚东海岸有意识的史前植物传播路径。通过对三个具有相似分离分布的不相关物种的研究，预期的结果包括发现重要的“文化”植被模式，这将挑战目前关于“自然”植物分布的假设。植物生物地理学与故意操纵澳大利亚土著环境之间的新联系将有利于文化遗产、土地管理和恢复倡议。

This project aims to use cutting-edge and transdisciplinary tools in partnership with Aboriginal people to rediscover deliberate prehistoric plant dispersal pathways along the Australian east coast. By working on three unrelated species with similar disjunct distributions, expected outcomes include detecting significant ‘cultural’ vegetation patterns that will challenge current assumptions about 'natural' plant distributions. New associations between plant biogeography and deliberate Aboriginal manipulation of Australian environments will benefit cultural heritage, land management and restoration initiatives.