Australian alpine seed ecology: Plant conservation and adaptation to climate change

澳大利亚的高山地区非常容易受到气候变化的影响。许多高山植物物种已经受到威胁。我们的项目促进了澳大利亚高山植物群的有效管理，使我们能够保护高山生物多样性，提高生态系统对气候变化的适应能力。种子库保护国家脆弱和受威胁的植物群，提供防止灭绝的保险。我们对全球种子保护的示范性贡献为澳大利亚国家植物园的重新植被和研究提供了国家高山种子资源，并促进了公众对澳大利亚高山生态应对气候变化的生态意义和脆弱性的认识。

The Australian alpine region is critically vulnerable to climate change. Many alpine plant species are already threatened. Our project facilitates effective management of Australian alpine flora, enabling us to preserve alpine biodiversity and improve ecosystem resilience to climate change. Seed banking provides conservation of nationally vulnerable and threatened flora, providing insurance against extinction. Our exemplary contribution to global seed conservation provides a national resource of alpine seeds for revegetation and research and interpretive resources at the Australian National Botanic Gardens facilitate public awareness of the ecological significance and fragility of Australian alpine ecology in response to climate change.