Devising ecologically sustainable restoration programs for degraded rural landscapes by integrating landscape ecology, genetics and ecophysiology

人们普遍担心农村树木的减少，而令人不安的气候变化预计会加剧这一问题。过去考虑不周的植树已被证明是经济上的浪费，实现的生态恢复能力有限，对生物多样性价值的改善微不足道。利用塔斯马尼亚作为“模型系统”，我们将通过开展研究来确定幼苗的建立、树木的生长、碳储存和水的利用如何受到景观环境、管理历史、气候变化、物种类型和当地品种的影响，从而推进这一问题。这项研究将为在澳大利亚南部设计生态可持续的植树提供急需的证据。

Concern about tree decline in rural landscape is widespread, and disturbingly climate change is predicted to exacerbate this problem. Past ill-considered tree plantings have proven to be economically wasteful, achieved limited ecological resilience and negligible improvement of biodiversity values. Using Tasmania as a 'model system', we will advance this problem by undertaking research to determine how seedling establishment, tree growth, carbon storage and water use are influenced by landscape setting, management history, climate change, species type and local varieties. This research will provide a much needed evidence to devise ecologically sustainable tree-plantings in southern Australia.