Evolution at extremes: Macroevolutionary responses to harsh environments

该项目旨在调查澳大利亚标志性植物群（桉树，金合欢，班克斯，Grevillea，Hakea）适应极端条件增加的能力。澳大利亚为植物生存提供了许多极端条件，如干旱，高温或受盐影响的土壤。在这些条件下，一些血统是否能够更好地适应和多样化？该项目旨在开发新的方法来识别最耐受极端环境的谱系，检测有助于抗胁迫的特性，并测试极端环境中的植物组合是否是由专业耐受者或当地物种适应的殖民化形成的。这些方法可以预测最能适应全球环境变化条件的物种或群落。

The project seeks to investigate the capacity of iconic Australian plant groups (Eucalyptus, Acacia, Banksia, Grevillea, Hakea) to adapt to increases in extreme conditions. Australia presents many extreme conditions for plant survival, such as drought, heat, or salt-affected soils. Are some lineages better able to adapt and diversify in these conditions? This project aims to develop new methods to identify lineages most tolerant of extreme environments, detect enabling traits that contribute to stress resistance, and test whether plant assemblages in extreme environments are formed from colonisation by specialist tolerators, or by local species adapting. These methods may allow the prediction of species or communities best able to adapt to conditions expected under global environmental change.