Evolutionary history and conservation of an iconic Australian plant group

该项目旨在利用进化生物学加强生物多样性保护。通过使用新的DNA测序技术，该项目旨在重建多样性和生态重要的植物家族Proteaceae的进化历史。这将被用来发现过去的环境变化如何产生我们今天看到的生物多样性，并预测在预期的快速环境变化下生物多样性未来可能发生的变化。主要成果将是一种预测性、前瞻性的保护科学的新方法，明确说明生物多样性的动态、不断演变的性质。主要的好处是为有限的保护资源的战略性分配提供更坚实的科学基础。

This project aims to strengthen biodiversity conservation using evolutionary biology. By using new DNA sequencing technologies the project aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the diverse and ecologically important plant family Proteaceae. This will be used to discover how past environmental changes have produced the biodiversity we see today, and forecast likely future changes to biodiversity under expected rapid environmental change. The key outcome will be a new methodology for a predictive, forward-looking conservation science that accounts explicitly for the dynamic, evolving nature of biodiversity. The key benefit will be a more robust scientific basis for strategic allocation of limited conservation resources.