Understanding adaptation to improve conservation of Australian flora

这个项目以澳大利亚植物区系为模型，旨在解决进化和保护的一个核心问题--是什么驱动了物种适应？由于扩散应凌驾于种群的选择之上，我们预测，良好的扩散植物将表现出较弱的适应信号，但比较差的扩散植物具有更强的适应能力。根据这些预期，我们计划开发一个新的适应协会分类，并使用生态基因组学和功能遗传学在大陆和多物种范围内测试预测。除了推进进化生物学的核心原则外，该项目还旨在改进种子来源和生物多样性管理，很容易适用于可以根据生活史特征快速分类的植物。

Using the Australian flora as our model, this project aims to tackle a central issue of evolution and conservation - what drives species adaptation? Since dispersal should override selection in populations, we predict that plants that are good dispersers will display weak signals of adaptation, but a higher capacity to adapt, than poorer dispersers. From these expectations we plan to develop a new adaptation guild classification, and test predictions using ecological genomics and functional genetics at a continental and multi-species scale. In addition to progressing a central tenet of evolutionary biology, this project aims to improve seed sourcing and biodiversity management, readily applicable to plants that can be quickly classified by life history traits.