Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

LPC Morellato, B Alberton, ST Alvarado, B Borges… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Phenology has achieved a prominent position in current scenarios of global change
research given its role in monitoring and predicting the timing of recurrent life cycle events …

Which provenance and where? Seed sourcing strategies for revegetation in a changing environment

MF Breed, MG Stead, KM Ottewell, MG Gardner… - Conservation …, 2013 - Springer
Revegetation is one practical application of science that should ideally aim to combine
ecology with evolution to maximise biodiversity and ecosystem outcomes. The strict use of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic considerations in ecosystem restoration using native tree species

E Thomas, R Jalonen, J Loo, D Boshier, L Gallo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation and restoration of forest ecosystems are in growing demand to tackle climate
change, biodiversity loss and desertification—major environmental problems of our time …

Pollination and seed dispersal are the most threatened processes of plant regeneration

EL Neuschulz, T Mueller, M Schleuning… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Plant regeneration is essential for maintaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
which are globally threatened by human disturbance. Here we present the first integrative …

Constraints to and conservation implications for climate change adaptation in plants

MJ Christmas, MF Breed, AJ Lowe - Conservation Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations.
Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to conserve …

Bridging the gap: A genetic assessment framework for population‐level threatened plant conservation prioritization and decision‐making

KM Ottewell, DC Bickerton, M Byrne… - Diversity and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Maintaining genetic diversity and evolutionary processes are important goals in plant
conservation. Genetic studies are increasingly undertaken but results from such studies are …

Mating patterns and pollinator mobility are critical traits in forest fragmentation genetics

MF Breed, KM Ottewell, MG Gardner, MHK Marklund… - Heredity, 2015 - nature.com
Most woody plants are animal-pollinated, but the global problem of habitat fragmentation is
changing the pollination dynamics. Consequently, the genetic diversity and fitness of the …

Decreased landscape ecological security of peri-urban cultivated land following rapid urbanization: An impediment to sustainable agriculture

D Yu, D Wang, W Li, S Liu, Y Zhu, W Wu, Y Zhou - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The sustainable management of peri-urban agriculture requires cultivated land to not only
be a source of food production, but also contribute ecological resources. This paper …

Pollen diversity matters: revealing the neglected effect of pollen diversity on fitness in fragmented landscapes

MF Breed, MHK Marklund, KM Ottewell… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies have documented the impacts of habitat fragmentation on plant mating patterns
together with fitness. Yet, these processes require urgent attention to better understand the …

Impacts of human‐induced environmental disturbances on hybridization between two ecologically differentiated Californian oak species

J Ortego, PF Gugger, VL Sork - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Natural hybridization, which can be involved in local adaptation and in speciation
processes, has been linked to different sources of anthropogenic disturbance. Here, we use …