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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Consequences of long- and short-term fragmentation on the genetic diversity and differentiation of a late successional rainforest conifer |
Author: | Mellick, R. Lowe, A. Rossetto, M. |
Citation: | Australian Journal of Botany, 2011; 59(4):351-362 |
Publisher: | C S I R O Publishing |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0067-1924 1444-9862 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rohan Mellick, Andrew Lowe and Maurizio Rossetto |
Abstract: | The east Australian rainforests provide a unique system with which to study historic climate-driven habitat fragmentation. The long life span of rainforest conifers and consequent lag effects on genetic variation, offer insights into demographic stochasticity in small populations and persistence in increasingly fragmented systems. Microsatellite markers were used to investigate the genetic diversity and structure of Podocarpus elatus (Podocarpaceae), a long-lived rainforest conifer endemic to Australia. Twenty-seven populations throughout the east Australian rainforests were screened and two divergent regions separated by the dry Clarence River valley (New South Wales) were discovered. This biogeographic barrier may be referred to as the Clarence River Corridor. Niche modelling techniques were employed to verify the incidence of habitat divergence between the two regions. Significantly high inbreeding was detected throughout the species range with no evidence of recent bottlenecks. Most of the diversity in the species resides between individuals within populations, which suggest the species would be sensitive to the adverse effects of inbreeding, yet evidence suggests that these populations have been small for several generations. Slightly higher diversity estimates were found in the southern region, but it is likely that the species survived historic population contraction in dispersed refugia within each of these genetically differentiated regions. |
Rights: | © CSIRO 2011 |
DOI: | 10.1071/BT10291 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0665859 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt10291 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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