Authors:
Krauss, S.L. and T.H. He
Publication Date:
2006
Abstract/Summary:
The ecological restoration of native plant communities requires the collection of large amounts of seed. Use of non-local provenance seed can have detrimental consequences for the success of restoration if there is a home-site advantage, and for nature conservation through the erosion of natural patterns of population genetic structuring and/or genetic swamping (and extirpation) of locally significant genotypes. As part of an ongoing project to genetically delineate local provenance seed collection zones for species within a large urban bushland remnant of high conservation value, we assessed population genetic differentiation in two widespread coastal leguminous species, Acacia rostellifera and A. cochlearis (Fabaceae), commonly used in restoration programmes in SW Australia.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Journal for Nature Conservation
Link:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138106000215