Search Results - "Alison Shapcott"

Crop to wild gene flow and genetic diversity in a vulnerable Macadamia (Proteaceae) species in New South Wales, Australia by O'Connor, Katie, Powell, Michael, Nock, Catherine, Shapcott, Alison

“…Habitat fragmentation is a leading threat to biodiversity, with extinction rates increasing as anthropogenic alteration of the environment increases. Crop to…”
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DNA Barcoding to Enhance Conservation of Sunshine Coast Heathlands by Pearl, Hilary, Ryan, Tim, Howard, Marion, Shimizu, Yoko, Shapcott, Alison

“…Conservation priorities and decisions can be informed by understanding diversity patterns and the evolutionary history of ecosystems, and phylogenetic metrics…”
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Investigating the Relationship between Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Regeneration and Subsequent Fire Vulnerability by Thalia Ross, Sanjeev K. Srivastava, Alison Shapcott

“…The Australian 2019–2020 wildfires impacted the subtropical rainforest with a variety of burn severities, making them vulnerable to another burn. Rainforest…”
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Mapping biodiversity and setting conservation priorities for SE Queensland's rainforests using DNA barcoding by Shapcott, Alison, Forster, Paul I, Guymer, Gordon P, McDonald, William J F, Faith, Daniel P, Erickson, David, Kress, W John

“…Australian rainforests have been fragmented due to past climatic changes and more recently landscape change as a result of clearing for agriculture and urban…”
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Assessment of the Diversity, Distinctiveness and Conservation of Australia’s Central Queensland Coastal Rainforests Using DNA Barcoding by Howard, Marion, Pearl, Hilary, McDonald, William J. F, Shimizu, Yoko, Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar, Shapcott, Alison

“…Globally threatened dry rainforests are poorly studied and conserved when compared to mesic rainforests. Investigations of dry rainforest communities within…”
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Advancing DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding Applications for Plants Requires Systematic Analysis of Herbarium Collections—An Australian Perspective by Dormontt, Eleanor E., van Dijk, Kor-jent, Bell, Karen L., Biffin, Ed, Breed, Martin F., Byrne, Margaret, Caddy-Retalic, Stefan, Encinas-Viso, Francisco, Nevill, Paul G., Shapcott, Alison, Young, Jennifer M., Waycott, Michelle, Lowe, Andrew J.

“…Building DNA barcode databases for plants has historically been ad hoc, and often with a relatively narrow taxonomic focus. To realize the full potential of…”
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Assessing the Various Antagonistic Mechanisms of Trichoderma Strains against the Brown Root Rot Pathogen Pyrrhoderma noxium Infecting Heritage Fig Trees by Panchalingam, Harrchun, Powell, Daniel, Adra, Cherrihan, Foster, Keith, Tomlin, Russell, Quigley, Bonnie L., Nyari, Sharon, Hayes, R. Andrew, Shapcott, Alison, Kurtböke, D. İpek

“…A wide range of phytopathogenic fungi exist causing various plant diseases, which can lead to devastating economic, environmental, and social impacts on a…”
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Testing the Biocontrol Ability of a Trichoderma -Streptomycetes Consortium against Pyrrhoderma noxium (Corner) L.W. Zhou and Y.C. Dai in Soil by Panchalingam, Harrchun, Ashfield-Crook, Nina, Naik, Vatsal, Frenken, Richard, Foster, Keith, Tomlin, Russell, Shapcott, Alison, Kurtböke, D İpek

“…The Brown root rot pathogen (Corner) L.W. Zhou and Y.C. Dai is known to infect a large number of culturally and economically important plant species across the…”
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Population modelling and genetics of a critically endangered Madagascan palm Tahina spectabilis by Shapcott, Alison, James, Heather, Simmons, Laura, Shimizu, Yoko, Gardiner, Lauren, Rabehevitra, David, Letsara, Rokiman, Cable, Stuart, Dransfield, John, Baker, William J., Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro

“…Madagascar is home to 208 indigenous palm species, almost all of them endemic and >80% of which are endangered. We undertook complete population census and…”
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Patterns of Phylogenetic Diversity of Subtropical Rainforest of the Great Sandy Region, Australia Indicate Long Term Climatic Refugia by Howard, Marion G, McDonald, William J F, Forster, Paul I, Kress, W John, Erickson, David, Faith, Daniel P, Shapcott, Alison

“…Australia's Great Sandy Region is of international significance containing two World Heritage areas and patches of rainforest growing on white sand. Previous…”
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Koala forest habitat recovery varies with fire severity by Johnson, Derek Campbell, Shapcott, Alison

“…The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is at risk of extinction in the wild as a result of ongoing habitat loss due to clearing, and extreme weather events…”
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Will climate change, genetic and demographic variation or rat predation pose the greatest risk for persistence of an altitudinally distributed island endemic? by Simmons, Catherine Laura, Auld, Tony D, Hutton, Ian, Baker, William J, Shapcott, Alison

“…Species endemic to mountains on oceanic islands are subject to a number of existing threats (in particular, invasive species) along with the impacts of a…”
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Demographic modeling of the endangered subtropical rainforest shrub Graptophyllum reticulatum by Richer, Amaya, Shimizu, Yoko, Shapcott, Alison

“…The subtropical rainforest shrub Graptophyllum reticulatum (Acanthaceae) occurs in only a few populations within a 20‐kilometer range in the Sunshine Coast,…”
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The relative importance of precipitation change and temperature sensitivity in determining the population viability of a threatened sub‐tropical rainforest endemic plant Triunia robusta (Proteaceae) by Shimizu, Yoko, Accad, Arnon, Shapcott, Alison

“…Threatened species in rainforests may be vulnerable to climate change, because of their potentially narrow thermal tolerances, small population sizes,…”
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What type of rainforest burnt in the South East Queensland's 2019/20 bushfires and how might this impact biodiversity by Thorley, James, Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar, Shapcott, Alison

“…Bushfires burnt over 18 million hectares across Australia's east coast, including rainforests, over the spring and summer 2019/2020 period. Rainforest harbours…”
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The spatial genetic structure in natural populations of the Australian temperate rainforest tree Atherosperma moschatum (Labill.) (Monimiaceae) by SHAPCOTT, A

“…The spatial distribution of genotypes at six enzyme loci was investigated in 17 natural populations of the temperate rainforest tree Atherosperma moschatum…”
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Conserving diversity, distinctiveness and connectivity in the Sunshine Coast heathlands, Queensland, Australia by Pearl, Hilary, Ryan, Tim, Howard, Marion, Shimizu, Yoko, Shapcott, Alison

“…Australia is committed to global area‐based conservation targets whilst ensuring its National Reserve system is representative of ecosystem types. However,…”
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Abiotic correlates with diversity and distinctiveness in Sunshine Coast heathlands: Moisture, volcanic landscapes and patterned mounds by Pearl, Hilary, Ryan, Tim, Howard, Marion, Shimizu, Yoko, Shapcott, Alison

“…The ongoing management and protection of conservation areas can be informed by understanding factors that affect the integrity of these communities. Abiotic…”
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The relationship between climate change and the endangered rainforest shrub Triunia robusta (Proteaceae) endemic to southeast Queensland, Australia by Shimizu-Kimura, Yoko, Accad, Arnon, Shapcott, Alison

“…Threatened species in rainforests may be vulnerable to climate change, because of their potentially narrow thermal tolerances, small population sizes and…”
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Many small rather than few large sources identified in long-term bee pollen diets in agroecosystems by Wilson, Rachele S., Keller, Alexander, Shapcott, Alison, Leonhardt, Sara D., Sickel, Wiebke, Hardwick, Jane L., Heard, Tim A., Kaluza, Benjamin F., Wallace, Helen M.

“…[Display omitted] •Bee colonies compensate in resource-poor landscapes by varying their foraging behaviour and have clear preferences for species of…”
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