Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora
Climate changes have been impacting ecosystems worldwide. Southwest Western Australia (SWA) is experiencing increased drought with climate change, causing great concerns for the continuing persistence of its extraordinary plant diversity. The potential of SWA plants to adapt to increased drought t...
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2017
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| author | D’Agui, Haylee Marie |
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| description | Climate changes have been impacting ecosystems worldwide. Southwest Western Australia (SWA) is experiencing increased drought with climate change, causing great concerns for the continuing persistence of its extraordinary plant diversity. The potential of SWA plants to adapt to increased drought through rapid evolution was investigated. Results indicate that the SWA flora has tolerated recent climate changes, with potential for tolerance of further changes; however altered fire regimes may be detrimental to further adaptation and survival. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-571242017-10-20T02:06:41Z Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora D’Agui, Haylee Marie Climate changes have been impacting ecosystems worldwide. Southwest Western Australia (SWA) is experiencing increased drought with climate change, causing great concerns for the continuing persistence of its extraordinary plant diversity. The potential of SWA plants to adapt to increased drought through rapid evolution was investigated. Results indicate that the SWA flora has tolerated recent climate changes, with potential for tolerance of further changes; however altered fire regimes may be detrimental to further adaptation and survival. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57124 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | D’Agui, Haylee Marie Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title | Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title_full | Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title_fullStr | Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title_short | Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora |
| title_sort | evolutionary adaptations to climate change in australian flora |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57124 |