Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making
Selecting the geographic origin-the provenance-of seed is a key decision in restoration. The last decade has seen a vigorous debate on whether to use local or nonlocal seed. The use of local seed has been the preferred approach because it is expected to maintain local adaptation and avoid deleteriou...
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| author | Breed, M. Harrison, P. Bischoff, A. Durruty, P. Gellie, N. Gonzales, E. Havens, K. Karmann, M. Kilkenny, F. Krauss, S. Lowe, A. Marques, P. Nevill, Paul Vitt, P. Bucharova, A. |
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| description | Selecting the geographic origin-the provenance-of seed is a key decision in restoration. The last decade has seen a vigorous debate on whether to use local or nonlocal seed. The use of local seed has been the preferred approach because it is expected to maintain local adaptation and avoid deleterious population effects (e.g., maladaptation and outbreeding depression). However, the impacts of habitat fragmentation and climate change on plant populations have driven the debate on whether the local-is-best standard needs changing. This debate has largely been theoretical in nature, which hampers provenance decision-making. Here, we detail cross-sector priority actions to improve provenance decision-making, including embedding provenance trials into restoration projects; developing dynamic, evidence-based provenance policies; and establishing stronger research-practitioner collaborations to facilitate the adoption of research outcomes. We discuss how to tackle these priority actions in order to help satisfy the restoration sector's requirement for appropriately provenanced seed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-713842022-01-06T07:21:36Z Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making Breed, M. Harrison, P. Bischoff, A. Durruty, P. Gellie, N. Gonzales, E. Havens, K. Karmann, M. Kilkenny, F. Krauss, S. Lowe, A. Marques, P. Nevill, Paul Vitt, P. Bucharova, A. Selecting the geographic origin-the provenance-of seed is a key decision in restoration. The last decade has seen a vigorous debate on whether to use local or nonlocal seed. The use of local seed has been the preferred approach because it is expected to maintain local adaptation and avoid deleterious population effects (e.g., maladaptation and outbreeding depression). However, the impacts of habitat fragmentation and climate change on plant populations have driven the debate on whether the local-is-best standard needs changing. This debate has largely been theoretical in nature, which hampers provenance decision-making. Here, we detail cross-sector priority actions to improve provenance decision-making, including embedding provenance trials into restoration projects; developing dynamic, evidence-based provenance policies; and establishing stronger research-practitioner collaborations to facilitate the adoption of research outcomes. We discuss how to tackle these priority actions in order to help satisfy the restoration sector's requirement for appropriately provenanced seed. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71384 10.1093/biosci/biy050 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC150100041 Oxford University Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Breed, M. Harrison, P. Bischoff, A. Durruty, P. Gellie, N. Gonzales, E. Havens, K. Karmann, M. Kilkenny, F. Krauss, S. Lowe, A. Marques, P. Nevill, Paul Vitt, P. Bucharova, A. Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title | Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title_full | Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title_fullStr | Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title_full_unstemmed | Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title_short | Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| title_sort | priority actions to improve provenance decision-making |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC150100041 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71384 |