Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics of Plants

Principal Investigators:Andrew Lowe | Hugh Cross | Mike Gardner

Postdoctoral Associates: Kym Ottewell | Peter Prentis | Ed Biffin

PhD Students: Martin Breed | Austin Brown | Craig Costion | Eleanor Dormontt | Bianca Dunker | Patricia Fuentes-Cross | Margaret Heslewood | Fran MacGillivray | Rohan Mellick | Jolene Scoble | Nuttanun Soisup | Gareth Smith Belton

Technician: Duncan Jardine

Our main research interests are in examining gene flow at different spatial, temporal and biological organisational scales, predominantly in plants, and the response of organisms to the ‘evil trio' of major environmental impactors; habitat fragmentation, invasive species and historical and ongoing climate change

Our researchers use the latest genetic techniques to investigate ecological and evolutionary questions helping inform pressing conservation issues. This is facilitated through our integration with the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage, the State Herbarium and Bioknowledge.

	Landscape, Conservation and Restoration Genetics		Biogeography and Biome Assembly
	Biological Indicators of Climate Change and Historical Phylogeography		Plant DNA barcoding and tracking illegally logged timber
	Invasive species adaptation and hybrid speciation		Biodiversity and Ecosystem science
	Plant Genetic Resources and Domestication		Molecular and Analytical Methodological Development

Books published

Andrew Lowe, Stephen Harris and Paul Ashton (2004). Ecological Genetics: Design, Analysis, and Application. Wiley-Blackwell.

Researcher anthology

Publications

Funding

Communicating Science