• TERN Geospatial Catalogue
  •   Search
  •   Map

Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Long Term Monitoring - Community Changes): Multi-taxa Phylogenomic Data, 2012–2013

Global change poses significant and urgent challenges for biodiversity conservation. Species

persistence under a rapidly changing environment ultimately depends on abilities to disperse

to favourable habitats or adapt in situ by plastic or evolutionary mechanisms. Conservation

strategies preserving endemism and adaptive potential are critical.


This study aims to investigate the phylogeographic history of Victorian Alpine plants

using high-density genetic markers. Multi-taxa genomic data was compared to determine

common phylogeographic patterns and identify evolutionary processes shaping biodiversity.

Spatial patterns of genetic structure were used to delineate evolutionary bioregions and

refugia of high conservation value.


Life-history traits have seldom been explicitly within a landscape genetic framework.

Spatial isolation is a key component of genetic structure for sessile organisms. This study

demonstrates that life-history traits are primary drivers of inter-population connectivity and

genetic structure. Differences across taxa impacted on patterns of genetic structure on fine

spatial scales, while common patterns were observed at broad scales regardless of life-history

traits.


These findings complement other Australian Alpine genetic studies indicate that flora

and fauna in Victorian Alps share a common genetic structure and phylogeographic history

driven by unique processes. The geomorphology of the Victorian Alps has clearly driven the

evolutionary trajectories of the native flora and fauna. This approach could inform evidence

based conservation policy.


Previously undelineated cryptic species were revealed by this study—highlighting

limitations of traditional taxonomy and the utility of new approaches. This project

demonstrates how genomic technologies can characterise evolutionary processes at landscape

scales, and detect important patterns in at-risk ecosystems.


This data is related to the following publication: Bell, N., Griffin, P. C., Hoffmann, A. A., & Miller, A.D. (2018). Spatial patterns of genetic diversity among Australian alpine flora communities revealed by comparative phylogenomics. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 177–189. Published online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.13120 (free access). DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13120

Simple

Identification info

Date (Publication)
2018-10-17
Date (Revision)
2018-10-17
Edition
16

Publisher

Australian National University
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Author

University of Melbourne - Bell, Nick (Business Manager to Ary Hoffmann)
Grattan Street, Parkville Victoria 3010, Australia
Parkville
Victoria
3010
Australia
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Climate change
  • Genetics
  • Climate change
  • Cryptic speciation
  • Evidence based conservation
  • Life-history traits
  • Next-generation sequencing
  • Phylogenetics
  • Refugia
  • Victorian alps
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Genetics
GCMD Science Keywords
  • VEGETATION

Extent

Description
South-east Highlands
N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2012-01-01 2013-01-01

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
File name
88x31.png
File description
CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
File type
png
Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Please contact the data owner (Nick Bell) directly for the raw data.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Australian National University
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Distribution format
OnLine resource
http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern7.118/html

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/51d81884-aa4b-51b0-b95f-8da0970a02a2

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID - Long Term Ecological Research Network

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/51d81884-aa4b-51b0-b95f-8da0970a02a2

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2018-10-17T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2018-11-15T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Genetics
GCMD Science Keywords
VEGETATION

Provided by

Share on social sites

Access to the portal
Read here the full details and access to the data.

Associated resources

Not available


  •   About
  •   Github
  •