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What Can Ancient DNA Bring to the Identification of Fallen Australian War Casualties? Pioneering Methodologies at Queensland-based Ancient DNA Facilities 古代DNA能给澳大利亚战争中阵亡人员的身份鉴定带来什么?昆士兰古代DNA设施的开创性方法

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2022-07

S. Wasef, I. Bar, N. Mitchell, K. Wright

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Are Tropical Mountaintop Trees Constrained in Their Distributions by Physiological Limitations? Thermal Adaptation and Acclimation to Climate Change 热带山顶树木的分布是否受到生理限制的限制?对气候变化的热适应与驯化

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2022-08

A. Ramesh, A. Cheesman, D. Crayn, L. Cernusak

{"title":"Are Tropical Mountaintop Trees Constrained in Their Distributions by Physiological Limitations? Thermal Adaptation and Acclimation to Climate Change","authors":"A. Ramesh, A. Cheesman, D. Crayn, L. Cernusak","doi":"10.53060/prsq.2022-08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53060/prsq.2022-08","url":null,"abstract":"Habitat suitability for most tree species restricted to the wet tropical mountaintops of Australia is predicted to decline with climate change. This is especially concerning because no a vailable alternative habitat exists for species to migrate, and their growth responses to warming are understudied. We present a study investigating the effects of warming on an ecologically important taxon, Flindersia spp., distributed across an elevation gradient in the Australian Wet Tropics. We test: (a) whether tropical mountaintop tree species are constrained in their distributions by physiological limitations to their thermal environment; and (b) whether species display an ability to adapt and/or acclimate to future warming. We first explored trends in species’ in situ adaptation by studying leaf traits among congeners paired with environmental variables, and then evaluated plant physiological and growth responses under experimental soil nutrients and growth temperatures. We found that field trends in fundamental leaf traits with elevation were strongly driven by climate – decreasing temperatures, increasing soil moisture content and decreasing soil nutrient availability – and under experimental growth conditions showed increasing growth under warmer conditions, but then either declined or did not significantly change for upland and mountaintop species under resource-rich conditions. These modifications were associated with limitations in their photosynthetic biochemistry and selection of pathways favouring either growth or defence under resource-poor conditions. Our research findings have implications for conservation of these species in these fragile ecosystems under future warming.","PeriodicalId":40055,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70765558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using DNA Information to Breed for Disease-resistant Strawberries 利用DNA信息培育抗病草莓

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2022-16

K. O’Connor, J. Neal, A. Gomez, J. De Faveri

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The Daintree Canopy Crane: Conception, Installation and Operation 戴恩树天篷起重机:构思、安装和运行

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.6

N. Stork

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Obituary Raymond Louis Specht, 1924–2021 雷蒙德·路易斯·斯佩克特讣告，1924-2021

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.o1

A. Specht

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The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and Amateur Astronomy in Queensland 托马斯·布里斯班爵士天文馆和昆士兰业余天文爱好者

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.3

Peter E. Anderson, W. Orchiston

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Evolution and Ecological Adaptations of Microornamentation in Australian Geckos (Gekkota, Squamata) 澳大利亚壁虎(Gekkota, Squamata)微装饰的进化与生态适应

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.25903/3W26-VV52

Nils Riedel

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Crocodile Tooth Histology from a Pliocene Deposit in Chinchilla, Queensland 昆士兰钦奇利亚上新世鳄鱼牙齿的组织学研究

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.2

Bryce Campbell, G. Price, Julien Louys, J. Miszkiewicz

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A New Species of Modocia (Trilobita: Ptychoparioidea) in the Late Middle Cambrian (Guzhangian: Miaolingian) Devoncourt Limestone, Northwestern Queensland 中寒武纪晚期(古张纪:妙岭纪)Devoncourt石灰岩Modocia一新种(三叶虫纲:ptychopario总科)

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.1

P. Jell

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Ordovician Fauna in a Small Fault Block on the Yarrol Fault, South of Calliope, Central Queensland 昆士兰中部Calliope南部Yarrol断裂带小断块上的奥陶系动物群

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.53060/prsq.2021.4

P. Jell, I. Percival, A. Cook

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