Bridging the gap: A genetic assessment framework for population‐level threatened plant conservation prioritization and decision‐making

KM Ottewell, DC Bickerton, M Byrne… - Diversity and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Maintaining genetic diversity and evolutionary processes are important goals in plant
conservation. Genetic studies are increasingly undertaken but results from such studies are …

[HTML][HTML] Increased Genetic Diversity via Gene Flow Provides Hope for Acacia whibleyana, an Endangered Wattle Facing Extinction

C Blyth, MJ Christmas, DC Bickerton, R Faast… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper we apply a conservation genomics approach to make evidence-based
management recommendations for Acacia whibleyana, an endangered shrub endemic to Eyre …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Screening Reveals That the Endangered Eucalyptus paludicola (Myrtaceae) Is a Hybrid

K Van Dijk, M Waycott, J Quarmby, D Bickerton… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
A hybrid origin for a conservation listed taxon will influence its status and management
options. Here, we investigate the genetic origins of a nationally endangered listed taxon—…

Can a seed bank provide demographic and genetic rescue in a declining population of the endangered shrub Acacia pinguifolia?

KM Ottewell, D Bickerton, AJ Lowe - Conservation Genetics, 2011 - Springer
Many threatened species suffer reduced genetic diversity as a result of small population
size and isolation. However, species with a persistent seed bank may be buffered against …

Dormancy in Caladenia: a Bayesian approach to evaluating latency

…, A Brown, J Quarmby, D Bickerton… - Australian Journal of …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Dormancy is common in many terrestrial orchids in southern Australia and other temperate
environments. The difficulty for conservation and management when considering dormancy …

Effect of pollen load, self-pollination and plant size on seeds and germination in the endangered pink-lipped spider orchid, Caladenia behrii

S Petit, M Jusaitis, D Bickerton - Australian Journal of Botany, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Caladenia behrii Schltdl. (Orchidaceae) (syn. Arachnorchis behrii) is a sexually deceptive,
endangered orchid that produces aggregated pollen as pollinia. It is pollinated by a thynnine …

Population dynamics of Caladenia: Bayesian estimates of transition and extinction probabilities

…, A Brown, J Quarmby, D Bickerton… - Australian Journal of …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
A disproportionate number of threatened plant species in Australia are found in the genus
Caladenia, although little has been published on their life history. Here we examine data from …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic, habitat, and leaf shape analyses reveal a possible cryptic species and vulnerability to climate change in a threatened daisy

C Blyth, MJ Christmas, DC Bickerton, MF Breed… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Olearia pannosa is a plant species listed as vulnerable in Australia. Two subspecies are
currently recognised (O. pannosa subsp. pannosa (silver daisy) and O. pannosa subsp. …

[PDF][PDF] Using herbicide to control century plant (Agave americana): implications for management.

DC Bickerton - 2006 - caws.org.nz
The large succulent century plant (Agave americana L.) is generally thought to be an invader
of ruderal land, however an infestation located at Clinton Conservation Park (Clinton CP),(…

The age and origin of the South Mountain Batholith (Nova Scotia, Canada) as constrained by zircon U–Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and O–Hf isotopes

L Bickerton, DJ Kontak, JB Murphy… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
The South Mountain Batholith (SMB; Nova Scotia, Canada) is the largest composite batholith
exposed in the Appalachians and lies entirely within the most outboard Meguma terrane. In …