Title |
Human usage in the native range may determine future genetic structure of an invasion: insights from Acacia pycnantha
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, October 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-13-37 |
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Authors |
Johannes J Le Roux, David M Richardson, John RU Wilson, Joice Ndlovu |
Abstract |
The influence of introduction history and post-introduction dynamics on genetic diversity and structure has been a major research focus in invasion biology. However, genetic diversity and structure in the invasive range can also be affected by human-mediated processes in the native range prior to species introductions, an aspect often neglected in invasion biology. Here we aim to trace the native provenance of the invasive tree Acacia pycnantha by comparing the genetic diversity and structure between populations in the native Australian range and the invasive range in South Africa. This approach also allowed us to explore how human actions altered genetic structure before and after the introduction of A. pycnantha into South Africa. We hypothesized that extensive movement and replanting in A. pycnantha's Australian range prior to its introduction to South Africa might result in highly admixed genotypes in the introduced range, comparable genetic diversity in both ranges, and therefore preclude an accurate determination of native provenance(s) of invasive populations. |
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