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NAME
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Linda Broadhurst
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D., Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 1999
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CONTACT
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Phone (+61) 02 6246 4988
Fax: (+61) 02 6246 5000
E-mail: Linda.Broadhurst@csiro.au
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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My research centres on identifying processes which contribute
to the genetic structure resident within natural plant populations.
Much of this research is currently directed towards understanding
how impacts such as remnant size, degree of isolation and
level of degradation associated with recent landscape fragmentation
affect plant population viability. This research is utilising
a range of molecular markers to assess levels of genetic diversity
and mating systems as well as demographic assessments and
growth trials. Closely allied with this project is a strong
interest in determining whether fragmentation is also influencing
microbial diversity within the remaining remnant vegetation.
My other interests include developing a framework to assess
species' provenance, particularly for those species commonly
used in the restoration of degraded landscapes. I am also
interested in hybridisation events which have the potential
to threaten species integrity and whether this is exacerbated
by fragmentation and isolation.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Broadhurst, L.M. & Tan, B.H. 1993. Induced germination
and germinant survival in the many-flowered Fringe Lily
(Thysanotus multiflorus R. Br., Anthericaceae).
Mulga Research Centre Journal 11: 30-33.
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Tan, B.H. & Broadhurst, L.M. 1993. Successful
germination of Fringe Lily. Australian Horticulture 91:
48-51.
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Tan, B.H. & Broadhurst, L.M. 1994. Geleznowia
- a threatened WA wildflower. Australian Horticulture
92: 78-79.
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Broadhurst, L.M. & Tan, B.H. 1995. A preliminary
investigation of the flavonoid compounds in floral tissues
of Geleznowia verrucosa Turcz. (Rutaceae). Mulga
Research Centre Journal 12: 23-29.
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Broadhurst, L.M., Coates, D.J. & Tan, B.H. 1999.
Genetic diversity in the monotypic endemic species Geleznowia
verrucosa Turcz. (Rutaceae). Heredity 82: 292-299.
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Broadhurst, L.M. 2000. Morphometric analysis of
variation in Geleznowia verrucosa Turcz. (Rutaceae).
Australian Systematic Botany 13: 479-490.
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Broadhurst, L.M. & Tan. B.H. 2001. Floral biology
of the Western Australian endemic species, Geleznowia
verrucosa Turcz. (Rutaceae). Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Western Australia 84: 83-89.
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Broadhurst, L.M. Coates, D.J. & Tan, B.H. 2001.
Patterns of morphological variation and allelic distribution
across a zone of hybridisation between two Geleznowia
subspecies (Rutaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 49:
1-8.
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Broadhurst, L., & Coates, D. 2002. Genetic diversity
within and divergence between rare and geographically
widespread taxa of the Acacia acuminata (Mimosaceae)
complex. Heredity 88: 250-257.
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Coates, D.J., Keighery, G.J. & Broadhurst, L.M.
In press. Genetic and morphological variation, and the
mating system in Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. (Tuart).
Proceedings of the Biology of Tuart Symposium 21-22 March
1998
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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Genetic and Ecological Viability
of Plant Populations in Remnant Vegetation
Ecosystem Restoration
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