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Across nine co-occurring Australian plant species in Gariwerd, all show weak overall genetic structure, yet differentiation and diversity vary spatially, with divergence concentrated centrally and diversity higher in the south.
- Why it matters: Conservation genomics often treats species in isolation, leaving uncertainty about shared genomic patterns and how coexisting taxa respond differently to the same geographic and environmental gradients.
- What they did: The study compared spatial genomic variation across nine plant species with contrasting life histories, testing links to geographic distance and environmental distance using population genomics across the Gariwerd hotspot.
- The result: Three species had significant associations between genetic differentiation and geographic distance, while one species showed an association with environmental distance, enabling spatial prioritisation that accounts for shared but divergent genomic responses.
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