Andrew Young

Director,
Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research

Ph.D., Carleton University, Canada, 1993

Phone (+61) 02 6246 5318
Fax: (+61) 02 6246 5000

E-mail: Andrew.Young@csiro.au

Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

My research addresses plant population genetics and ecology. I am particularly interested in how genetic processes interact with demography to influence population viability, particularly in fragmented populations. Project areas include basic research on effects of genetically controlled self-incompatibility systems on mate availability, the role of inbreeding in determining the viability of fragmented populations, genetics and ecology of rare and endangered species, provenance studies of common shrubs and trees for restoration and ecological risk assessment of GMOs. My research employs a broad range of techniques including the use of molecular genetic markers, demographic monitoring, growth experiments and simulation modeling. I also teach conservation genetics at in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at the Australian National University, where I am an Adjunct Senior Lecturer.

• Young, A., Boyle, T. and Brown, A. 1996. he population genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation for plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 413-418.
  

• Young, A.G. and Brown, A.H.D. 1998. Comparative analysis of the mating system of the rare woodland shrub Daviesia suaveolens and its common congener D. mimosoides. Heredity, 80:374-381.
  

• Young, A.G. Brown, A.H.D. and Zich, F.C. 1999.Genetic structure of fragmented populations of the endangered grassland daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. Conservation Biology, 13:256-265.
  

• Young, A.G. and Brown, A.H.D. 1999. Paternal bottlenecks in fragmented populations of the endangered grassland daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides Genetical Research, 73:111-117.
  

• Young, A.G. and Murray, B.G. 2000. Genetic bottlenecks and dysgenic gene flow in re-established populations of the endangered grassland daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. Australian Journal of Botany, 48:409-416.
  

• Buza, L., Young, A. and Thrall. P.H. .2000. Genetic erosion, inbreeding and reduced fitness in fragmented populations of the tetraploid pea Swainsona recta. Biological Conservation.93: 177-186.
  

• Schmidt-Adam, G. Young, A.G. and Murray, B.G.M. 2000. Low outcrossing rates and shift in pollinators in New Zealand Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) (Myrtaceae). American Journal of Botany 87:1265-1272.
  

• Young, A.G., Millar. C., Gregory, E.A. and Langston, A. 2000. Sporophytic self-incompatibility in diploid and tetraploid races of Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. Australian Journal of Botany. 48:667-672.
  

• Young, A.G., Brown, A.H.D., Murray, B.G., Thrall, P.H. and Miller, C.H. 2000. Genetic erosion, restricted mating and reduced viability in fragmented populations of the endangered grassland herb: Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. In: A.G.Young and G.M. Clarke (eds) Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations. Cambridge University Press. Pp.335-359.
  

• Brown, A.H.D. and Young, A.G. 2000. Genetic diversity in tetraploid populations of the endangered daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides and implications for its conservation. Heredity. 85:122-129.
  

• Young, A., Boyle, T. and Boshier, D. (eds) (2000) Forest Conservation Genetics: Principles and Practice, CSIRO Publishing. Pp352.
  

• Young, A. and Clarke, G. (eds) (2000) Genetics, Demography and the Viability of Fragmented Populations, Cambridge University Press. Pp421.
  

• Young, A.G., Schmidt-Adam, G, and Murray, B.G. 2001. High genetic variation and limited differentiation in remnant stands of the pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa Sol. Ex Gaertn., Myrtaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 39:133-140.
  

• Murray B.G. and Young, A.G. 2001. High cytogenetic variation in the endangered daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. Annals of Botany 87:83-90.
  

• J. Costin, J.W. Morgan & A.G. Young. 2001. Reproductive success does not decline in fragmented populations of Leucochrysum albicans subsp. albicans var. tricolor (Asteraceae). Biological Conservation. 98:273-284
  

• Hoebee, S.E., and Young, A.G. 2001. Low neighbourhood size and high interpopulation differentiation in the endangered shrub Grevillea iaspicula McGillivray (Proteaceae). Heredity 86:489-496.
  

• Young, A.G., Hill, J.H., Murray, B.G. and Peakall, R. 2002. Mating system, genetic diversity and clonal structure in the alpine herb Rutidosis leiolepis F. Muell. (Aasteraceae). Biological Conservation 106:71-78.
  

• Wells, G.P. and Young, A.G. In press. Effects of seed dispersal and clonality on spatial genetic structure in four populations of Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides with differing levels of correlated paternity. Genetical Research.
  

• Thrall, P.H., Young, A.G. and Hoebee, S.E. In review. Effects of S allele limitation on viability of plants with varied ecologies. Conservation Biology

Ecology and Genetics of Remnant Vegetation
Ecological Risk Assessment of GMOs
Ecosystem Restoration
Plant-Microbial Associations & Restoration Ecology

Carter PhD (University of New England) Reproductive Ecology of an Endangered Species on the Northern Tablelands
Field PhD (University of Wollongong) Hybridsation in Eucalyptus aggregata
Neal PhD (University of New England) Population genetics of Macadamia
Melinda Pickup PhD (Australian National University) Outbreeding depression in Rutidosis lepotrrhynchoides