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| Name: |
Dr Tanya Scharaschkin |
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| Qualifications: |
PhD |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Natural Resource Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Ecology |
| Research Program: |
Biological Systems Research |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 1395 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 1535 |
| Email: |
t.scharaschkin@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Natural Resource Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
- Natural Resource Sciences
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Areas of Expertise
- Plant Biology
- Plant Structure and Function
- Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Plant Ecology
- Systematics and Evolution
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Professional Associations
- Member of American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Botanical Society of America
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Selected Research Projects
- Phylogeny, historical biogeography and character evolution in basal angiosperms, particularly Anaxagorea, with implications for Annonaceae on the whole
- Morphological and anatomical study of leaf traits in sugar cane cultivars in context of water utilisation
- Spatial ecology of plant regeneration in the Australian Wet Tropics in a phylogenetic frame work
- Ecology and systematics of rare and common species of Notelaea (Oleaceae)
- Effect of herbicide on mangroves: implications for genetic diversity of resistant and susceptiible populations
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Selected Publications
- Scharaschkin, T. and J. A. Doyle (2006). Character evolution in Anaxagorea (Annonaceae). American Journal of Botany, 93 (1) 36-54
- Scharaschkin, T. and J. A. Doyle (2005). Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Anaxagorea (Annonaceae) using morphological and non-coding sequence data. Systematic Botany, 30 (4) 712-735.
- Doyle, J . A., H. Sauquet, T. Scharaschkin, and A. Le Thomas. (2004). Phylogeny, molecular and fossil dating, and biogeographic history of Annonaceae and Myristicaceae (Magnoliales). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 165 (4 Suppl.): S55-S67
- Sauquet H., J.A. Doyle, T. Scharaschkin, T. Borsch, K. W. Hilu, L. W. Chatrou, A. Le Thomas. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of Magnoliales and Myristicaceae based on multiple data sets: Implications for character evolution. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.142: 125-186
- Sanderson, M. J., M. F. Wojciechowski, J.-M. Hu, T. Sher Khan, and S. G. Brady. 2000. Error, bias and long-branch attraction in data for two chloroplast photosystem genes in seed plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17 (5): 782-797
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| Lee Schultz (PhD) |
population genetics of Nothofagus |
| Henry Wagas (Masters) |
influence of carbon dioxide and nitrogen on crop growth |
| Siminee Wratten (Honours) |
ecology of rare and common species of Notelaea |
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