Plant material
From the original 16 species that were planted, we selected four species
as the focus for this work (Table 1), including Castanospermum
australe A.Cunn. ex Mudie (Fabaceae), Homalanthus
novo-guineensis (Warb.) Lauterb. & K.Schum. (Euphorbiaceae),Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley (Rutaceae), andTerminalia microcarpa Decne. (Combretaceae). These species were
selected because they are commonly used in regional restoration
plantings, are widely distributed, and cover a range of early to late
successional stages. Three of the species, C. australe , H.
novo-guineensis, and M. elleryana , are evergreen trees, whilstT. microcarpa is considered deciduous with a period of
leaflessness during the dry season (September or October) in mature
trees. All four species naturally occur throughout the tropical and
subtropical Australian and Indo-Malesian floristic regions.
Table 1 Provenance information for target species in this study. Climate
data obtained from CHELSA V.2.1 1981-2010 at 1km resolution.