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News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
Megafaunal evolution and extinction
Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.
Diving in the dark: Morphological diversity of subterranean beetles
Honours project: Explore a whole new world of living creatures below the surface of the earth.
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Genomic consequences of major ecological transitions in evolution
Honours project: Undertake a comparative analysis of whole genome sequences for terrestrial and marine snakes.
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Mating systems in elapid snakes
Honours project: Undertake research into mating systems in elapid snakes using captive husbandry, reproductive anatomy and genetic analyses of parentage.
Global change ecology and conservation
Honours project: Various projects are available global change ecology; climate change, macroecology, planetary health and conservation biogeography.
Ancient DNA from extinct fauna
Honours project: Analyse genomic data from animal remains that are hundreds to tens-of-thousands of years old.
How do native plants affect the supply of phosphorus to soils?
Honours project: Assess the role of native plants in the supply of phosphorus to soils.
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How will the trees of urban Adelaide respond to climate change?
Honours project: Assist with the strategic future of the Waite Arboretum, a valuable resource for local, national, and international urban planning.
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What hare is it there? Genetic diversity of Australia’s invasive hares
Honours project: Help uncover the morphological variation that allows rapid adaptive evolution in two invasive species, the rabbit and hare.
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Slender skinks: The evolution of elongated and limbless lizard bodies
Honours project: Learn cutting-edge morphometric methods to examine the vertebral column diversity using sphenomorphine skinks.
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