Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Paul's research mainly concerns how the population biology, ecology and evolution of Australian native wildlife is impacted by human-induced changes to environments, and approaches to reducing those impacts. He works with many excellent collaborators on a broad array of natural systems, spanning many vertebrate and invertebrate groups, and some plants. Research methods include ecological genomics, molecular ecology, field biology. Research systems include bush birds, freshwater fish, arid zone fish and invertebrates, log-dwelling forest invertebrates, mammals.
Supervision interests
See research interests.
I am keen to hear from highly-motivated, dedicated potential PhD candidates who are committed to work on interesting conservation-related biology and aspire to publish excellent work in strong international journals.
Monash teaching commitment
I have taught in diverse undergraduate biology units.
Currently:
Conservation Biology BIO2040
Evolutionary Ecology BIO2022
Trends in Ecology BIO3070
Keywords
- evolutionary processes in conservation
- population genetics and genomics
Network
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Projects 2003 2020
Designing genetic rescue - a cost effective solution to save Victoria’s only endemic bird
1/12/18 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
Roost site selection in Australian bird species
Ronke, J., Clarke, R. H. & Sunnucks, P.
1/08/18 → 1/08/19
Project: Other
The role of climate adaptation in the speciation of an Australian woodland bird
Falk, S. & Sunnucks, P.
1/07/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
Can mitochondrial and nuclear co-evolution drive climate adaptation?
Sunnucks, P., Stier, A. & Beissinger, S. R.
21/02/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Genetic rescue of Australian wildlife
Sunnucks, P., Lintermans, M., Morgan, J., Beitzel, M., Coates, D., Kilian, A., Magrath, M., Sinclair, S. & Young, A.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Canberra, La Trobe University, Zoos Victoria, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (VIC), Department of Parks and Wildlife (WA) , Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd, ACT Environment and Planning Directorate - Departmental
2/12/16 → 1/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output 1993 2018
A model for first-estimates of species-specific, age-specific mortality from centralized band-recovery databases
Baylis, S. M., Sunnucks, P. & Clarke, R., 1 Apr 2018, In : Ecosphere. 9, 4, 24 p., e02136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Artificial barriers prevent genetic recovery of small isolated populations of a low-mobility freshwater fish
Coleman, R. A., Gauffre, B., Pavlova, A., Beheregaray, L. B., Kearns, J., Lyon, J., Sasaki, M., Leblois, R., Sgro, C. & Sunnucks, P., 1 Jun 2018, In : Heredity. 120, 6, p. 515-532 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Climate-driven mitochondrial selection: A test in Australian songbirds
Lamb, A. M., Gan, H. M., Greening, C., Joseph, L., Lee, Y. P., Moran-Ordonez, A., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A., 1 Feb 2018, In : Molecular Ecology. 27, 4, p. 898-918 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Concordant divergence of mitogenomes and a mitonuclear gene cluster in bird lineages inhabiting different climates
Morales, H. E., Pavlova, A., Amos, N., Major, R., Kilian, A., Greening, C. & Sunnucks, P., 1 Aug 2018, In : Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 8, p. 1258-1267 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Population mitogenomics provides insights into evolutionary history, source of invasions and diversifying selection in the House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Krzemińska, U., Morales, H. E., Greening, C., Nyári, Á. S., Wilson, R., Song, B. K., Austin, C. M., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Rahman, S., 2018, In : Heredity. 120, p. 296-309 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review