Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Researchers in the Persistence and Adaptation Research Team (PART) apply field biology, ecological genomics/genetics and spatial environmental analysis to the population biology of animals under natural and human-impacted conditions. The research of PART is highly collaborative working with agencies responsible for wildlife and landscape management and other researchers. A major focus is integrating evolutionary processes into conservation biology - how to maintain and restore resilient populations in their ecosystems. This requires appropriately connected populations of large size, with maximal useful genetic diversity.
Supervision interests
See research interests.
Monash teaching commitment
I have taught in diverse undergraduate biology units.
Currently:
Conservation Biology BIO2040
Evolutionary Ecology BIO2022
Global challenges and sustainability ENS5010
Honours and postgraduate training
Research area keywords
- evolutionary processes in conservation
- population genetics and genomics
Network
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Projects 2003 2022
Genetic rescue of the Helmeted honeyeater
Robledo Ruiz, D., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Clarke, R.
11/07/19 → 31/05/20
Project: Research
Evolution of neo-sex chromosomes and their role in climate adaptation in an Australo-Papuan songbird family
Low, G., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Dowling, D.
11/07/19 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
Assessing the Scope for Genetic Rescue of the Leadbeater’s Possum
Zilko, J. P., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A.
11/07/19 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
The reintroduction of the Mallee Emu-wren - Stipiturus mallee - to Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia
Mitchell, W. F., Clarke, R. & Sunnucks, P.
1/06/19 → 1/06/21
Project: Research
Reintroduction of the Mallee Emu-wren to Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia
Clarke, R., Mitchell, W. F. & Sunnucks, P.
1/06/19 → 1/06/21
Project: Research
Research Output 1993 2019
Pleistocene-dated biogeographic barriers drove divergence within the Australo-Papuan region in a sex-specific manner: an example in a widespread Australian songbird
Lamb, A. M., Gonçalves da Silva, A., Joseph, L., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A., 1 Jan 2019, In : Heredity.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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
Open Access
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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
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Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations
Ralls, K., Ballou, J. D., Dudash, M. R., Eldridge, M. D. B., Fenster, C. B., Lacy, R. C., Sunnucks, P. & Frankham, R., 1 Mar 2018, In : Conservation Letters. 11, 2, 6 p., e12412.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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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