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
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Projects
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Evolution of neo-sex chromosomes and their role in climate adaptation in an Australo-Papuan songbird family
Low, G. W., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Dowling, D.
10/11/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Fitness consequences of admixture between two locally-adapted lineages in an Australian bird, the eastern yellow robin
Austin, L., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Clarke, R.
1/11/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Genetic rescue of the Helmeted honeyeater
Robledo Ruiz, D. A., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Clarke, R.
1/11/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Genetic rescue of an endangered grassland daisy, Rutidosis, leptorrhynchoides
Rodger, Y., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Hodgins, K.
31/03/20 → 23/04/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Accounting for cryptic population substructure enhances detection of inbreeding depression with genomic inbreeding coefficients: an example from a critically endangered marsupial
Zilko, J. P., Harley, D., Hansen, B., Pavlova, A. & Sunnucks, P., Aug 2020, In : Molecular Ecology. 29, 16, p. 2978-2993 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Evaluating the use of risk-assessment frameworks in the identification of population units for biodiversity conservation
Liddell, E., Cook, C. N. & Sunnucks, P., May 2020, In : Wildlife Research. 47, 3, p. 208-216 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Genetic rescue: A critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation
Ralls, K., Sunnucks, P., Lacy, R. C. & Frankham, R., Nov 2020, In : Biological Conservation. 251, 8 p., 108784.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations
Frankham, R., Ballou, J. D., Ralls, K., Eldridge, M. D. B., Dudash, M. R., Fenster, C. B., Lacy, R. C. & Sunnucks, P., 2019, Oxford University Press. 208 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Other › peer-review
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Erratum: Genomic evidence of neo-sex chromosomes in the eastern yellow robin
Gan, H. M., Falk, S., Moraleś, H. E., Austin, C. M., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A., 1 Dec 2019, In : GigaScience. 8, 12, 1 p., giz131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Open Access