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
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects 2003 2020
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: Macquarie Perch
Lutz, M., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A.
10/11/17 → 10/11/18
Project: Research
Assessing the Scope for Genetic Rescue of the Leadbeater’s Possum
Zilko, J. P., Sunnucks, P. & Pavlova, A.
10/11/17 → 10/11/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2000 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., e02136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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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
Assessing the scope for genetic rescue of an endangered butterfly: The case of the Eltham copper
Roitman, M., Gardner, M. G., New, T. R., Nguyen, T. T. T., Roycroft, E. J., Sunnucks, P., Yen, A. L. & Harrisson, K. A. Sep 2017 In : Insect Conservation and Diversity. 10, 5, p. 399-414Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
De novo genome assembly and annotation of Australia’s largest freshwater fish, the Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii), from Illumina and Nanoporesequencing read
Austin, C. M., Hua, T. M., Harrisson, K. A., Lee, Y. P., Croft, L. J., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. & Gan, H. M. 2017 In : GigaScience. 6, 8, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Evolutionary divergence in freshwater insects with contrasting dispersal capacity across a sea of desert
Razeng, E., Smith, A. E., Harrisson, K. A., Pavlova, A., Nguyen, T., Pinder, A., Suter, P., Webb, J., Gardner, M. G., Brim-Box, J. C., Thompson, R., Davis, J. & Sunnucks, P. 1 Aug 2017 In : Freshwater Biology. 62, 8, p. 1443-1459 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review