News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
Genomic consequences of major ecological transitions in evolution
![Olive sea snake](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-sea-snake-olive.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=4wDnawbW)
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
![Polar bear](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-09/polarbear-by-shutterstock.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=APWgiSPx)
Honours project: Various projects are available global change ecology; climate change, macroecology, planetary health and conservation biogeography.
Ancient DNA from extinct fauna
![Adzebill skeleton on display in the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-nz-bird-adzebill.jpg?h=34e43602&itok=Rv7TgwaT)
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?
![Blue Mountains Ashlea Doolette](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-05/blue-mountains_doolette_2018.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=YMgjAH3J)
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?
![Waite campus aerial photo](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-03/waite-campus-aerial-view-wide.jpg?h=4e052554&itok=6sZRqCxw)
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
![Lepus europaeus by Jean-Jacques Boujot from Paris, France](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/hare-lepus_europaeus.jpg?h=59aff2be&itok=gPG_sdhp)
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
![Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes gronovii) Image by Marius Burger (Public Domain)](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/legless-skink-Scelotes_gronovii.jpg?h=75236aa7&itok=K2jYpLHn)
Honours project: Learn cutting-edge morphometric methods to examine the vertebral column diversity using sphenomorphine skinks.
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What is the effect of yeast diversity on secondary ‘malolactic’ fermentation outcome?
![Sumby grape microbiome](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/sumby-grapes_and_leaf_w_yeast.jpg?h=a1123756&itok=2Drpfh_u)
Honours project: Explore the interactions encountered during winemaking by creating artificial diversity systems and investigating the effect of adding or removing yeast species has on malolactic fermentation.
Plasma coating of fertilisers
![Ivan Andelkovic - Fertiliser Research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-04/ftrc-ivan-andelkovic.jpg?h=c7230544&itok=Ja8CfJzv)
Honours project: Study advanced plasma polymer coatings for slow nutrient release fertilisers.