News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
Brood guarding in a gregarious parasitoid wasp
![Goniozus jacintae](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/goniozus-jacintae.png?h=377f0644&itok=DA-mSGI_)
Honours project: Examine how a variety of factors influences the brood guarding behaviour of a parasitoid wasp species
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Citizen Science: Using people power to drive research
![Wild Orchid Watch citizen science](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/citizen-science-wild-orchard-watch.jpg?h=e3c77aae&itok=tST8Nqmg)
Honours project: What will it take to make the Wild Orchid Watch national citizen science project successful in the long term?
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Communicate to collaborate: tailoring science communication within the scientific community
![TERN Ecosystem Surveillance](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/tern-ecosysterm-surveillance2.jpg?h=82a565da&itok=4SZK6WVK)
Honours project: Investigate how to increase awareness and collaborative opportunities within the research and industry sectors for a national ecosystem monitoring program.
Reconstructing past marine life using ancient DNA
![Linda Armbrecht microscope image](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/linda-armbrecht-microscope.jpg?h=414dba20&itok=i_GfOVn3)
Honours project: Reconstruct past marine life using ancient DNA from deep ocean sediments.
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Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
![Professor Andy Lowe](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/andy-lowe.jpg?h=d4abd7f0&itok=cGif-2I-)
Honours project: How about a research project in ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants and wildlife forensic biology?
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Do gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds?
![This animal science honours projects aims to determine if gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds, using commercial broiler chickens as a model.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/chickens.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=RtMyz1QI)
Honours project: Determine if gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds, using commercial broiler chickens as a model.
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Brushtail possum responses to changing resource conditions
![Brushtail possum JJ Harrison [CC BY-SA 2.5]](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/brushtail-possum2.jpg?h=695059ea&itok=ACHOacZC)
Honours project: Investigate how brushtail possum abundance relates to resource availability in the Murray-Mallee.
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Animal comparative physiology
![Kangaroo, Cleland](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/kangaroo-cleland-10792.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=oOdoc_AK)
Honours project: Study animal and bird physiology, how animals function and how function evolves.
Echidna biology for conservation, wildlife management & habitat monitoring
![Echidna research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/echidna.jpg?h=5e55bd74&itok=9sRWjUVe)
Honours project: This project investigates the molecular basis of echidna biology for application in conservation, wildlife management and habitat monitoring.
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Creating resources on how to interact with sea snakes
![Dr Kate Sanders during her field research. Inset: an olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) at Scott Reef in the Timor Sea](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/sea-snake-kate-sanders.jpg?h=dbbee5df&itok=-noWXWsf)
Honours project: Engage with government and industry to develop training and communication materials for commercial fishing crews that interact with sea snakes.
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