News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?
![Sheep Roseworthy](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/sheep-roseowrthy-24656.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=dnFF83ie)
Honours project: Identify how environmental factors influence movement, space use and social behaviour in Merino sheep.
Environmental monitoring with drones: Koalas
![Environmental monitoring with drones with Dr Ramesh Raja Segaran](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/honours-raja-segaran-drones.jpg?h=93b44fe0&itok=85cNhhIJ)
Honours project: Use drones to assist with wildlife conservation and research.
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Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
![Field work environmental science](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/research-field-work-2.jpg?h=f004bc94&itok=tas_uWhx)
Honours project: Research projects with fieldwork including differences in spatial heterogeneity between grazed and ungrazed areas.
Interactions between microbes & plants
![Plant research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/plant-survey.jpg?h=4011a40e&itok=vHQf1PDK)
Honours project: Learn about the success of invasive species and how we can help increase our ability restore native vegetation.
Restoring grassy woodlands: interaction between native & invasive grasses
![Woodland vegatation image, Greg Guerin](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-woodland-vegetation.jpg?h=1a8422da&itok=8JE-xjlc)
Honours project: Contribute to research into various strategies to restore grassy woodland.
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Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
![Invasive species - blackberry](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/blackberry-bush.jpg?h=a5dcf78a&itok=PI3VThUy)
Honours project: Join the investigation into the use of parasites as biological control agents.
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Mighty macrophytes: Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
![Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/bulrush.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=wb2ot6Rs)
Honours project: Investigate the ecology and management of common reed and bulrush.
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Emu-wrens & other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands
![Research to save the emu wren](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/emu-wren.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=7Aiy-qbn)
Honours project: Help save the emu-wrens and other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands.
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Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
![Remote Sensing](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/remote-sensing.jpg?h=93d6d660&itok=gEQrSE6Q)
Honours project: Use spatial information tools and data in a wide range of applications and settings, including terrestrial, wetland and marine ecology, wildlife and habitats, land assessment and management and earth science.
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Australian zeolite for ammonia control in aquarium fish tanks
![Aquaculture](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/aquaculture-24583.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=-btZ8FF4)
Honours project: Study the effects of 'in water and 'in feed' application of zeolite powder for the control of ammonia in aquarium fish display tanks.
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