Department of Ecological, Plant and Animal Sciences news and events

Rethinking wildlife-friendly lighting

Research from Dr Alicia Dimovski has examined how different types of artificial light affect Australian marsupials, revealing that wildlife-sensitive lighting may have unintended consequences.
Climate change and wetland plant communities

Wetlands are among the ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change but, up until now, predicting exactly how they will respond has been difficult.
Understanding dunnart reproduction

Research by PhD student, Andrea Bueno Pedraz, is investigating the reproductive physiology of the fat-tailed dunnart and the sandhill dunnart.
Understanding cellular diversity in plants
Improving the detection of waterborne pathogens

New research led by Dr Meysam Khodaparast has highlighted ways to improve the detection of waterborne pathogens

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