Ecology and ecological methods

Many of these publications are open access or otherwise readily available on the internet for example via ResearchGate.


However, if you would like papers to which you do not have access

please email Paul.Sunnucks@monash.edu /  Alexandra.Pavlova@monash.edu

Ecology not classified elsewhere


Morales HE, Pavlova A, Sunnucks P, Major R, Amos JN, Joseph L, Wang B, Lemmon AR, Endler JA, Delhey K. (2017) Neutral and selective drivers of colour evolution in a widespread Australian passerine. Journal of Biogeography 44, 522–536.


Hidalgo Aranzamendi N, Hall ML, Kingma SA, Sunnucks P, Peters A (2016) Incest, extra-pair paternity and territory quality drive divorce in a year-round territorial bird.  Behavioral Ecology 27, 1808–181

Balasubramaniam S, Mulder R, Sunnucks P, Pavlova A, Amos JN, Melville J. (2013) Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoa in three Australian passerine species. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 113, 353-358

Billingham ZD, Chapple DG, Sunnucks P, Wong BM. (2009) Chemical cues and group association preferences in a subsocial cockroach, Panesthia australisAustralian Journal of Zoology, 57:385.


Stevens MI, Fjellberg A, Greenslade P, Hogg ID, Sunnucks P. (2006) Redescription of the Collembolon, Desoria klovstadi using morphological and molecular evidence. Polar Biology, 29:820.


Sunnucks P. (1998) Avoidance of novel objects by rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) in southern English farmland. Wildlife Research, 25:273.


Sunnucks P & Taylor AC. (1997) Gender of pouch young related to maternal weight in Macropus eugenii and M. parma (Marsupialia: Macropodidae).  Australian Journal of Zoology, 45:573.


Ecological methods

Baylis S, Drynan, D, Clarke N, Van M, Sunnucks P, Clarke R. (2018) Estimates of wear rates in metal bird bands, with applications in survival and movement models for marked individuals.  Journal of Field Ornithology, 89, 393–406.

Baylis S, Sunnucks P, Clarke R. (2018) A model for first-estimates of species-specific, age-specific mortality from centralised band-recovery databases.  Ecosphere 9(4):e02136. 10.1002/ecs2.2136

Perdomo G, Evans A, Maraun M, Sunnucks P, Thompson R. (2012) Mouthpart morphology and trophic position of microarthropods from soils and mosses are strongly correlated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 53:56.


Schmuki C, Woodman J, Sunnucks P. (2007) Physiology complements population structure of two endemic log-dwelling beetles. Environmental Entomology, 36:524.


Evolutionary/genetic methods


Garrick RC, Sunnucks P, Dyer RJ. (2010) Nuclear gene phylogeography using PHASE: dealing with unresolved genotypes, lost alleles, and systematic bias in parameter estimation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10:118.


Garrick RC, Caccone A, Sunnucks P. (2010) Inference of population history by coupling exploratory and model-driven phylogeographic analyses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 11:1190.


Sands CJ, Lancaster ML, Austin JJ and Sunnucks P. (2009) Single copy nuclear DNA markers for the onychophoran Phallocephale tallagandensisConservation Genetics Resources, 1:17.


Garrick RC, Dyer RJ, Beheregaray LB, Sunnucks P. (2008) Babies and bathwater: A comment on the premature obituary for nested clade phylogeographic analysis. Molecular Ecology, 17:1401.


Sunnucks, P. and Taylor, AC. (2008) The Application of Genetic Markers to Landscape Management, in Landscape Analysis and Visualisation: Spatial Models for Natural Resource Management and Planning, (Eds. Pettit, C., Cartwright, W., Bishop, I., Lowell, K., Pullar, D. and Duncan, D.), Springer, Berlin, pp 211-234.


De Barro, P.J., Edwards, O.R. & Sunnucks, P.  (2007) Applications of molecular ecology to IPM – what impact?  Chapter 15.  Pp 469-521 in Perspectives in Ecological Theory and Integrated Pest Management (eds M Kogan and P Jepson).  CUP.


Garrick RC & Sunnucks P. (2006) Development and application of three-tiered nuclear DNA genetic markers for basal Hexapods using single-stranded conformation polymorphism coupled with targeted DNA sequencing. BMC Genetics, 7:11


Garrick, R.C., Sands, C.J., Sunnucks, P (2006).  The use and application of phylogeography for invertebrate conservation research and planning. In: Insect Biodiversity and Dead Wood: Proceedings of a Symposium for the 22nd International Congress of Entomology. General Technical Report (eds. Grove SJ, Hanula JL). U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina. Pp15-22. 


MacEachern S, McEwan J, Mather A, McCulloch A, Sunnucks P & Goddard M.  (2006) Testing the neutral theory of molecular evolution using genomic data: is there evidence of positive selection in the transcriptome of the domestic cow (Bos taurus)? Genes, Selection & Development.  38:321.

Runciman D, Blacket MJ, Schmuki C & Sunnucks P.  (2006) Polymorphic population genetic markers for the Australian wood cockroach Panesthia australis.  Molecular Ecology Notes, 6:765.

 

Schmuki C, Blacket MJ & Sunnucks P (2006).  Anonymous scnDNA markers for two endemic log-dwelling beetles: Apasis puncticeps and Adelium calosomoides (Tenebrionidae Lagriinae: Adeliini).  Molecular Ecology Notes, 6:362.


Hansen BD, Sunnucks P, Blacket M, Taylor AC. (2005) A set of microsatellite markers for an endangered arboreal marsupial, Leadbeater’s possum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5:796.

Wilson ACC,  Massonnet B, Simon J-C,  Prunier-Leterme N,  Dolatti L, Llewellyn KS, Figueroa CC, Ramírez CC, Estoup A & Sunnucks P.  (2004) Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci in aphids: assessment and application.  Molecular Ecology Notes, 4:104.


Alpers DA, Taylor AC, Sunnucks P, Bellman SA & Sherwin WB. (2003) Pooling hair samples to increase DNA yield for PCR.  Conservation Genetics, 4:779.

Beheregaray LB & Sunnucks P. (2000) Microsatellite loci isolated from Odontesthes argentinensis and the O. perugiae species group, and their use in other South American silverside fish.  Molecular Ecology, 9:629


Beheregaray LB, Sunnucks P, Alpers DA & Taylor AC. (2000) A set of microsatellite loci for the Hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus krefftii and L. latifrons).  Conservation Genetics, 1:89.

Sunnucks P, Wilson ACC, Beheregaray LB, French J, Zenger K & Taylor AC. (2000)  SSCP is not so difficult: the application and utility of single-stranded conformation polymorphism in evolutionary biology and molecular ecology.  Molecular Ecology, 9:1699.


Sunnucks P & Wilson ACC. (1999) Microsatellite markers for the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli. Molecular Ecology, 8:899.