PhD Students

Current students

Hector Pacheco – My project aims to investigate the correlation of sub-lethal, acute and chronic effects of high temperatures over a range of physiological parameters in adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and long-tailed finches (Poephilia acuticauda), also evaluating their behaviour when confronting these harsh conditions

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Callum McDiarmid – Sperm and speciation in the long-tailed finch
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Anika Immer – The ecology of fear in the zebra finch

Larissa Trumpf

Recently finished students

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Caterina Funghi – Spatial ecology and information use in the zebra finch – joint PhD with Hamburg University and co-supervised by Wiebke Schuett (finished 2019)
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Molly Gilmour – Social and spatial behaviour in the domestic sheep in the rangelands (Supervised by Stephan Leu, finished 2018)
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Hanja Brandl – Information use in wild zebra finches – Joint PhD with Hamburg University and co-supervised by Wiebke Schuett (finished 2018)
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Samuel C Andrew – Invasion genetics of the house sparrow (finished 2017)
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Peri Bolton – Genetic compatibility and conservation genetics of the endangered Gouldian finch (finished 2017)
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Lori Hurley – Reproductive plasticity in zebra and long-tailed finches (finished 2017)
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Daisy Duursma – Determining the effects of climate and physical environment on behaviour and morphological traits of Australian birds

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