Dr David Booth

Investigations of the influence of temperature on the energetics of development in

ectotherms. Experimental animals can include bird eggs, reptile eggs, frog larvae,
fish, insects and other invertebrates

Any projects relating to thermal biology of animals including ectotherms &

endotherms, vertebrates and invertebrates

Any projects examining the process of respiratory gas exchange (i.e. exchange of
oxygen and carbon dioxide), or the effects of changing concentrations of these
gases on animals

Dr Lyn Cook

Species richness and diversity of gall-inducing scale insects.

Modelling distribution and host-use in eucalypt leaf beetles.

Understanding host-use in galling insects

Coevolution of endosymbionts and scale insects

Are caves refugia for glowworms? (with Dave Merritt)

Dr Tom Cribb

Is the fish trematode Thulinia microrchis the least specific trematode or a species
complex?

Are the trematode larvae in toadfish in a trophic transmission dead-end?

Prof Craig Franklin

Designing fish-friendly culverts: Integration of fish swimming performance with

hydrodynamics

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on larval amphibians

Life in low pH environments: the physiology of acid-tolerant frogs

Environmental drivers of immune function in frogs

Thermal physiology of fish and assessing the impacts of cold water pollution

A/Prof Bryan Fry

Evolution of venom systems from across the animal kingdom, ranging from Arctic
& Antarctic octopuses to the Komodo dragon to Vampire bats

Dr Janet Lanyon

Impacts of dugong grazing on seagrass communities

Long term variation in diets of dugongs

A/Prof David Merritt

Are caves refugia for glowworms? (with Lyn Cook)

Dr Steve Salisbury

Dinosaur tracks of the Broome Sandstone, Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Multiple
projects available (funded through our current ARC Discovery grant)

Description and interpretation of new sauropod dinosaur fossils from the Winton
Formation of central-western Queensland

Evolution of Australian Mesozoic crocodilians description and interpretation of

new fossils from the Winton Formation of central-western Queensland

Evolution of Australasian Cenozoic crocodilians investigating the demise of

mekosuchines and the rise of Crocodylus during the Plio-Pleistocene

Activation of the axial musculature during high-walking in crocodilians (dependant

on access to animals and time to set up permits)

Biomechanics of lung ventilation in crocodilians (dependant on access to animals

and time to set up permits)

Osteoderm development and bone growth Crocodylus porosus (dependant on

access to animals and time to set up permits)

Freshwater fishes from the Winton Formation of central-western Queensland

description and interpretation of new fossils

A/Prof Gimme Walter

Generalist herbivores and their interactions with host plants

How do volatile chemicals and vision influence host plant relationships of

herbivores?

Investigating host relationships for biological control (herbivores or parasitoids)

Cryptic species complexes and sexual communication in insects

Host associations and natural enemies of date palms in Alice Springs(there is

financial support for this work)

Pollination mechanisms, with a possible project on cucurbit pollination by native

insects in the Northern Territory

Will our woodland undestorey ultimately be dominated by high-biomass African

grasses? (Wiith CSIRO)

Dr Vera Weisbecker

Understanding the impact of different temperature regimes on the development

and adult morphology of water dragons?

Eco-Evo-Devo of geckos vs. pygopods: Limb loss, paedomorphosis, and how

quickly can development change?

Brain development in altricial vs. precocial rodents do guinea pig brains grow
differently to rat brains?

Evolution of the marsupial vertebral column: using cutting-edge 3D geometric

morphometrics to test whether development trumps function

Skull shape variation in monotremes: are specialised mammals locked into their
skull shape?

Dr Robbie Wilson

Escape behaviour and performance of small mammals

Ecotoxicology of small mammals on Groote Eylandt

Optimal performance in human athletes

Conservation ecology of small mammals

Prof Myron Zalucki

Pollen feeding in adult Lepidoptera: getting a nitrogen fix

Food utilisation efficiency in neonates of a polyphagous caterpillar

Optimal foraging in Lepidopteran larvae - or sabotaging the right meal size

Egg size and survival of first instar caterpillars on host plants

Population dynamics and resource use - is there empty suitable habitat for
folivorous insects?

*Metapopulation dynamics and the matrix revisited