Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research

More than 100 staff and postgraduate students undertake research on the biology of plants and animals from taxonomic and systematic studies, to physiological and behavioural studies on individual organisms, to ecological studies on populations, communities and ecosystems. A suite of strategically placed field stations on islands, on coasts and inland promote field research.

Links with the South Australian Museum, Adelaide Zoo, State Herbarium of South Australia , SARDI Aquatic Sciences, and the State Government’s Department for Environment and Heritage and the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation facilitate research partnerships and adoption of research findings by governments leading to beneficial environmental outcomes.

Research staff contribute to the CRC for Freshwater Ecology, the CRC for Weed Management, the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment, the Water Research Cluster, the newly established Research Institute for Climate Change, Marine Innovations SA, the Centre of Soil and Plant Interactions and CLLAMMecology, part of CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship.

Research Groups and Centres

• Australian Centre of Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity

• Australian Centre for Ancient DNA

• BioCity, Centre for Urban Habitats

• Marine Biology

• Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Staff

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