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Department of BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

 

bugPlant-Insect Interactions & Climate Change Ecology Lab

 

is the name of Lesley Hughes' lab at Macquarie University

 

 

Our lab group seeks to understand the biotic ramifications of various aspects of current and predicted climate change by using laboratory, field work and computer simulations.

 

Current lab members are 
Dr Lesley Hughes
Dr Alison Basden (Research Fellow)
Nigel Andrew      (Honorary Associate)
Linda Beaumont   (PhD student)
Emma Laxton       (PhD student)
Robyn Sinclair    (Masters student)
Scott Ginn          (Research Assistant)
Nicole Vella        (Honours student)

 

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                          Photo D.Falster

 

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                                            Photo A.Moles 

 

 

What is climate change?
How does climate change affect plants and
 animals?
Current research projects
Post-graduate research at PICCEL
Facilities for research at PICCEL
Where are we?