Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Boysen K, Perkins SL, Hunjan S, Oliver P, Gardner M, Balasubramaniam S, J Melville (2022) Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of haemosporidian and hemogregarine parasites in Australian lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167: 107358.

Balasubramaniam S, Mulder RA, Sunnucks P, Pavlova A, Melville J (2017) MHC class II β exon 2 variation in pardalotes (Pardalotidae) is shaped by selection, recombination and gene conversion. Immunogenetics 69: 101-111.

Balasubramaniam S, Bray RD, Mulder RA, Sunnucks P, Pavlova A, Melville J (2016) New data from basal Australian songbird lineages show that complex structure of MHC class II β genes has early evolutionary origins within passerines. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:112.

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

Amos N, Balasubramaniam S, Grootendorst L, Harrisson K, Lill A, Mac Nally RC, Pavlova A, Radford JQ, Takeuchi N, Thomson JR, Sunnucks P (2013) Little evidence that condition, stress indicators, sex ratio, or homozygosity are related to landscape or habitat attributes in declining woodland birds. Journal of Avian Biology 44:45-54.

Balasubramaniam S, Guay P-J (2008) Purple swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio) attempting to prey upon black swan (Cygnus atratus) eggs and preying upon a cygnet on an urban lake in Melbourne, Australia. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:633-635.

Technical reports

Balasubramaniam S, Sumner J (2021) Genetic analysis of captive and wild populations of the Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius. Technical report prepared for DELWP. 29 pp.

Balasubramaniam S (2020) Plains-wanderer genetic analysis: A comparison of wild and captive-bred individuals. Technical report prepared for Plains-wanderer National Recovery Team. 19 pp.

Balasubramaniam S (2020) Population structure in the Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus. Technical report prepared for BirdLife Australia. 18 pp.

Rowe K, Balasubramaniam S (2020) Plains-wanderer acoustic monitoring: song meter detection space. Technical report prepared for DELWP. 16 pp.

Balasubramaniam S (2019) Genetic analysis of the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus. Technical report prepared for Zoos Victoria and Taronga Conservation Society Australia. 19 pp.

Theses

Balasubramaniam S (2016) Evolution and ecology of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in south-eastern Australian passerines. Doctoral Thesis. School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne.

Balasubramaniam S (2007) Male incubation effort and extra-pair paternity in the Black Swan (Cygnus atratus). Honours Thesis. School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne.