By Dr Roxane Janet Francis

Journal articles

Yang S; Francis RJ; Holding M; Kingsford RT, 2024, 'Aerial photography and machine learning for estimating extremely high flamingo numbers on the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana', Global Ecology and Conservation, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03011

Francis RJ; Kingsford RT; Moseby K; Read J; Pedler R; Fisher A; McCann J; West R, 2024, 'Tracking landscape scale vegetation change in the arid zone by integrating ground, drone and satellite data', Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 10, pp. 374 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.375

Francis RJ; Brandis KJ, 2024, 'Assessment of Ground and Drone Surveys of Large Waterbird Breeding Rookeries: A Comparative Study', Drones, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones8040135

Francis RJ; Brandis KJ; Chessman BC; Slavich E; Kingsford RT, 2024, 'Conservation implications of isotopic variation in nails and blood with wetland quality in three species of Australian freshwater turtle', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4056

Brandis KJ; Francis RJ; Bino G, 2024, 'Vegetation and inundation characteristics of waterbird breeding sites in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, pp. null - null, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf23221

Brandis KJ; Meagher P; Schoppe S; Zawada K; Widmann I; Widmann P; Dolorosa RG; Francis R, 2023, 'Determining the Provenance of Traded Wildlife in the Philippines', Animals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13132165

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M; Francis R; Tam J; Li X; Elphinstone A; Jordan NR; O’brien JK; Pitcher BJ; Van Sluys M; Sowmya A; Kingsford RT, 2023, 'Rapid literature mapping on the recent use of machine learning for wildlife imagery', Peer Community Journal, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.261

Francis RJ; Brandis KJ; McCann JA, 2022, 'Offline Imagery Checks for Remote Drone Usage', Drones, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones6120395

Francis RJ; Kingsford RT; Brandis KJ, 2022, 'Using drones and citizen science counts to track colonial waterbird breeding, an indicator for ecosystem health on the Chobe River, Botswana', Global Ecology and Conservation, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02231

Francis RJ; Brandis KJ; Chessman BC; Slavich E; Kingsford RT, 2022, 'Abundance and nutritional status of freshwater turtles to guide delivery of environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin, south-eastern Australia', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32, pp. 282 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3767

Francis R; Bino G; Inman V; Brandis K; Kingsford RT, 2021, 'The Okavango Delta's waterbirds – Trends and threatening processes', Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, pp. e01763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01763

Francis RJ; Kingsford RT; Murray-Hudson M; Brandis KJ, 2021, 'Urban waste no replacement for natural foods - Marabou storks in Botswana', Journal of Urban Ecology, 7, pp. juab003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab003

Francis RJ; Brandis KJ; Kingsford RT; Callaghan CT, 2020, 'Quantifying bird diversity at three sites of differing herbivore presence', Journal of Ornithology, 161, pp. 1117 - 1127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01804-6

Francis RJ; Lyons MB; Kingsford RT; Brandis KJ, 2020, 'Counting mixed breeding aggregations of animal species using drones: Lessons from waterbirds on semi-automation', Remote Sensing, 12, pp. 1185, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12071185

Reports

Brandis K; Smith M; Stewart J; Juilliard L; McEvoy T; Francis R, 2023, Gayini Breeding Waterbirds Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022-23

Brandis K; Stewart J; Francis R, 2023, Gwydir Wetlands: Drone Monitoring of Aggregating Breeding Waterbirds 2022-23

Brandis K; Smith M; Stewart J; Juilliard L; McEvoy T; Francis R, 2023, Lower Lachlan Waterbirds Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022-23

Brandis K; Hewitt S; Smith M; Stewart J; Juilliard L; McEvoy T; Francis R, 2023, Macquarie Marshes Waterbird Reproductive Sucess Monitoring 2022-23

Brandis K; Smith M; Francis R, 2023, Waterbird Breeding in the Dharriwaa-Narran Lakes 2022-2023

Brandis K; Francis R; Bino G, 2022, Murray-Darling Basin Waterbird Habitat Assessement: Phase 2. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28481

Brandis K; Bonsen G; Wooster E; Hasselerharm C; Juillard L; Francis R, 2022, Macquarie Marshes Colonial Waterbird Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022., http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28477, https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/cewo/publications/macquarie-marshes-colonial-waterbird-reproductive-success-monitoring-2022

Brandis K; Bonsen G; Juillard L; Francis R, 2022, Dharriwaa-Narran Lakes Nature Reserve Colonial Waterbird Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28480, https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/cewo/publications/dharriwaa-narran-lakes-waterbird-reproductive-success-monitoring-2022

Brandis K; Francis R; Bino G, 2021, Murray-Darling Basin Waterbird Habitat Assessment: Phase 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28478

Theses / Dissertations

Francis R; Kingsford R; Brandis K; Leggett K; Murray-Hudson M, 2021, Birds as indicators of change in the freshwater ecosystems of Botswana, University of New South Wales

Preprints

Brandis KJ; Francis R; Zawada KJA; Hasselerharm CD; Ramp D, 2024, Advancing the Application of pXRF for Biological Samples, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.16.575873

Brandis K; Meagher P; Schoppe S; Zawada K; Widmann I; Widmann P; Dolorosa R; Francis R, 2023, Determining the Provenance of Traded Wildlife in the Philippines, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1201.v1

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