By Dr Roxane Janet Francis

Journal articles

Wilson JP; Amano T; Bregnballe T; Corregidor-Castro A; Francis R; Gallego-García D; Hodgson JC; Jones LR; Luque-Fernández CR; Marchowski D; McEvoy J; McKellar AE; Oosthuizen WC; Pfeifer C; Renner M; Sarasola JH; Sokač M; Valle R; Zbyryt A; Fuller RA, 2026, 'Big Bird: A global dataset of birds in drone imagery annotated to species level', Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 12, pp. 629 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70059

Francis RJ; Moseby K, 2026, 'Using Drone Imagery to Reveal How Fire, Vegetation Cover and Landform Shape Thermal Mosaics in Desert Landscapes', Drones, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones10070519

Stewart J; Francis RJ; Eldridge DJ; Kingsford RT; de Lima NM, 2025, 'Advancing remote sensing of biocrusts with drone imagery and machine learning', Geoderma, 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117315

Francis RJ; Grantham HS; Keith DA; Ferrer-Paris JR; Kingsford RT, 2025, 'Automated Mapping of the Freshwater Ecosystem Functional Groups of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Global Ecosystem Typology in a Large Region of Arid Australia', Remote Sensing, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs17091488

Brandis KJ; Zawada K; Meagher P; Ramp D; Francis R, 2025, 'Development of tiliqua species provenance models for use in combating the illegal wildlife trade', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 13, pp. 1526584, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2025.1526584

Brandis KJ; Francis RJ; Zawada KJA; Hasselerharm CD; Ramp D, 2024, 'Advancing the application of pXRF for animal samples', Plos One, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297830

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

Lee-Kiorgaard HJ; Stuart SA; Lawson JR; Bulger DW; Gallagher RV; Nipperess DA; Cornwell WK; Boomer JJ; Francis RJ; Brazill-Boast J, 2024, 'Weighing up the options: experiences in applying decision science from a large-scale conservation program', Australian Zoologist, 43, pp. 502 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.030

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, 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

Emmett L; Subramaniam S; Crumbaker M; Joshua AM; Weickhardt AJ; Lee ST; Ng S; Francis RJ; Goh JCH; Pattison DA; Tan H; Kirkwood ID; Sandhu SK; Nguyen A; Gedye C; Rutherford N; Hofman M; Martin A; Stockler MR; Davis ID, 2023, 'LBA84 Enzalutamide and 177Lu-PSMA-617 in poor-risk, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): A randomised, phase II trial: ENZA-p (ANZUP 1901)', Annals of Oncology, 34, pp. s1325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.10.086

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

Conference Papers

Francis RJ; Dell'Oro M; Gray ES; Huff D; Perk TG; Munian-Govindan R; Ebert MA; Millward M, 2023, 'Application of novel machine learning to predict immunotherapy related toxicities for metastatic melanoma patients from baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT scans', in ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY, ELSEVIER, SPAIN, Madrid, pp. S689 - S690, presented at Congress of the European-Society-for-Medical-Oncology (ESMO), SPAIN, Madrid, 20 October 2023 - 24 October 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2289

Koh E; Barry N; Ebert MA; Moore A; Francis RJ; Ng SP; Back M; Chua B; Pinkham M; Pullar A; Phillips C; Sia J; Gorayski P; Le H; Gill S; Croker J; Bucknell N; Bettington C; Syed F; Jung K; Chang J; Bece A; Clark C; Wada M; Scott AM, 2023, 'FET-PET incorporation for GBM radiotherapy planning: multi-site FIG Study credentialling programme', in RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, AUSTRIA, Vienna, pp. S539 - S540, presented at Annual Meeting of the European-Society-for-Radiotherapy-and-Oncology (ESTRO), AUSTRIA, Vienna, 12 May 2023 - 16 May 2023

Dell'Oro M; Ebert MA; Ong J; McCarthy M; Tang C; Francis RJ, 2023, '1797P Application of novel machine learning model in [68Ga] Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT: Predicting survival in oligometastatic prostate cancer patients', in Annals of Oncology, Elsevier, pp. s972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2747

Segard T; Morandeau L; Dunne M; Robinson O; Murray R; Geelhoed E; Francis RJ, 2015, 'Comparison between Gallium-68 citrate PET-CT and Gallium-67 citrate scintigraphy for infection imaging', in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING, SPRINGER, GERMANY, Hamburg, pp. S392 - S392, presented at 28th Annual Congress of the European-Association-of-Nuclear-Medicine (EANM), GERMANY, Hamburg, 10 October 2015 - 14 October 2015

Loh N; McCarthy M; Segard T; Morandeau L; Maton P; Nowak AK; Bynevelt MJ; Law A; Francis RJ, 2013, 'C-11 METHIONINE AND F-18 FLUOROTHYMIDINE PET IMAGING IN SUSPECTED RESIDUAL OR RECURRENT GLIOMA', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 8 - 8

Segard T; Boucek J; Nowak AK; Morandeau L; Millward MJ; Francis RJ, 2012, 'FLT PET for response assessment in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) using a semi-automated volume-based region growing algorithm', in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING, SPRINGER, ITALY, Milan, pp. S457 - S457, presented at 25th Annual Congress of the European-Association-of-Nuclear-Medicine (EANM), ITALY, Milan, 27 October 2012 - 31 October 2012

Nowak AK; Francis RJ; Byrne MJ; van der Schaaf AA; Boucek J; Phillips M; Price R; Patrikeos A; Robins P; Tucker K; Musk AW; Millward MJ, 2006, 'Use of ¹⁸F-FDG PET imaging in staging and prediction of survival for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)', in LUNG CANCER, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, pp. S19 - S19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5002(07)70155-1

Francis RJ; Green AJ; Baig S; Knell V; Bowen RL; Buscombe JR; Hilson AJ; Begent RH, 2002, 'A novel approach to assessing response to cancer therapies using hybrid camera ¹⁸FDG PET.', in JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC, pp. 309P - 309P

Francis RJ; Green AJ; Baig S; Knell V; Frisken I; Bowen RL; Hilson AJW; Buscombe JR; Begent RHJ, 2002, 'A novel approach to assessing response to chemotherapy using hybrid camera FDG PET', in BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. S100 - S100

Bowen RL; Francis RJ; Green AJ; Baig S; Knell V; Buscombe JR; Hilson AJW; Begent RHJ, 2002, 'How accurately can the oncologist report FDG-PET tumour response using the ADAC vertex plus dual-headed gamma camera?', in BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. S102 - S102

Green AJ; Baig S; Francis RJ; Begent RHJ, 2001, 'Semi quantitative analysis of F18-FDG imaging using a hybrid camera for the assessment of tumour response to therapy', in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, SPRINGER, pp. 1109 - 1109

OHare D; OBrien S; Francis RJ; Price S; Fogg AM, 1997, 'Formation of silica-, tungstate- and molybdate-surfactant mesophases studied by in situ energy dispersive X-ray powder diffraction.', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, pp. 592 - INOR

OHare D; Francis RJ; Price SJ; OBrien S; Fogg AM, 1997, 'In-situ energy dispersive diffraction studies on the hydrothermal synthesis of microporous materials.', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, pp. 593 - INOR

Reports

Francis R; Kingsford R; Martino J, 2026, Hydrological Dynamics, Wetland Extent, Flood Regimes and Ecosystem Typology of the Bulloo Overflow Wetlands, including Narriearra-Thurloo Downs wetlands. Final report for The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R, 2026, Climatic, Hydrological, and Thermal Controls on Pelican Breeding at Lake Brewster. Final report for the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R, 2025, 2025 Intertidal outfall monitoring using remotely piloted aircraft: spring 2024. UNSW Water Research Laboratory.

Francis R, 2025, Drone surveys over group nesting waterbirds at Reed Beds and Boals Deadwoods wetlands 2024/2025. Report for NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

Francis R, 2024, 2024 Colonially breeding waterbird drone surveys Boals Deadwood wetland. Final report to the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R, 2024, Exploring the use of thermal drones to survey nesting waterbirds. Final report for the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

Francis R; Porter J; Kingsford R; Ahern A, 2023, Aerial Survey of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia – October 2023 Annual Summary Report. Technical report to the Department of Planning Industry and Environment. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Brandis K; Stewart J, 2023, Gwydir Wetlands: Drone Monitoring of Aggregating Breeding Waterbirds 2022-23. Final report to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Brandis K; Smith M; Juilliard L; McEvoy T, 2023, Lower Lachlan Breeding Waterbirds Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022-23. Final report to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Brandis K; Hewitt S; Juilliard L; McEvoy T, 2023, Macquarie Marshes Breeding Waterbirds Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022-23. Final report to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Brandis K; Smith M, 2023, Narran Lakes Nature Reserve Waterbird Reproductive Success Monitoring. Final report to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Brandis K; Carnegie M, 2023, Drone surveys over waterbird breeding rookeries in Tori Lignum Swamp, Kieeta Lake and Wanganella Swamp and 2022/2023. Unpublished report for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment – Environment and Heritage.

Francis R, 2023, Drone surveys over Gol Gol Lake waterbird breeding rookery 2023. Unpublished report for the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Francis R; Brandis K; Smith M; Juilliard L; McEvoy T, 2023, Gayini Breeding Waterbirds Reproductive Success Monitoring 2022-23. Final report to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder. Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW.

Francis R; Lenehan J; Brandis K; Carnegie M, 2023, Final Report: Lake Brewster Australian Pelican breeding site surveyed with a drone 2022–23, Final report for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE).

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