By Professor Richard Kingsford

Books

Keith D; Ferrer J; Nicholson E; Kingsford R, 2020, IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0 : descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.13.en

Kingsford R, 2006, Ecology of Desert Rivers Preface, Kingsford R, (ed.), CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297075300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Book Chapters

Mirumachi N; White DD; Kingsford RT, 2020, 'Facing Change: Understanding Transitions of River Basin Policies Over Time', in Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change, pp. 213 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48110-0_10

Kingsford RT; Brandis K; Bino G; Keith DA, 2020, 'Freshwater Biome of the World', in Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes: Volumes 1-5, pp. V1-16-V1-30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12479-0

Kingsford R; Brandis K; Bino G; Keith D, 2020, 'Freshwater Biome of the World', in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12479-0

Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Kati Thanda: Lake Eyre (Australia)', in The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation, pp. 1921 - 1927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_175

Kingsford RT; Roux DJ; McLoughlin CA; Conallin J; Norris V, 2017, 'Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams', in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management, pp. 535 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00021-8

Kingsford RT; Norris V; Rodrigo M, 2017, 'Connecting the champions of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers', in Kingsford R (ed.), LAKE EYRE BASIN RIVERS: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 77 - 93, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000472924000008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kingsford RT, 2017, 'Sustainability for the rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin', in Kingsford R (ed.), LAKE EYRE BASIN RIVERS: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 229 - 239, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000472924000023&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kingsford RT, 2017, 'The Lake Eyre Basin - one of the world's great desert river systems', in Kingsford R (ed.), LAKE EYRE BASIN RIVERS: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 3 - 18, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000472924000002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kingsford RT; Roux DJ; McLoughlin CA; Conallin J; Norris V, 2017, 'Chapter 5.5 Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams', in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams, Elsevier, pp. 535 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803835-2.00021-8

Kingsford R, 2016, 'Flow alteration and its effects on Australia's riverine vegetation', in Capon S; James C; Reid M (ed.), Vegetation of Australian Riverine Landscapes: Biology, Ecology and Management, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 261 - 271

Kingsford RT, 2016, 'Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre (Australia)', in The Wetland Book, Springer Netherlands, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_175-2

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Jenkins K, 2014, 'Climate adaptation and adaptive management planning for the Macquarie Marshes: A wetland of international importance', in Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, pp. 95 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118845028.ch11

, 2014, 'Challenges for Management of the Orange/Senqu', in River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century, CRC Press, pp. 221 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17168-18

, 2014, 'Political Economy versus Comparative Advantage in the Nile Basin: Short Term Advantages or Long Term Gain?', in River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century, CRC Press, pp. 248 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17168-19

Kingsford RT; Costelloe JF; Sheldon F, 2014, 'Lake eyre basin-challenges for managing the world’s most variable river system', in River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century: Understanding People and Place, pp. 346 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17168

Dahm, C. ; Boulton, A. J. ; Correa, L. ; Kingsford R; Jenkins K; Sheldon, F. , 2013, 'The role of science in Planning, Policy and Conservation of River Ecosystems', in Sabater, S. ; Elosegi, A. (ed.), River Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities, Fundacion BBVA, Bilbao

Kingsford R; Porter , 2012, 'Waterbird Monitoring in Australia', in Lindenmayer D; Gibbons P (ed.), Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia, CSIRO PUBLISHING, Melbourne

Kingsford R; Brandis KJ; Jenkins K; Nairn LC; Rayner TS, 2010, 'Measuring ecosystem responses to flow across temporal and spatial scales', in Saintilan N; Overton I (ed.), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin, CSIRO, Canberra, pp. 15 - 35, http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6350.htm

Kingsford R, 2008, 'RIVERS, WETLANDS AND ESTUARIES', in Lindenmayer D; Dovers S; Olson MH; Morton S (ed.), TEN COMMITMENTS: RESHAPING THE LUCKY COUNTRYS ENVIRONMENT, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 79 - 86, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000291786200013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kingsford R, 2006, 'Changing desert rivers', in Kingsford R (ed.), Ecology of Desert Rivers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 336 - 345

Kingsford R; Thompson J, 2006, 'Desert or dryland rivers of the world: an introduction', in Kingsford R (ed.), Ecology of Desert Rivers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 3 - 10

Young W; Kingsford R, 2006, 'Flow variability in large unregulated dryland rivers', in Kingsford R (ed.), Ecology of Desert Rivers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 11 - 46

Kingsford R; Lemly A; Thompson J, 2006, 'Impacts of dams, river management and diversions on desert rivers', in Kingsford R (ed.), Ecology of Desert Rivers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 203 - 247

Kingsford R; Georges A; Unmack PJ, 2006, 'Vertebrates of desert rivers: meeting the challenges of temporal and spatial unpredictability', in Kingsford R (ed.), Ecology of Desert Rivers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 154 - 202

Cairns SC; Kingsford RT, 1995, 'Harvesting wildlife: kangaroos and waterfowl', in , pp. 260 - 272

Edited Books

Kingsford R, (ed.), 2017, Lake Eyre Basin Rivers: Environmental, Social and Economic Importance, CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7213/

Journal articles

Stewart J; de Lima NM; Eldridge DJ; West R; Kingsford RT, 2025, 'Restoring aboveground trophic diversity contributes to belowground microbial diversity in drylands', Biological Conservation, 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111056

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, pp. 1488 - 1488, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs17091488

Kreibich J; Bino G; Glamore W; Kingsford R, 2025, 'Satellite-Based Inundation Modelling for Large-Scale Wetland Restoration in Semi-Arid Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4869

Jeremy Y; Martino J; Felder S; Kingsford R; Suthers I, 2025, 'Tackling Fish Passage Problems: Conservation Implications of Fish Ascending Hypobaric Pressure Gradients in a Pipe', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70050

Adams LMD; Suthers IM; Crook DA; Thiem JD; Kingsford RT; Ryan D; Cheshire KJM; Schilling HT, 2025, 'Barrier features, fish traits, and river flows drive fragmentation of freshwater fish', Ecological Monographs, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70014

Pedler R; Read JL; Moseby K; Hunt TJ; Lynch CE; Cullen DB; Coulter B; Kingsford RT; West RS, 2024, 'Operational field trialling of Felixer™ grooming traps for the control of feral cats in the Strzelecki Desert, Australia', Wildlife Research, 51, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR24021

Farzadkhoo M; Jadraque D; Kingsford RT; Suthers IM; Felder S, 2024, 'Entrance geometries of closed-conduit fishways to attract juvenile fishes', Ecological Engineering, 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107421

McGinness HM; Jackson MV; Lloyd-Jones L; Robinson F; Langston A; O'Neill LG; Rapley S; Piper M; Davies M; Hodgson J; Martin JM; Kingsford R; Brandis K; Doerr V; Mac Nally R, 2024, 'Extensive Tracking of Nomadic Waterbird Movements Reveals an Inland Flyway', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70668

McGinness HM; Lloyd-Jones LR; Robinson F; Langston A; O’Neill LG; Rapley S; Jackson MV; Hodgson J; Piper M; Davies M; Martin JM; Kingsford R; Brandis K; Doerr V; Mac Nally R, 2024, 'Satellite telemetry reveals complex mixed movement strategies in ibis and spoonbills of Australia: implications for water and wetland management', Movement Ecology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00515-4

Colloff MJ; Lanyon K; Pittock J; Costanza-Van Den Belt M; Wheeler S; Grafton RQ; Williams J; Sheldon F; Kingsford RT; Bino G; Renzullo L; Moggridge BJ, 2024, 'Murky waters running clearer? Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the state of the Murray-Darling Basin after more than three decades of policy reform', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF24193

McGinness HM; Lloyd-Jones LR; Robinson F; Langston A; O’Neill LG; Rapley S; Jackson MV; Hodgson J; Piper M; Davies M; Martin JM; Kingsford R; Brandis K; Doerr V; Mac Nally R, 2024, 'Habitat use by nomadic ibis and spoonbills post-dispersal from breeding sites', Landscape Ecology, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01982-1

Gorta SBZ; Berryman AJ; Kingsford RT; Klaassen M; Clarke RH, 2024, 'Kleptoparasitism in seabirds—A potential pathway for global avian influenza virus spread', Conservation Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.13052

Kreibich J; Bino G; Zheng H; Chiew F; Glamore W; Woods J; Kingsford RT, 2024, 'River regulation and climate change reduce river flows to major Australian floodplain wetland', Journal of Environmental Management, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122962

Kandulu JM; Wheeler S; Kingsford R, 2024, 'Dams, dams and more dams: issues in evaluating business cases for dam expansion in Australia', Environmental Research Communications, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad7fbe

Stewart J; de Lima NM; Kingsford R; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2024, 'Soil Bacterial Biodiversity in Drylands Is Dependent on Groundcover Under Increased Temperature', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70027

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

Hawke T; Meagher P; Bino G; Elphinstone A; May S; Lowe A; Vogelnest L; Kingsford RT, 2024, 'Rescue and return: Translocating a semi-wild platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) population during the 2019 drought', Ecological Management and Restoration, 25, pp. 199 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12618

McLoughlin CA; Kingsford RT; Johnson W, 2024, 'Learning consciousness in managing water for the environment, exemplified using Macquarie River and Marshes, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF24049

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

Sheldon F; Rocheta E; Steinfeld C; Colloff MJ; Moggridge B; Carmody E; Hillman T; Kingsford RT; Pittock J, 2024, 'Are environmental water requirements being met in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia?', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF23172

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

Mitchell BA; Gorta SBZ; Callaghan CT; Kingsford RT; Rowley JJL, 2024, 'Fighting the flames: site-specific effects determine species richness of Australian frogs after fire', Wildlife Research, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr22175

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