By Professor Richard Kingsford

Journal articles

Inman VL; Kingsford RT; Chase MJ; Leggett KEA, 2019, 'Drone-based effective counting and ageing of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Okavango Delta in Botswana', PLoS ONE, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219652

Roux DJ; Kingsford RT; Cook CN; Carruthers J; Dickson K; Hockings M, 2019, 'The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies', Conservation Biology, 33, pp. 1266 - 1274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13324

Harris JH; Peirson WL; Mefford B; Kingsford RT; Felder S, 2019, 'Laboratory testing of an innovative tube fishway concept', Journal of Ecohydraulics, 5, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2019.1673673

Hawke T; Bino G; Kingsford RT, 2019, 'A silent demise: Historical insights into population changes of the iconic platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)', Global Ecology and Conservation, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00720

Lyons M; Brandis K; Wilshire J; Murray N; McCann J; Kingsford R; Callaghan C, 2019, 'A protocol for using drones to assist monitoring of large breeding bird colonies', EcoEvoRxiv, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/p9j3f

Lyons MB; Brandis KJ; Murray NJ; Wilshire JH; McCann JA; Kingsford RT; Callaghan CT, 2019, 'Monitoring large and complex wildlife aggregations with drones', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, pp. 1024 - 1035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13194

Gorta SBZ; Smith JA; Everett JD; Kingsford RT; Cornwell WK; Suthers IM; Epstein H; McGovern R; McLachlan G; Roderick M; Smith L; Williams D; Callaghan CT, 2019, 'Pelagic citizen science data reveal declines of seabirds off south-eastern Australia', Biological Conservation, 235, pp. 226 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.007

Rees J; Rees G; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 2019, 'Indirect commensalism between an introduced apex predator and a native avian predator', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01787-8

Kopf RK; Boutier M; Finlayson CM; Hodges K; Humphries P; King A; Kingsford RT; Marshall J; McGinness HM; Thresher R; Vanderplasschen A, 2019, 'Biocontrol in Australia: Can a carp herpesvirus (CyHV-3) deliver safe and effective ecological restoration?', Biological Invasions, 21, pp. 1857 - 1870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01967-1

Callaghan CT; Major RE; Wilshire JH; Martin JM; Kingsford RT; Cornwell WK, 2019, 'Generalists are the most urban-tolerant of birds: a phylogenetically controlled analysis of ecological and life history traits using a novel continuous measure of bird responses to urbanization', Oikos, 128, pp. 845 - 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.06158

Callaghan CT; Bino G; Major RE; Martin JM; Lyons MB; Kingsford RT, 2019, 'Heterogeneous urban green areas are bird diversity hotspots: insights using continental-scale citizen science data', Landscape Ecology, 34, pp. 1231 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00851-6

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Archer M; Connolly JH; Day J; Dias K; Goldney D; Gongora J; Grant T; Griffiths J; Hawke T; Klamt M; Lunney D; Mijangos L; Munks S; Sherwin W; Serena M; Temple-Smith P; Thomas J; Williams G; Whittington C, 2019, 'The platypus: Evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future', Journal of Mammalogy, 100, pp. 308 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz058

Callaghan CT; Major RE; Lyons MB; Martin JM; Wilshire JH; Kingsford RT; Cornwell WK, 2019, 'Using citizen science data to define and track restoration targets in urban areas', Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, pp. 1998 - 2006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13421

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Grant T; Taylor MD; Vogelnest L, 2018, 'Use of implanted acoustic tags to assess platypus movement behaviour across spatial and temporal scales', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 5117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23461-9

Callaghan CT; Brandis KJ; Lyons MB; Ryall S; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'A comment on the limitations of UAVS in wildlife research – the example of colonial nesting waterbirds', Journal of Avian Biology, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.01825

Brandis KJ; Bino G; Spencer JA; Ramp D; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Decline in colonial waterbird breeding highlights loss of Ramsar wetland function', Biological Conservation, 225, pp. 22 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.022

Thompson RM; King AJ; Kingsford RM; Mac Nally R; Poff NLR, 2018, 'Legacies, lags and long-term trends: Effective flow restoration in a changed and changing world', Freshwater Biology, 63, pp. 986 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13029

Pedler R; West R; Read J; Moseby K; Letnic MI; Keith D; Leggett K; Ryall S; Kingsford R; Leggett K, 2018, 'Conservation challenges and benefits of multispecies reintroductions to a national park – a case study from New South Wales, Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC17058

Callaghan CT; Major RE; Lyons MB; Martin JM; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'The effects of local and landscape habitat attributes on bird diversity in urban greenspaces', Ecosphere, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2347

Kingsford R, 2018, 'Zoom in on the big picture nature-index', Nature, 558, pp. S21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05483-5

Rees J; Kingsford R; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Changes in desert avifauna associated with the functional extinction of a terrestrial top predator', Ecography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03661

Callaghan CT; Martin JM; Major RE; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Avian monitoring - comparing structured and unstructured citizen science', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 176 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR17141

Callaghan CT; Martin JM; Kingsford RT; Brooks DM, 2018, 'Unnatural history: is a paradigm shift of natural history in 21st century ornithology needed?', Ibis, 160, pp. 475 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12555

Ocock JF; Bino G; Wassens S; Spencer J; Thomas RF; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Identifying Critical Habitat for Australian Freshwater Turtles in a Large Regulated Floodplain: Implications for Environmental Water Management', Environmental Management, 61, pp. 375 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0837-0

Callaghan CT; Slater M; Major RE; Morrison M; Martin JM; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Travelling birds generate eco-travellers: The economic potential of vagrant birdwatching', Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 23, pp. 71 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2017.1392654

Hay SE; Jenkins KM; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Diverse invertebrate fauna using dry sediment as a refuge in semi-arid and temperate Australian rivers', Hydrobiologia, 806, pp. 95 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3343-8

Bino G; Wassens S; Kingsford RT; Thomas RF; Spencer J, 2018, 'Floodplain ecosystem dynamics under extreme dry and wet phases in semi-arid Australia', Freshwater Biology, 63, pp. 224 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13056

Blakey RV; Law BS; Straka TM; Kingsford RT; Milne DJ, 2018, 'Importance of wetlands to bats on a dry continent: a review and meta-analysis', HYSTRIX-ITALIAN JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 29, pp. 41 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00037-2017

Lyons M; Brandis K; Callaghan C; McCann J; Mills C; Ryall S; Kingsford RT, 2018, 'Bird interactions with drones, from individuals to large colonies', Australian Field Ornithology, 35, pp. 51 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo35051056

Callaghan CT; Lyons MB; Martin JM; Major RE; Kingsford RT, 2017, 'Assessing the reliability of avian biodiversity measures of urban greenspaces using ebird citizen science data', Avian Conservation and Ecology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01104-120212

Dawson SK; Warton DI; Kingsford RT; Berney P; Keith DA; Catford JA, 2017, 'Plant traits of propagule banks and standing vegetation reveal flooding alleviates impacts of agriculture on wetland restoration', Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, pp. 1907 - 1918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12922

Kingsford RT; Bino G; Porter JL, 2017, 'Continental impacts of water development on waterbirds, contrasting two Australian river basins: Global implications for sustainable water use', Global Change Biology, 23, pp. 4958 - 4969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13743

Blakey RV; Kingsford RT; Law BS; Stoklosa J, 2017, 'Floodplain habitat is disproportionately important for bats in a large river basin', Biological Conservation, 215, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.030

Carroll C; Hartl B; Goldman GT; Rohlf DJ; Treves A; Kerr JT; Ritchie EG; Kingsford RT; Gibbs KE; Maron M; Watson JEM, 2017, 'Defending the scientific integrity of conservation-policy processes', Conservation Biology, 31, pp. 967 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12958

Webster E; Ramp D; Kingsford RT, 2017, 'Incorporating an iterative energy restraint for the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS)', Remote Sensing of Environment, 198, pp. 267 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.06.012

Blakey RV; Law BS; Kingsford RT; Stoklosa J, 2017, 'Terrestrial laser scanning reveals below-canopy bat trait relationships with forest structure', Remote Sensing of Environment, 198, pp. 40 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.038

Calver MC; Goldman B; Hutchings PA; Kingsford RT, 2017, 'Why discrepancies in searching the conservation biology literature matter', Biological Conservation, 213, pp. 19 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.028

Rees J; Kingsford RT; Letnic MI, 2017, 'In the absence of an apex predator, irruptive herbivores suppress grass seed production: Implications for small granivores', Biological Conservation, 213, pp. 13 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.037

Dawson SK; Kingsford RT; Berney P; Keith DA; Hemmings FA; Warton DI; Waters C; Catford JA, 2017, 'Frequent inundation helps counteract land use impacts on wetland propagule banks', Applied Vegetation Science, 20, pp. 459 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12295

Dawson SK; Kingsford RT; Berney P; Catford JA; Keith DA; Stoklosa J; Hemmings FA, 2017, 'Contrasting influences of inundation and land use on the rate of floodplain restoration', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27, pp. 663 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2749

Callaghan CT; Ryall S; Kingsford RT, 2017, 'A probable Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus × Straw-necked Ibis T. spinicollis hybrid', Australian Field Ornithology, 34, pp. 47 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo34047048

Harris JH; Kingsford RT; Peirson W; Baumgartner LJ, 2017, 'Mitigating the effects of barriers to freshwater fish migrations: The Australian experience', Marine and Freshwater Research, 68, pp. 614 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15284

Callaghan C; Ryall S; Kingsford R, 2017, 'A probable Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus × Straw-necked Ibis T. spinicollis hybrid', Australian Field Ornithology, 34, pp. 47 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/af034047048

Webster E; Ramp D; Kingsford RT, 2016, 'Spatial sensitivity of surface energy balance algorithms to meteorological data in a heterogeneous environment', Remote Sensing of Environment, 187, pp. 294 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.10.019

Blakey RV; Law BS; Kingsford RT; Stoklosa J; Tap P; Williamson K, 2016, 'Bat communities respond positively to large-scale thinning of forest regrowth', Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, pp. 1694 - 1703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12691

Kingsford RT; Basset A; Jackson L, 2016, 'Wetlands: conservation's poor cousins', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26, pp. 892 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2709

Lyons MB; Keith DA; Warton DI; Somerville M; Kingsford RT, 2016, 'Model-based assessment of ecological community classifications', Journal of Vegetation Science, 27, pp. 704 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12400

Thomson FJ; Auld TD; Ramp D; Kingsford RT, 2016, 'A switch in keystone seed-dispersing ant genera between two elevations for a myrmecochorous plant, acacia terminalis', PLoS ONE, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157632

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Brandis K, 2016, 'Australia's wetlands - Learning from the past to manage for the future', Pacific Conservation Biology, 22, pp. 116 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC15047

Adams VM; Spindler RE; Kingsford RT, 2016, 'Thinking globally, acting locally - Conservation lessons from Oceania', Pacific Conservation Biology, 22, pp. 85 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PCv22n2_ED

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