By Professor Richard Kingsford

Journal articles

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01967-1

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

Ocock JF; kingsford R; Penman TD; Rowley JJ, 2016, 'Amphibian abundance and detection trends during a large flood in a semi-arid floodplain wetland', Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 11, pp. 408 - 425

Dawson SK; Fisher AG; Lucas R; Hutchinson DK; Berney P; Keith D; Catford JA; Kingsford RT, 2016, 'Remote Sensing Measures Restoration Successes, but Canopy Heights Lag in Restoring Floodplain Vegetation', Remote Sensing, 8, pp. 542 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8070542

Kingsford RT, 2015, 'Conservation of floodplain wetlands - out of sight, out of mind?', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25, pp. 727 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2610

Capon SJ; Lynch AJJ; Bond N; Chessman BC; Davis J; Davidson N; Finlayson M; Gell PA; Hohnberg D; Humphrey C; Kingsford RT; Nielsen D; Thomson JR; Ward K; Nally RM, 2015, 'Regime shifts, thresholds and multiple stable states in freshwater ecosystems; a critical appraisal of the evidence', Science of the Total Environment, 534, pp. 122 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.045

Bino G; Grant TR; Kingsford RT, 2015, 'Life history and dynamics of a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) population: Four decades of mark-recapture surveys', Scientific Reports, 5, pp. 16073, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16073

Steinfeld CMM; Kingsford RT; Webster EC; Sharma A, 2015, 'A simulation tool for managing environmental flows in regulated rivers', Environmental Modelling and Software, 73, pp. 117 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.08.006

Barnett J; Evans LS; Gross C; Kiem AS; Kingsford RT; Palutikof JP; Pickering CM; Smithers SG, 2015, 'From barriers to limits to climate change adaptation: Path dependency and the speed of change', Ecology and Society, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07698-200305

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2015, 'Prioritizing wetlands for waterbirds in a boom and bust system: Waterbird refugia and breeding in the Murray-Darling Basin', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0132682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132682

Roux DJ; Kingsford RT; McCool SF; McGeoch MA; Foxcroft LC, 2015, 'The Role and Value of Conservation Agency Research', Environmental Management, 55, pp. 1232 - 1245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0473-5

Bino G; Sisson SA; Kingsford RT; Thomas RF; Bowen S, 2015, 'Developing state and transition models of floodplain vegetation dynamics as a tool for conservation decision-making: A case study of the Macquarie Marshes Ramsar wetland', Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, pp. 654 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12410

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