By Professor Richard Kingsford

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

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

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

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

Coulter B; West RS; Kingsford RT; Moseby KE, 2023, 'The influence of drought, precipitation and fossorial mammal reintroduction on the density of fossorial arthropods and their burrows in arid Australia', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 1252 - 1273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13348

Farzadkhoo M; Kingsford RT; Suthers IM; Felder S, 2023, 'Flow hydrodynamics drive effective fish attraction behaviour into slotted fishway entrances', Journal of Hydrodynamics, 35, pp. 782 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42241-023-0047-6

Thompson MM; Moon K; Woods A; Rowley JJL; Poore AGB; Kingsford RT; Callaghan CT, 2023, 'Citizen science participant motivations and behaviour: Implications for biodiversity data coverage', Biological Conservation, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110079

Dielenberg J; Bekessy S; Cumming GS; Dean AJ; Fitzsimons JA; Garnett S; Goolmeer T; Hughes L; Kingsford RT; Legge S; Lindenmayer DB; Lovelock CE; Lowry R; Maron M; Marsh J; McDonald J; Mitchell NJ; Moggridge BJ; Morgain R; O'Connor PJ; Pascoe J; Pecl GT; Possingham HP; Ritchie EG; Smith LDG; Spindler R; Thompson RM; Trezise J; Umbers K; Woinarski J; Wintle BA, 2023, 'Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council', Ecological Management and Restoration, 24, pp. 69 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12594

Cox RX; Kingsford RT; Suthers I; Felder S, 2023, 'Fish Injury from Movements across Hydraulic Structures: A Review', Water (Switzerland), 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15101888

Callaghan CT; Thompson M; Woods A; Poore AGB; Bowler DE; Samonte F; Rowley JJL; Roslan N; Kingsford RT; Cornwell WK; Major RE, 2023, 'Experimental evidence that behavioral nudges in citizen science projects can improve biodiversity data', BioScience, 73, pp. 302 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad012

Gorta SBZ; Callaghan CT; Pedler RD; Read JL; West RS; Kingsford RT, 2023, 'Habitat associations of dryland avian communities during an extended dry period', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 56 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13251

Ford ZE; Jackson S; Bino G; Brandis KJ; Kingsford RT, 2023, 'Scale, evidence, and community participation matter: lessons in effective and legitimate adaptive governance from decision making for Menindee Lakes in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin', Ecology and Society, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-13594-280115

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

Quentin Grafton R; Chu L; Kingsford RT; Bino G; Williams J, 2022, 'Resilience to hydrological droughts in the northern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0296

Mijangos JL; Bino G; Hawke T; Kolomyjec SH; Kingsford RT; Sidhu H; Grant T; Day J; Dias KN; Gongora J; Sherwin WB, 2022, 'Fragmentation by major dams and implications for the future viability of platypus populations', Communications Biology, 5, pp. 1127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04038-9

Hawke T; Bino G; Shackleton ME; Ross AK; Kingsford RT, 2022, 'Using DNA metabarcoding as a novel approach for analysis of platypus diet', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06023-y

Liu G; Kingsford RT; Callaghan CT; Rowley JJL, 2022, 'Anthropogenic habitat modification alters calling phenology of frogs', Global Change Biology, 28, pp. 6194 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16367

Owens K; Carmody E; Grafton Q; O'Donnell E; Wheeler S; Godden L; Allen R; Lyster R; Steduto P; Jiang Q; Kingsford R; Quiggin J, 2022, 'Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1608

Keith DA; Ferrer-Paris JR; Nicholson E; Bishop MJ; Polidoro BA; Ramirez-Llodra E; Tozer MG; Nel JL; Mac Nally R; Gregr EJ; Watermeyer KE; Essl F; Faber-Langendoen D; Franklin J; Lehmann CER; Etter A; Roux DJ; Stark JS; Rowland JA; Brummitt NA; Fernandez-Arcaya UC; Suthers IM; Wiser SK; Donohue I; Jackson LJ; Pennington RT; Iliffe TM; Gerovasileiou V; Giller P; Robson BJ; Pettorelli N; Andrade A; Lindgaard A; Tahvanainen T; Terauds A; Chadwick MA; Murray NJ; Moat J; Pliscoff P; Zager I; Kingsford RT, 2022, 'A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems', Nature, 610, pp. 513 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05318-4

Stepkovitch B; Kingsford RT; Moseby KE, 2022, 'A comprehensive review of mammalian carnivore translocations', Mammal Review, 52, pp. 554 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12304

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

Peirson WL; Harris JH; Suthers IM; Farzadkhoo M; Kingsford RT; Felder S, 2022, 'Impacts on fish transported in tube fishways', Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 42, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2022.03.001

McCann JA; Keith DA; Kingsford RT, 2022, 'Measuring plant biomass remotely using drones in arid landscapes', Ecology and Evolution, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8891

Inman VL; Bino G; Kingsford RT; Chase MJ; Leggett KEA, 2022, 'Temporal and spatial patterns of common hippopotamus populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana', Freshwater Biology, 67, pp. 630 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13868

Farzadkhoo M; Kingsford RT; Suthers IM; Geelan-Small P; Harris JH; Peirson W; Felder S, 2022, 'Attracting juvenile fish into Tube Fishways – roles of transfer chamber diameter and flow velocity', Ecological Engineering, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106544

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

Lee JS; Cornwell WK; Kingsford RT, 2022, 'Rainforest bird communities threatened by extreme fire', Global Ecology and Conservation, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01985

Kingsford RT; Walburn AJD, 2022, 'Oil and gas exploration and development in the Lake Eyre Basin: distribution and consequences for rivers and wetlands, including the Coongie Lakes Ramsar Site', Marine and Freshwater Research, 74, pp. 200 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf22063

Bino G; Brandis K; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2021, 'Shifting Goalposts: Setting Restoration Targets for Waterbirds in the Murray-Darling Basin Under Climate Change', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.785903

Hawke T; Bino G; Kingsford RT; Iervasi D; Iervasi K; Taylor MD, 2021, 'Long-term movements and activity patterns of platypus on regulated rivers', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81142-6

Stewart J; Bino G; Hawke T; Kingsford RT, 2021, 'Seasonal and geographic variation in packed cell volume and selected serum chemistry of platypuses', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95544-z

Peirson WL; Harris JH; Kingsford RT; Mao X; Felder S, 2021, 'Piping fish over dams', Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 39, pp. 71 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2021.07.002

Pedler R; Read J; Moseby K; Kingsford R; West R, 2021, 'Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration – Wild Deserts, Sturt National Park, NSW', Ecological Management and Restoration, 22, pp. 90 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12456

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