By Professor Richard Kingsford

Journal articles

Wheeler SA; Carmody E; Grafton RQ; Kingsford RT; Zuo A, 2020, 'The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104755

Kirchhoff C; Callaghan C; Keith D; Indiarto D; Taseski G; Ooi M; Le Breton T; Mesaglio T; Kingsford R; Cornwell W, 2020, 'Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science', , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/vc6ry

Rees J; Crowther M; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 2020, 'Direct and indirect effects of carrion subsidies in an arid rangeland: Carrion has positive effects on facultative scavengers and negative effects on a small songbird', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104174

Cruz DO; Kingsford RT; Suthers IM; Rayner TS; Smith JA; Arthington AH, 2020, 'Connectivity but not recruitment: Response of the fish community to a large-scale flood on a heavily regulated floodplain', Ecohydrology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2194

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

Hawke T; Bino G; Kingsford RT, 2020, 'Platypus: Paucities and peril. A response to: Limitations on the use of historical and database sources to identify changes in distribution and abundance of the platypus', Global Ecology and Conservation, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00857

Bino G; Brandis K; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2020, 'Waterbird synchrony across Australia's highly variable dryland rivers – Risks and opportunities for conservation', Biological Conservation, 243, pp. 108497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108497

Bino G; Kingsford RT; Wintle BA, 2020, 'A stitch in time – Synergistic impacts to platypus metapopulation extinction risk', Biological Conservation, 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108399

Callaghan CT; Benson I; Major RE; Martin JM; Longden T; Kingsford RT, 2020, 'Birds are valuable: the case of vagrants', Journal of Ecotourism, 19, pp. 82 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2019.1614010

Rees EC; Cao L; Clausen P; Coleman JT; Cornely J; Einarsson O; Ely CR; Kingsford RT; Ma M; Mitchell CD; Nagy S; Shimada T; Snyder J; Solovyeva DV; Tijsen W; Vilina YA; Włodarczyk R; Brides K, 2020, 'Conservation status of the world's swan populations, Cygnus sp. And coscoroba sp.: A review of current trends and gaps in knowledge', Wildfowl, pp. 35 - 72

Dawson SK; Catford JA; Berney P; Kingsford RT; Capon S, 2020, 'Land use alters soil propagule banks of wetlands down the soil-depth profile', Marine and Freshwater Research, 71, pp. 191 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF18438

Callaghan CT; Wilshire JH; Martin JM; Major RE; Lyons MB; Kingsford RT, 2020, 'The greenspace bird calculator: A citizen-driven tool for monitoring avian biodiversity in urban greenspaces', Australian Zoologist, 40, pp. 468 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.009

Brandis K; Ryall S; Kingsford R; Ramp D, 2020, 'Colonial waterbird breeding in the Gayini-Nimmie-Caira wetlands, Australia, 2010-2011', SIS Conservation, 2, https://storkibisspoonbill.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020Brandis_Final.pdf

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

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

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

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