WildCountry-related Scientific Publications

This article lists further reading for WildCountry-related publications, provided by the WildCountry Science Council and colleagues.

Berry, S., Mackey, B. & Brown, T., (2007). Potential applications of remotely sensed vegetation greenness to habitat analysis and the conservation of dispersive fauna. Pacific Conservation Biology, 13(2), 120-127.

Michael Bode, Kerrie A. Wilson, Thomas M. Brooks, Will R. Turner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Marissa F. McBride, Emma C. Underwood, and Hugh P. Possingham (2008) “Cost-effective global conservation spending is robust to taxonomic group” PNAS 105:17  6498-6501

Bode, M., J. Watson, T. Iwamura, and H. Possingham. 2008. The cost of conservation. Science 321:340-340.

Madeleine C. Bottrill, Liana N. Joseph, Josie Carwardine, Michael Bode, Carly Cook, Edward T. Game, Hedley Grantham, Salit Kark, Simon Linke, Eve McDonald-Madden, Robert L. Pressey, Susan Walker, Kerrie A. Wilson and Hugh P. Possingham (2008)  ‘Is conservation triage just smart decision making?’ Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(12) 649-654 
http://biodiversity-group.huji.ac.il/publication_files/Bottrill.Is_conservation_triage_just_smart_decision-making-2008.pdf

Bottrill, M., L. Joseph, J. Carwardine, M. Bode, C. Cook, E. Game, H. Grantham, S. Kark, S. Linke, E. McDonald-Madden, R. Pressey, S. Walker, K. Wilson, and H. Possingham. 2009. Finite conservation funds mean triage is unavoidable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:183-184.

Josie Carwardine, Kerrie A. Wilson, Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich, Robin Naidoo, Takuya Iwamura, Stefan A. Hajkowicz, and Hugh P. Possingham (2008) “Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservation” PNAS 105 (32): 11446–11450

J. Carwardine, C. Klein, K. Wilson, R. Pressey, and H. Possingham (2009) Hitting the target and missing the point: target-based conservation planning in context. Conservation Letters 2 (3-10)

Iadine Chades, Eve McDonald-Madden, Michael A. McCarthy, Brendan Wintle, Matthew Linkie, and Hugh P. Possingham (2008) “When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species” PNAS 105 (37): 13936-13940

Dickman, C., Soulé, M., Mackey, B. & Glen, A. (in press, 2007). Review of: Dingo Trophic Regulation Workshop, National Wine Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 13-14 October 2005. Environmental Management and Restoration.

Fischer, J., A. Manning, W. Steffen, D. Rose, K. Daniell, A. Felton, S. Garnett, B. Gilna, R. Heinsohn, D. Lindenmayer, B. MacDonald, F. Mills, B. Newell, J. Reid, L. Robin, K. Sherren, and A. Wade. 2007. Mind the sustainability gap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:621-624.

Fischer, J., and D. Lindenmayer. 2007. Response to Ewers and Didham: untangling the complex ecology of modified landscapes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:512-512.

J. Fischer, J. Stott, A. Zerger, G. Warren, K. Sherren, and R. Forrester (2009) Reversing a tree regeneration crisis in an endangered ecoregion. PNAS 106 (25) 10386-10391

Game, E., H. Grantham, A. Hobday, R. Pressey, A. Lombard, L. Beckley, K. Gjerde, R. Bustamante, H. Possingham, and A. Richardson. 2009. Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution  24:360-369.

Gilmore S., Mackey, B. & Berry, S.B. (2007). The extent of dispersive movements in Australian vertebrate animals, possible causes, and some implications for conservation. Pacific Conservation Biology, 13(2), 93-103.

Glen, A.S., Dickman, C.R., Soulé, M.E. & Mackey, B.G. (2007). Evaluating the Role of the Dingo as a Trophic Regulator in Australian Ecosystems. Austral Ecology, 32, 492-501.

O. Hoegh-Guldberg, L. Hughes, S. McIntyre, D. B. Lindenmayer, C. Parmesan, H. P. Possingham, C. D. Thomas (2008) “Assisted Colonization and Rapid Climate Change”, Science 321: 345-346

Simon Judd, James E. M. Watson and Alexander W. T. Watson (2008) “Diversity of a semi-arid, intact Mediterranean ecosystem in southwest Australia” Web Ecology 8: 84-93

Keith, H., B. Mackey, and D. Lindenmayer. 2009. Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests. PNAS 106:11635-11640.

Carissa Joy Klein, Charles Steinback, Astrid J. Scholz, Hugh P. Possingham (2008) Effectiveness of marine reserve networks in representing biodiversity and minimizing impact to fishermen: a comparison of two approaches used in California. Conservation Letters 1 (1) , 44–51
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00005.x

Carissa J. Klein , Kerrie A. Wilson , Matthew Watts , Janet Stein , Josie Carwardine , Brendan Mackey , Hugh P. Possingham (2009)  Spatial conservation prioritization inclusive of wilderness quality: A case study of Australia’s biodiversity, Biological Conservation 142 (7) 1282-1290

C. Klein, K. Wilson, M. Watts, J. Stein, S. Berry, J. Carwardine, M. Stafford Smith, B. Mackey, and H. Possingham (2009)  Incorporating ecological and evolutionary processes into continental-scale conservation planning, Ecological Applications 19 (1) 206-217
http://www.uq.edu.au/spatialecology/docs/Publications/2009_Klein_etal_IncorporatingEcological.pdf

Lindenmayer, D., and J. Fischer. 2007. Tackling the habitat fragmentation panchreston. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:127-132.

Lindenmayer, D., R. Hobbs, R. Montague-Drake, J. Alexandra, A. Bennett, M. Burgman, P. Cale, A. Calhoun, V. Cramer, P. Cullen, D. Driscoll, L. Fahrig, J. Fischer, J. Franklin, Y. Haila, M. Hunter, P. Gibbons, S. Lake, G. Luck, C. MacGregor, S. McIntyre, R. Mac Nally, A. Manning, J. Miller, H. Mooney, R. Noss, H. Possingham, D. Saunders, F. Schmiegelow, M. Scott, D. Simberloff, T. Sisk, G. Tabor, B. Walker, J. Wiens, J. Woinarski, and E. Zavaleta. 2008. A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters 11:78-91.

Mackey B., Berry S & Brown T. (2008). Reconciling approaches to biogeographic regionalization: a systematic and generic framework examined with a case study of the Australian continent. Journal of Biogeography. 35 (2), 213 – 229

Mackey, B.G., Soulé, M.E., Nix, H.A., Recher, H.F., Lesslie, R.G., Williams, J.E., J Woinarski, C. Z.R., Hobbs, J. & Possingham, H.P. (2007) Towards a scientific framework for the WildCountry project.    In. Key Topics and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology. Cambridge University Press. Edited by Jianguo Wu and Richard J. Hobbs.

Mackey, B. (2006) The state of biodiversity in Australia. Biodiversity Summit 2006: Proceedings (ed. by Margaret Blakers), pp. 1-4.  Published by the Green Institute and Lawyers for Forests, Australia. http://www.biodiversitysummit.org.au/mackey.html

Brendan Mackey (2008) Climate Change, connectivity and biodiversity conservation, in Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change. Proceedings of a WWF and IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas symposium,  18-19 June 2007, Canberra p.90   
https://secure.wwf.org.au/publications/cc-report.pdf#page=95

Brendan G. Mackey, Heather Keith, Sandra L. Berry and David B. Lindenmayer (2008)  Green Carbon: The role of natural forests in carbon storage , ANU Epress
http://epress.anu.edu.au/green_carbon_citation.html

B. Mackey, J.Watson, G.Hope and S.Gilmore (2008)  ‘Climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the role of protected areas: An Australian perspective’, Biodiversity Vol 9(3&4) 11-18
http://www.uq.edu.au/spatialecology/docs/Publications/2008_Mackey_EtAl_ClimateChangeBiodiversity.pdf

Manning, A., J. Fischer, A. Felton, B. Newell, W. Steffen, and D. Lindenmayer. 2009. Landscape fluidity - a unifying perspective for understanding and adapting to global change. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 36:193-199.

McDonald, T. (2004) The Wilderness Society’s WildCountry Program, an interview with its National Coordinator, Virginia Young. Ecological Management and Restoration: 87 – 97.

E. McDonald-Madden, A. Gordon, B. Wintle, S. Walker, H. Grantham, S. Carvalho, M. Bottrill, L. Joseph, R. Ponce, R. Stewart, H.Possingham, (2009) ”True” Conservation Progress, Science, 323 www.sciencemag.org

S. Morton, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, D. Lindenmayer, M. Harriss Olson, L. Hughes, M. McCulloch, S. McIntyre, H. Nix, S. Prober, D. Saunders, A. Andersen, M. Burgman, E. Lefroy, W. Lonsdale, A. Lowe, A. McMichael, J. Parslow, W. Steffen, J. Williams, J. Woinarski. (2009) The Big Ecological Questions Inhibiting Effective Environmental Management in Australia. Austral Ecology 34 (1) 1-9

Recher, H. (2003) WildCountry (editorial). Pacific Conservation Biology, 8, 222-223, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney.
http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/recher

P. Shearman, J. Ash , B. Mackey , J. Bryan , and B. Lokes (2009) Forest Conversion and Degradation in Papua New Guinea 1972–2002, Biotropica 41(3): 379-390

Soulé, M. E., Mackey, B. G., Recher, H. F., Williams, J. E, Woinarski, J, C. Z., Driscoll, Don, Dennison, W.C., and Jones, M. E. (2004) The Role of Connectivity in Australian Conservation.  In. Conservation Connectivity. Conservation Biology 14. Edited by Kevin R. Crooks and M. Sanjayan. Cambridge University Press. pp. 649-675.

Soulé, M.E., B.G. Mackey, H.F. Recher, J.E. Williams, J.C.Z. Woinarski, Don Driscoll, W.C. Dennison and M.E. Jones (2004) The role of connectivity in Australian conservation, Pacific Conservation Biology, 10, 266-79, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney.
http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/connect/

Richard Thackway and Robert Lesslie (2008) Describing and Mapping Human-Induced Vegetation Change in the Australian Landscape, Environmental Management 42 (4) 572-590

Thompson, I., Mackey, B., McNulty, S., Mosseler, A. (2009). Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change. A synthesis of the biodiversity/resilience/stability relationship in forest ecosystems. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. Technical Series no. 43, 67 pages.

http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-43-en.pdf

Watson, J. (2006) Revolutionising nature conservation in Australia. Biodiversity Summit 2006: Proceedings (ed. by Margaret Blakers), Published by the Green Institute and Lawyers for Forests, Australia. ISBN 0-9580066-2-8.

Woinarski, J., Mackey, B., Nix, H. and Traill, B. (2007) The Nature of Northern Australia: natural values, ecological processes and future prospects.  ANU E-Press. 
http://epress.anu.edu.au/nature_na_citation.html

Watson, J., Fuller, R., Watson, A., Mackey, B., Wilson, K., Grantham, H., Turner, M., Klein, C., Carwardine, J., Joseph, L., and  Possingham, H. (2009). Wilderness and future conservation priorities in Australia Diversity and Distributions, 15 (6), 1028 - 1036