The University of Queensland

Beyond protected areas for koala conservation

Williams, Brooke A., Morgans, Courtney and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2023). Beyond protected areas for koala conservation. Science, 379 (6638), 1197-1197. doi: 10.1126/science.adh4128

Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity

Pillay, Rajeev, Watson, James E. M., Hansen, Andrew J., Jantz, Patrick A., Aragon-Osejo, Jose, Armenteras, Dolors, Atkinson, Scott C., Burns, Patrick, Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott J., González-del-Pliego, Pamela, Robinson, Nathaniel P., Supples, Christina, Virnig, Anne L. S., Williams, Brooke A. and Venter, Oscar (2022). Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (12), 1840-1849. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01915-8

Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species

Roberson, Leslie A., Beyer, Hawthorne L., O’Hara, Casey, Watson, James E. M., Dunn, Daniel C., Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Frazier, Melanie R., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Williams, Brooke, Grantham, Hedley S., Montgomery, Jamie C., Kark, Salit and Runting, Rebecca K. (2022). Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species. Global Change Biology, 27 (23), 6206-6216. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15844

The global rarity of intact coastal regions

Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E. M., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Klein, Carissa J., Montgomery, Jamie, Runting, Rebecca K., Roberson, Leslie A., Halpern, Benjamin S, Grantham, Hedley S., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Frazier, Melanie, Venter, Oscar and Wenger, Amelia (2022). The global rarity of intact coastal regions. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13874, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13874

The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

Allan, James R., Possingham, Hugh P., Atkinson, Scott C., Waldron, Anthony, Di Marco, Moreno, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Adams, Vanessa M., Kissling, W. Daniel, Worsdell, Thomas, Sandbrook, Chris, Gibbon, Gwili, Kumar, Kundan, Mehta, Piyush, Maron, Martine, Williams, Brooke A., Jones, Kendall R., Wintle, Brendan A., Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science, 376 (6597), 1094-1101. doi: 10.1126/science.abl9127

Spatial prioritization to achieve the triple bottom line in payment for ecosystem services design

López-Cubillos, Sofia, Runting, Rebecca K., Suárez-Castro, Andrés F., Williams, Brooke A., Armenteras, Dolors, Manuel Ochoa-Quintero, Jose and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2022). Spatial prioritization to achieve the triple bottom line in payment for ecosystem services design. Ecosystem Services, 55 101424, 101424. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101424

Reconsidering priorities for forest conservation when considering the threats of mining and armed conflict

Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Shapiro, Aurélie C., Plumptre, Andrew J., Ayebare, Samuel, Goldman, Elizabeth and Tulloch, Ayesha I. T. (2022). Reconsidering priorities for forest conservation when considering the threats of mining and armed conflict. Ambio, 51 (9), 2007-2024. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01724-0

Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change

Elsen, Paul R., Saxon, Earl C., Simmons, B. Alexander, Ward, Michelle, Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Kark, Salit, Levin, Noam, Perez‐Hammerle, Katharina‐Victoria, Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change. Global Change Biology, 28 (3), 918-935. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15962

The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science

Williams, Brooke A., Simmons, B. Alexander, Ward, Michelle, Beher, Jutta, Dean, Angela J., Nou, Tida, Kenyon, Tania M., Davey, Madeline, Melton, Courtney B., Stewart‐Sinclair, Phoebe J., Hammond, Niall L., Massingham, Emily and Klein, Carissa J. (2021). The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (11) e540. doi: 10.1111/csp2.540

How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil

de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Watson, James E. M., Williams, Brooke A., Allan, James R., O'Bryan, Christopher J. and Maxwell, Sean L. (2021). How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil. Biological Conservation, 260 109214, 109214. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109214

Australia faces environmental crisis

Ward, Michelle, Barmand, Shayan, Watson, James and Williams, Brooke (2021). Australia faces environmental crisis. Science, 371 (6534), 1115-1116. doi: 10.1126/science.abg9225

A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Ward, Michelle, Brooks, Thomas M., Butt, Nathalie, Bolam, Friederike C., Stuart, Simon N., Mair, Louise, McGowan, Philip J. K., Gregory, Richard, Hilton‐Taylor, Craig, Mallon, David, Harrison, Ian and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2020). A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (3) e12778. doi: 10.1111/conl.12778

Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land

Ward, Michelle, Saura, Santiago, Williams, Brooke, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Dubois, Grégoire and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4563, 4563. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18457-x

Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Radford, James Q., Williams, Brooke A., Reside, April E., Macdonald, Stewart L., Mayfield, Helen J., Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Vine, Samantha J., O’Connor, James L., Massingham, Emily J., Greenville, Aaron C., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Carwardine, Josie, Nimmo, Dale G., Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1321-1326. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1

Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

Williams, Brooke Anne, Venter, Oscar, Allan, James R., Atkinson, Scott C., Rehbein, Jose A., Ward, Michelle S., Di Marco, Moreno, Grantham, Hedley S., Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott, Hansen, Andrew J., Jantz, Patrick, Pillay, Rajeev, Rodríguez-Buriticá, Susana, Supples, Christina, Virnig, Anne L. S. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems. SSRN Electronic Journal, 3 (3), 371-382. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3600547

Set a global target for ecosystems

Watson, James E. M., Keith, David A., Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke and Nicholson, Emily (2020). Set a global target for ecosystems. Nature, 578 (7795), 360-362. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00446-1

Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development

Williams, Brooke Anne, Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Alvarez, Silvia J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Rogeliz, Carlos A., Da Silva, Mayesse A., Forero-Medina, German, Etter, Andres, Nogales, Jonathan, Walschburger, Thomas, Hyman, Glenn and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2020). Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (1) 014001, 014001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ff7

Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: an implementation framework

Locke, Harvey, Ellis, Erle C., Venter, Oscar, Schuster, Richard, Ma, Keping, Shen, Xiaoli, Woodley, Stephen, Kingston, Naomi, Bhola, Nina, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Paulsch, Axel, Williams, Brooke and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: an implementation framework. National Science Review, 6 (6), 1080-1082. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz136

Absence of evidence for the conservation outcomes of systematic conservation planning around the globe: a systematic map

McIntosh, Emma J., Chapman, Sarah, Kearney, Stephen G., Williams, Brooke, Althor, Glenn, Thorn, Jessica P. R., Pressey, Robert L., McKinnon, Madeleine C. and Grenyer, Richard (2018). Absence of evidence for the conservation outcomes of systematic conservation planning around the globe: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 7 (1) 22. doi: 10.1186/s13750-018-0134-2

The threats endangering Australia's at-risk fauna

Allek, Adriana, Assis, Ariadna S., Eiras, Nicoli, Amaral, Thais P., Williams, Brooke, Butt, Nathalie, Renwick, Anna R., Bennett, Joseph R. and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2018). The threats endangering Australia's at-risk fauna. Biological Conservation, 222, 172-179. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.029

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

Watson, James E M, Evans, Tom, Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Claire, Thompson, Ian, Ray, Justina C, Murray, Kris, Salazar, Alvaro, McAlpine, Clive, Potapov, Peter, Walston, Joe, Robinson, John G, Painter, Michael, Wilkie, David, Filardi, Christopher, Laurance, William F, Houghton, Richard A, Maxwell, Sean, Grantham, Hedley, Samper, Cristián, Wang, Stephanie, Laestadius, Lars, Runting, Rebecca K, Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A, Ervin, Jamison and Lindenmayer, David (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution, 2 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0490-x

Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire-dependent ecosystem

Williams, Brooke A., Shoo, Luke P., Wilson, Kerrie A. and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2017). Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire-dependent ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (6), 1699-1709. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12920

Assessing the state and planning for the conservation of intact ecosystems

Williams, Brooke Anne (2022). Assessing the state and planning for the conservation of intact ecosystems. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/28a000b

Dataset for the paper "Global rarity of intact coastal regions" published in Conservation Biology.

Williams, Brooke (2021). Dataset for the paper "Global rarity of intact coastal regions" published in Conservation Biology.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/fd85061

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

Ward, Michelle, Greenville, Aaron, Reside, April, Tulloch, Ayesha, Williams, Brooke, Massingham, Emily, Mayfield, Helen, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Radford, Jim and Sonter, Laura (2020, 01 19). Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke The Conversation

Just ten MPs represent more than 600 threatened species in their electorates

Watson, James, Reside, April, Williams, Brooke, Possingham, Hugh, Maron, Martine, Ward, Michelle, Fuller, Richard, Atkinson, Scott Consaul and Kearney, Stephen (2017, 09 07). Just ten MPs represent more than 600 threatened species in their electorates The Conversation