Publications — sustainability

 

  1. Schneider, L, P de Caritat, JR Taylor, OS Furman, SG Haberle, CJA Bradshaw. 2026. Predicting continental-scale soil mercury concentrations in Australia to refine global frameworks. Environmental Science and Technology 60: 1858-1870. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c11189
  2. Arbieu, U, C Bellard, CJA Bradshaw, RA Correia, P Courtois, E Di Minin, I Jarić, B Leroy, JR Murfree, M Orr, S Roturier, M Sartore-Baldwin, D Veríssimo, F Courchamp. 2026. Wildlife diversity in global team sport branding. BioScience 76: 179-187. doi:10.1093/biosci/biaf181
  3. Arbieu, U, C Bellard, CJA Bradshaw, RA Correia, P Courtois, E Di Minin, I Jarić, B Leroy, JR Murfree, M Orr, S Roturier, M Sartore-Baldwin, D Veríssimo, F Courchamp. 2025. Professional sport organizations as potential champions of biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2025: e2862. doi:10.1002/fee.2862
  4. Mulà, C, CJA Bradshaw, M Cabeza, F Manca, S Montano, G Strona. 2025. Restoration cannot be scaled up globally to save reefs from loss and degradation. Nature Ecology and Evolution 9: 822-832. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02667-x
  5. Tarkan, AS, Ö Emiroğlu, S Aksu, I Kurtul, D Błońska, E Bayçelebi, I Soto, SS Chan, PJ Haubrock, CJA Bradshaw. 2024. Testing the Dispersal-Origin-Status-Impact (DOSI) scheme to prioritise non-native and translocated species management. Scientific Reports 14: 31059. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-82284-z
  6. Hamnett, PW, F Saltré, B Page, M Tarran, M Korcz, K Fielder, L Andrews, CJA Bradshaw. 2024. Stochastic population models to identify optimal and cost-effective harvest strategies for feral pig eradication. Ecosphere 15: e70082. doi:10.1002/ecs2.70082
  7. Saraswati, CM, MA Judge, LJZ Weeda, Q Bassat, N Prata, PN Le Souëf, CJA Bradshaw. 2024. Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing. Frontiers in Public Health 12: 1339933. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1339933
  8. Mathwin, R, S Wassens, MS Gibbs, J Young, Q Ye, F Saltré, CJA Bradshaw. 2024. Stochastic metapopulation dynamics of a threatened amphibian to improve water delivery. Ecosphere 15: e4741. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4741
  9. Barry, C, C Legaspi, TM Clarke, G Araujo, CJA Bradshaw, AC Gleiss, L Meyer, C Huveneers. 2023. Estimating the energetic cost of whale shark tourism. Biological Conservation 284: 110164. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110164
  10. Thompson, RM, EJ Barbour, CJA Bradshaw, S Briggs, N Byron, M Grace, B Hart, A King, GE Likens, CA Pollino, F Sheldon, M Stewardson, M Thoms, RJ Watts, JA Webb. 2022. Principles for scientists working at the river science-policy interface. River Research and Applications 38: 819-831. doi:10.1002/rra.3951
  11. Di Minin, E, M ‘t Sas-Rolfes, J Selier, M Louis, CJA Bradshaw. 2022. Dismantling the poachernomics of the illegal wildlife trade. Biological Conservation 265: 109418. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109418 [PDF]
  12. Bradshaw, CJA, PR Ehrlich, A Beattie, G Ceballos, E Crist, J Diamond, R Dirzo, AH Ehrlich, J Harte, ME Harte, G Pyke, PH Raven, WJ Ripple, F Saltré, C Turnbull, M Wackernagel, DT Blumstein. 2021. Response: Commentary: Underestimating the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: 700869. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2021.700869 [PDF]
  13. Venning, KRW, F Saltré, CJA Bradshaw. 2021. Predicting targets and costs for feral-cat reduction on large islands using stochastic population models. Conservation Science and Practice 3: e448. doi:10.1111/csp2.448 [PDF]
  14. Di Minin, E, H Clements, R Correia, G Cortés Capano, C Fink, A Haukka, A Hausmann, R Kulkarni, CJA Bradshaw. 2021. Consequences of recreational hunting for biodiversity conservation and livelihoods. One Earth 4: 238-253. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.014 [PDF]
  15. Bradshaw, CJA, PR Ehrlich, A Beattie, G Ceballos, E Crist, J Diamond, R Dirzo, AH Ehrlich, J Harte, ME Harte, G Pyke, PH Raven, WJ Ripple, F Saltré, C Turnbull, M Wackernagel, DT Blumstein. 2021. Underestimating the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future. Frontiers in Conservation Science 1: 615419. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419 [PDF] (recommended in Faculty Opinions)
  16. Mathwin, R, S Wassens, J Young, Q Ye, CJA Bradshaw. 2021. Manipulating water for amphibian conservation. Conservation Biology 35: 24-34. doi:10.1111/cobi.13501 [PDF]
  17. Bradshaw, CJA. 2020. Grand challenges in global biodiversity threats. Frontiers in Conservation Science 1: 609007. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2020.609007 [PDF]
  18. Friedman, K, M Braccini, M Bjerregaard-Walsh, R Bonfil, CJA Bradshaw, S Brouwer, I Campbell, R Coelho, E Cortés, W Dimmlich, MG Frisk, I Kingma, SR McCully Phillips, C O’Criodain, D Parker, S Shephard, J Tovar-Ávila, K Yokawa. 2020. Informing CITES Parties: strengthening science-based decision-making when listing marine species. Fish and Fisheries 21: 13-31. doi:10.1111/faf.12411 [PDF]
  19. Bradshaw, CJA, E Di Minin. 2019. Socio-economic predictors of environmental performance among African nations. Scientific Reports 9: 9306. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45762-3 [PDF]
  20. Bradshaw, CJA. 2019. Opportunities to improve the future of South Australia’s terrestrial biodiversity. Rethinking Ecology 4: 45-77. doi:10.3897/rethinkingecology.4.32570 [PDF]
  21. Hennenberg, KJ, H Böttcher, CJA Bradshaw. 2018. Revised European Union renewable-energy policies erode nature protection. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1519-1520. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0659-3 [PDF]
  22. Bradshaw, CJA, TAA Prowse, M Drew, BM Gillanders, SC Donnellan, C Huveneers. 2018. Predicting sustainable shark harvests when stock assessments are lacking. ICES Journal of Marine Science 75: 1591-1601. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsy031 [PDF]
  23. Heard, BP, BW Brook, TML Wigley, CJA Bradshaw. 2017. Burden of proof: a comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 76: 1122-1133. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.114 [PDF]
  24. Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook. 2016. Implications of Australia’s population policy for future greenhouse-gas emissions targets. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 3: 249-265. doi:10.1002/app5.135 [PDF] [Supplementary]
  25. Di Minin, E, N Leader-Williams, CJA Bradshaw. 2016. Trophy hunting does and will support biodiversity: reply to Ripple et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 496-498. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.03.010 [PDF]
  26. Di Minin, E, N Leader-Williams, CJA Bradshaw. 2016. Banning trophy hunting will exacerbate biodiversity loss. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 99-102. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.006 [PDF]
  27. Bradshaw, CJA, I Craigie, WF Laurance. 2015. National emphasis on high-level protection reduces risk of biodiversity decline in tropical forest reserves. Biological Conservation 190: 115-122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.019 [PDF]
  28. Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook. 2015. Reply to O’Neill et al. and O’Sullivan: Fertility reduction will help, but only in the long term. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 112: E508–E509. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423102112 [PDF]
  29. Prowse, TAA, CN Johnson, P Cassey, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2015. Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 455-466. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12378 [PDF]
  30. Nimmo, DG, SJ Watson, D Forsyth, CJA Bradshaw. 2015. Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 281-285. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12369 [PDF]
  31. Brook, BW, CJA Bradshaw. 2015. Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 29: 702-712. doi:10.1111/cobi.12433 [PDF]
  32. Heard, B, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2015. Beyond wind: furthering development of clean energy in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 139: 57-82 doi:10.1080/03721426.2015.1035217 [PDF]
  33. Hong, S, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2015. Global zero-carbon energy pathways using viable mixes of nuclear and renewables. Applied Energy 143: 451-459. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.006 [PDF]
  34. Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook. 2014. Human population reduction is not a quick fix for environmental problems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 111: 16610–16615. doi:10.1073/pnas.1410465111 [PDF]
  35. Hong, S, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2014. South Korean energy scenarios show how nuclear power can reduce future energy and environmental costs. Energy Policy 74: 569-578. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.054 [PDF]
  36. Hong, S, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2014. Nuclear power can reduce emissions and maintain a strong economy: rating Australia’s optimal future electricity-generation mix by technologies and policies. Applied Energy 136: 712-725. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.062 [PDF]
  37. Bradby, K, J Fitzsimons, A Del Marco, DA Driscoll, EG Ritchie, J Lau, CJA Bradshaw, RJ Hobbs. 2014. Ecological connectivity or Barrier Fence? Critical choices on the agricultural margins of Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 15: 180-190. doi:10.1111/emr.12130 [PDF]
  38. Frankham R, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2014. 50/500 rules need upward revision to 100/1000 – Response to Franklin et al. Biological Conservation 176: 286. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.006 [PDF]
  39. Moen, J, L Rist, K Bishop, FS Chapin III, D Ellison, T Kuuluvainen, H Petersson, K Puetmann, J Rayner, IG Warkentin, CJA Bradshaw. 2014. Eye on the taiga: removing global policy impediments to safeguard the boreal forest. Conservation Letters 7: 408-418. doi:10.1111/conl.12098 [PDF]
  40. Frankham R, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2014. Genetics in conservation management: revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses. Biological Conservation 170: 53-63. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.036 (Editor’s Choice, Biological Conservation) (Web of Science Essential Science Indicators ‘Highly Cited Paper’) [PDF]
  41. Ritchie, EG, CJA Bradshaw, CR Dickman, R Hobbs, CN Johnson, EL Johnston, WF Laurance, D Lindenmayer, MA McCarthy, DG Nimmo, HH Possingham, RL Pressey, DM Watson, J Woinarski. 2013. Continental-scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia’s biodiversity. Conservation Biology 27: 1133-1135. doi:10.1111/cobi.12189 [PDF]
  42. Bradshaw, CJA, IC Field, CR McMahon, GJ Johnson, MG Meekan, RC Buckworth. 2013. More analytical bite in estimating targets for shark harvest. Marine Ecology Progress Series 488: 221-232. doi:10.3354/meps10375 [PDF]
  43. Ritchie, EG, CJA Bradshaw, MA Burgman, CR Dickman, K French, R Hobbs, L Hughes, CN Johnson, E Johnston, WF Laurance, D Lindenmayer, ID Lunt, JK Martin, MA Mccarthy, S Mcintyre, DG Nimmo, KM Parris, HP Possingham, RL Pressey, DM Watson, JZ Woinarski. 2013. Relaxed laws imperil Australian wildlife. Nature 498: 434. doi:10.1038/498434d [PDF + SI]
  44. Bradshaw, CJA, DMJS Bowman, NR Bond, BP Murphy, AD Moore, DA Fordham, R Thackway, MJ Lawes, H McCallum, SD Gregory, RC Dalal, MM Boer, AJJ Lynch, RA Bradstock, BW Brook, BK Henry, LP Hunt, DO Fisher, D Hunter, CN Johnson, DA Keith, EC Lefroy, TD Penman, WS Meyer, JR Thomson, CM Thornton, J VanDerWal, RJ Williams, L Keniger, A Specht. 2013. Brave new green world – consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity. Biological Conservation 161: 71-90. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.012 [PDF]
  45. Hong, S, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2013. Evaluating options for the sustainable energy mixes in South Korea using scenario analysis. Energy 52: 237-244. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2013.02.010 [PDF]
  46. Fordham, DA, BW Brook, MJ Caley, CJA Bradshaw, C Mellin. 2013. Conservation management and sustainable harvest quotas are sensitive to choice of climate modelling approach for two marine gastropods. Diversity and Distributions 19: 1299-1312. doi:10.1111/ddi.12092 [PDF]
  47. Hong, S, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook. 2013. Evaluating options for the future energy mix of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Energy Policy 56:418-424. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.002 [PDF]
  48. Laurance WF, DC Useche, J Rendeiro, M Kalka, CJA Bradshaw, SP Sloan, SG Laurance, M Campbell and 208 others. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489: 290-294. doi:10.1038/nature11318 (recommended in F1000) [PDF]
  49. Lyon, JP, C Todd, SJ Nicol, A McDonald, D Stoessel, BA Ingram, RJ Barker, CJA Bradshaw. 2012. Reintroduction success of threatened Australian trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) based on growth and reproduction. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 598-605. doi:10.1071/MF12034 [PDF]
  50. van Oosterzee, P, J Blignaut, CJA Bradshaw. 2012. iREDD hedges against avoided deforestation’s unholy trinity of leakage, permanence and additionality. Conservation Letters 5: 266-273. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00237.x [PDF]
  51. Bradshaw, CJA. 2012. Little left to lose: deforestation and forest degradation in Australia since European colonisation. Journal of Plant Ecology 5: 109-120. doi:10.1093/jpe/RTR038 [PDF]
  52. de Little, SC, G Williamson, DMJS Bowman, PI Whelan, BW Brook, CJA Bradshaw. 2012. Experimental comparison of aerial larvicides and habitat modification for controlling disease-carrying Aedes vigilax mosquitoes. Pest Management Science 68: 709-717. doi:10.1002/ps.2317 [PDF]
  53. Brook, BW, CJA Bradshaw. 2012. Strange bedfellows? Techno-fixes to solve the big conservation issues in southern Asia. Biological Conservation 151: 7-10. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.007 [PDF]
  54. Bradshaw, CJA, Clements, GR, WF Laurance, BW Brook. 2011. Better SAFE than sorry. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 487-488. doi:10.1890/11.WB.028 [PDF]
  55. Clements, GR, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook, WF Laurance. 2011. The SAFE index: using a threshold population target to measure relative species threat. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 521-525. doi:10.1890/100177 [PDF]
  56. Collier, N, BJ Austin, CJA Bradshaw, CR McMahon. 2011. Turning pests into profits: introduced buffalo provide multiple benefits to indigenous people of northern Australia. Human Ecology 39: 155-164. doi:10.1007/s10745-010-9365-8 [PDF]
  57. Bradshaw, CJA, X Giam, NS Sodhi. 2010. Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries. PLoS One 5(5): e10440 [PDF]
  58. Laurance, WF, LP Koh, RA Butler, NS Sodhi, CJA Bradshaw, DJ Neidel, H Consunji, J Mateo-Vega. 2010. Improving the performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for nature conservation. Conservation Biology 24: 377-381 [PDF]
  59. Traill, LW, BW Brook, R Frankham, CJA Bradshaw. 2010. Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world. Biological Conservation 143: 28-34 [PDF]
  60. Bradshaw, CJA, IG Warkentin, NS Sodhi. 2009. Urgent preservation of boreal carbon stocks and biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: 541-548 [PDF]
  61. de Little, SC, DMJS Bowman, PI Whelan, BW Brook, CJA Bradshaw. 2009. Quantifying the drivers of larval density patterns in two tropical mosquito species to maximise control efficiency. Environmental Entomology 38: 1013-1021 [PDF]
  62. Albrecht, GA, CR McMahon, DMJS Bowman, CJA Bradshaw. 2009. Convergence of culture, ecology and ethics: management of feral swamp buffalo in northern Australia. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 22: 361-378 [PDF]
  63. Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook, KSH Peh, NS Sodhi. 2009. Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio 38: 125-126 [PDF]
  64. Yang, G-J, BW Brook, CJA Bradshaw. 2009. Predicting the timing and magnitude of tropical mosquito population peaks for maximizing control efficiency. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3: e385 [PDF]
  65. Bradshaw, CJA, NS Sodhi, BW Brook. 2009. Tropical turmoil – a biodiversity tragedy in progress. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 79-87 [PDF]
  66. Bradshaw, CJA, IC Field, DMJS Bowman, C Haynes, BW Brook. 2007. Current and future threats from non-indigenous animal species in northern Australia: a spotlight on World Heritage Area Kakadu National Park. Wildlife Research 34(6): 419-436 [PDF]
  67. Bradshaw, CJA, Sodhi, NS, KSH Peh, BW Brook. 2007. Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world. Global Change Biology 13: 2379-2395 [PDF] (recommended by F1000; highlighted in Nature)
  68. Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook. 2007. Ecological-economic models of sustainable harvest for an endangered but exotic megaherbivore in northern Australia. Natural Resource Modeling 20: 129-156 [PDF]
  69. Brook, BW, DMJS Bowman, CJA Bradshaw, BM Campbell, PJ Whitehead. 2006. Managing an endangered Asian bovid in an Australian national park: the role and limitations of ecological-economic models in decision-making. Environmental Management 38: 463-469 [PDF]