Large seasonal and diurnal anthropogenic heat flux across four Australian cities
Anthropogenic heat release is a key component of the urban heat island. However, it is often excluded from studies of the urban heat...
Catastrophic declines in wilderness areas undermine global environment targets
Humans have altered terrestrial ecosystems for millennia [1], yet wilderness areas still remain as vital refugia where natural ecological...
Persistent disparities between recent rates of habitat conversion and protection and implications fo
Anthropogenic conversion of natural habitats is the greatest threat to biodiversity and one of the primary reasons for establishing...
Formulating smart commitments on biodiversity: lessons from the Aichi Targets
The world is currently not on course to achieve most of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi Targets to address biodiversity...
Balancing ecosystem and threatened species representation in protected areas and implications for na
Balancing the representation of ecosystems and threatened species habitats is critical for optimizing protected area (PA) networks and...
Bring climate change back from the future
Watson, J.E.M (2016). Bring climate change back from the future. Nature, 534: 437. The ‘shock’ over an Australian extinction shows that...
Balancing Ecosystem and Threatened Species Representation in Protected Areas and Implications for Na
Polak, T., Watson, J.E.M., Bennett, J.R., Possingham, H.P., Fuller, R.A. and J. Carwardine (2016). Balancing Ecosystem and Threatened...
How can we save species from climate change?
Human forced climate change is affecting biodiversity in many ways, including changes in species ranges, mass coral bleaching events, and...
Incorporating climate change into spatial conservation prioritisation: A review
Jones, K., Watson, J.E.M, Possingham, H.P. and C.J. Klein (2016). Incorporating climate change into spatial conservation prioritization:...
GFS Social Event - May, 2016
GFS held a social event last week - a round robin table tennis competition at The University of Queensland. Lab members were randomly put...