Bradshaw, CJA; Ehrlich, PR; Beattie, A; Ceballos, G; Crist, E; Diamond, J; Dirzo, R; Ehrlich, AH; Harte, J; Harte, ME; Pyke, G; Raven, PH; Ripple, WJ; Saltré, F; Turnbull, C; Wackernagel, M; Blumstein, DT 2021. Underestimating the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future. Front Conserv Sci. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419
Examines why we are failing to address the biodiversity and climate crises and the severe consequences humanity faces.
citations: 378
Strona, G; Bradshaw, CJA; Cardoso, P; Gotelli, NJ; Guillaume, F; Manca, F; Mustonen, V; Zaman, L 2023. Time-travelling pathogens and their risk to ecological communities. PLoS Comput Biol. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011268
Explores how ancient pathogens released from thawing permafrost or other sources could threaten modern ecosystems.
citations: 4
Diagne, C; Leroy, B; Vaissière, AC; Gozlan, RE; Roiz, D; Jarić, I; Salles, JM; Bradshaw, CJA; Courchamp, F 2021. High and rising economic costs of biological invasions worldwide. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03405-6
Quantifies the enormous and increasing financial burden that invasive species impose on economies around the world.
citations: 1165
Bradshaw, CJA; Meagher, P; Thiele, MJ; Harcourt, RG; Huveneers, C 2021. Predicting potential future reduction in shark bites on people. R Soc Open Sci. doi:10.1098/rsos.201197
Models how various mitigation strategies could reduce the frequency of shark attacks on humans.
citations: 14
Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2014. Human population reduction is not a quick fix for environmental problems. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.1410465111
Demonstrates that slowing population growth alone will not solve environmental crises within relevant timeframes.
citations: 143
Bradshaw, CJA; Judge, MA; Blumstein, DT; Ehrlich, PR; Dasgupta, ANZ; Wackernagel, M; Weeda, LJZ; Le Souëf, PN 2026. Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity. Environ Res Lett. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ae51aa
Determines when the global human population surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity.
citations: 1
Norman, K; Bradshaw, CJA; Saltré, F; Clarkson, C; Cohen, TJ; Hiscock, P; Jones, T; Boesl, F 2024. Sea level rise drowned a vast habitable area of north-western Australia driving long-term cultural change. Quat Sci Rev. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108418
Shows how rising seas submerged large areas of coastal Australia, forcing major cultural adaptations in ancient human populations.
citations: 13
Bradshaw, CJA; Leroy, B; Bellard, C; Roiz, D; Albert, C; Fournier, A; Barbet-Massin, M; Salles, JM; Simard, F; Courchamp, F 2016. Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/ncomms12986
Reveals that invasive insects cause far greater economic damage than previously recognized.
citations: 781
Heard, B; Brook, B; Wigley, T; Bradshaw, CJA 2017. Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems. Renew Sustain Energy Rev. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.114
Critically examines whether electricity systems can realistically run entirely on renewable energy sources.
citations: 329
Bird, MI; Condie, SA; O’Connor, S; O’Grady, D; Reepmeyer, C; Ulm, S; Zega, M; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2019. Early human settlement of Sahul was not an accident. Sci Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-42946-9
Argues that the first peopling of Australia and New Guinea was a deliberate and planned migration rather than accidental arrival.
citations: 92
Strona, G; Bradshaw, CJA 2018. Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change. Sci Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35068-1
Demonstrates how interconnected species networks lead to cascading extinctions during severe environmental disruptions.
citations: 75
Adler, CJ; Dobney, K; Weyrich, LS; Kaidonis, J; Walker, AW; Haak, W; Bradshaw, CJA; Townsend, G; Sołtysiak, A; Alt, KW; Parkhill, J; ... 2013. Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions. Nat Genet. doi:10.1038/ng.2536
Reveals how major dietary changes throughout human history altered the bacterial communities living in our mouths.
citations: 526
Courchamp, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2017. 100 articles every ecologist should read. Nat Ecol Evol. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0370-9
Identifies the most influential and important publications that define the field of ecology.
citations: 32
Brook, BW; Bradshaw, CJA 2015. Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation. Conserv Biol. doi:10.1111/cobi.12433
Argues that nuclear power is essential for meeting energy demands while protecting natural ecosystems.
citations: 110
Saraswati, CM; Judge, MA; Weeda, LJZ; Bassat, Q; Prata, N; Le Souëf, PN; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing. Front Public Health. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1339933
Demonstrates that lower human population density would improve both ecosystem health and human welfare.
citations: 18
Henry, M; Leung, B; Cuthbert, RN; Bodey, TW; Ahmed, DA; Angulo, E; Balzani, P; Briski, E; Courchamp, F; Hulme, PE; Kouba, A; Kourantidou, M; Liu, C; Macêdo, RL; Oficialdegui, FJ; Renault, D; Soto, I; Tarkan, AS; Turbelin, AJ; Bradshaw, CJA; et al. 2023. Unveiling the hidden economic toll of biological invasions in the European Union. Environ Sci Eur. doi:10.1186/s12302-023-00750-3
Quantifies the substantial but often overlooked economic costs of invasive species across Europe.
citations: 56
Metcalf, JL; Turney, C; Barnett, R; Martin, F; Bray, SC; Vilstrup, JT; Orlando, L; Salas-Gismondi, R; Loponte, D; Medina, M; De Nigris, M; Civalero, T; Fernández, PM; Gasco, A; Duran, V; Seymour, KL; Otaola, C; Gil, A; Paunero, R; Prevosti, FJ; Bradshaw, CJA; Wheeler, JC; Borrero, L; Austin, JJ; ... 2016. Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. Sci Adv. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501682
Shows that both climate change and human hunting together drove the extinction of large animals in Patagonia.
citations: 129
Huveneers, C; Whitmarsh, S; Thiele, M; Meyer, L; Fox, A; Bradshaw, CJA 2018. Effectiveness of five personal shark-bite deterrents for surfers. PeerJ. doi:10.7717/peerj.5554
Tests whether various shark deterrent devices actually reduce attack risk for people in the water.
citations: 43
Mulà, C; Bradshaw, CJA; Cabeza, M; Manca, F; Montano, S; Strona, G 2025. Restoration cannot be scaled up globally to save reefs from loss and degradation. Nat Ecol Evol. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02667-x
Demonstrates that coral reef restoration efforts cannot offset the rapid pace of reef destruction worldwide.
citations: 38
Di Minin, E; Clements, HS; Correia, RA; Cortés-Capano, G; Fink, C; Haukka, A; Hausmann, A; Kulkarni, R; Bradshaw, CJA 2021. Consequences of recreational hunting for biodiversity conservation and livelihoods. One Earth. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.014
Examines how sport hunting affects both wildlife populations and the communities that depend on them.
citations: 97
Bradshaw, CJA; Saltré, F; Crabtree, SA; Reepmeyer, C; Moutsiou, T 2024. Small populations of Palaeolithic humans in Cyprus hunted endemic megafauna to extinction. Proc R Soc B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.0967
Reveals how small populations of early human settlers in Cyprus drove large native animals to extinction.
citations: 3
Bradshaw, CJA 2012. Little left to lose: deforestation and forest degradation in Australia since European colonization. J Plant Ecol. doi:10.1093/jpe/RTR038
Documents the extensive loss and deterioration of Australian forests since European settlement.
citations: 312
Bradshaw, CJA; Warkentin, IG 2015. Global estimates of boreal forest carbon stocks and flux. Glob Planet Change. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.02.004
Calculates how much carbon is stored in boreal forests and how it moves through those ecosystems.
citations: 374
Gibson, L; Lee, TM; Koh, LP; Brook, BW; Gardner, TA; Barlow, J; Peres, CA; Bradshaw, CJA; Laurance, WF; Lovejoy, TE; Sodhi, NS 2011. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature10425
Demonstrates that old-growth tropical forests cannot be replaced by secondary or planted forests for conserving species diversity.
citations: 1798
Warkentin, IG; Bickford, D; Sodhi, NS; Bradshaw, CJA 2009. Eating frogs to extinction. Conserv Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01165.x
Examines how human consumption of frogs threatens many amphibian species with extinction.
citations: 67
Bradshaw, CJA; Reepmeyer, C; Saltré, F; Agapiou, A; Kassianidou, V; Demesticha, S; Zomeni, Z; Polidorou, M; Moutsiou, T 2024. Demographic models predict end-Pleistocene arrival and rapid expansion of pre-agropastoralist humans in Cyprus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.2318293121
Uses population modelling to show when and how quickly ancient humans colonised Cyprus.
citations: 6
Gibson, L; Lynam, AJ; Bradshaw, CJA; He, F; Bickford, DP; Woodruff, DS; Bumrungsri, S; Laurance, WF 2013. Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna 25 years after forest fragmentation. Science. doi:10.1126/science.1240495
Documents the near-total loss of small mammals from isolated forest patches within just 25 years of habitat fragmentation.
citations: 279
Bradshaw, CJA; Norman, K; Ulm, S; Williams, AN; Clarkson, C; Chadœuf, J; Lin, SC; Jacobs, Z; Roberts, RG; Bird, MI; Weyrich, LS; Haberle, SG; O’Connor, S; Llamas, B; Cohen, TJ; Friedrich, T; Veth, P; Leavesley, M; Saltré, F 2021. Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21551-3
Models how Australia and New Guinea were settled quickly by ancient humans.
citations: 52
Weeda, LJ; Bradshaw, CJA; Judge, MA; , CM; Le Souëf, PN 2024. How climate change degrades child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Total Environ. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170944
Synthesises evidence showing the multiple ways climate change harms child health.
citations: 48
Crabtree, SA; White, DA; Bradshaw, CJA; Saltré, F; Williams, AN; Beaman, RJ; Bird, MI; Ulm, S 2021. Landscape rules predict optimal superhighways for the first peopling of Sahul. Nat Hum Behav. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01106-8
Identifies the most likely migration routes ancient humans took when first settling Australia and New Guinea.
citations: 55
Frankham, R; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2014. Genetics in conservation management: Revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.036
Updates genetic guidelines used to assess extinction risk and manage endangered populations.
citations: 934
Di Minin, E; Leader-Williams, N; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. Banning trophy hunting will exacerbate biodiversity loss. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.006
Suggests that prohibiting trophy hunting could worsen conservation outcomes in some regions.
citations: 163
Smith, BP; Cairns, KM; Adams, JW; Newsome, TM; Fillios, M; Déaux, EC; Parr, WCH; Letnic, M; Van Eeden, LM; Appleby, RG; Bradshaw, CJA; Savolainen, P; Ritchie, EG; Nimmo, DG; Archer-Lean, C; Greenville, AC; Dickman, CR; Watson, L; Moseby, KE; Doherty, TS; et al. 2019. Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo Meyer, 1793. Zootaxa. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.6
Demonstrates that dingoes are in fact a separate species.
citations: 58
Bradshaw, CJA; Hoskins, AJ; ...; Cuthbert, RN; Diagne, C; Leroy, B; Andrews, L; Page, B; Cassey, P; Sheppard, AW; Courchamp, F 2021. Detailed assessment of the reported economic costs of invasive species in Australia. NeoBiota. doi:10.3897/neobiota.67.58834
Provides the first comprehensive accounting of the financial damage caused by invasive species across Australia.
citations: 95
Riley, M; Meagher, P; Huveneers, C; Leto, J; Peddemors, VM; Slip, D; West, J; Bradshaw, CJA 2022. The Australian Shark-Incident Database for quantifying temporal and spatial patterns of shark-human conflict. Sci Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01453-9
A database tracking when and where shark encounters occur to identify patterns and trends.
citations: 26
Laurance, WF; Carolina Useche, D; Rendeiro, J; Kalka, M; Bradshaw, CJA; Sloan, SP; Laurance, SG; Campbell, M; Abernethy, K; Alvarez, P; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V; Ashton, P; Benítez-Malvido, J; Blom, A; Bobo, KS; Cannon, CH; Cao, M; Carroll, R; Chapman, C; Coates, R; et al. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature11318
Examines strategies to prevent the loss of species from tropical forest reserves.
citations: 982
Saltré, F; Chadoeuf, J; Peters, KJ; McDowell, MC; Friedrich, T; Timmermann, A; Ulm, S; Bradshaw, CJA 2019. Climate-human interaction associated with southeast Australian megafauna extinction patterns. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13277-0
Shows how climate change and human activities together caused the extinction of Australia's large Ice Age animals.
citations: 49
Bird, MI; Brand, M; Comley, R; Fu, X; Hadeen, X; Jacobs, Z; Rowe, C; Wurster, CM; Zwart, C; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. Late Pleistocene emergence of an anthropogenic fire regime in Australia’s tropical savannahs. Nat Geosci. doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01388-3
Provides geochemical evidence that the ancestors of Indigenous Australians have been modifying fire regimes for at least 12 thousand years
citations: 48
Bradshaw, CJA; Ulm, S; Williams, AN; Bird, MI; Roberts, RG; Jacobs, Z; Laviano, F; Weyrich, LS; Friedrich, T; Norman, K; Saltré, F 2019. Minimum founding populations for the first peopling of Sahul. Nat Ecol Evol. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0902-6
Calculates how many people were needed to establish the first successful human populations in Australia and New Guinea.
citations: 52
Bradshaw, CJA; Perry, C; Judge, MA; , CM; Heyworth, J; Le Souëf, PN 2023. Lower infant mortality, lower household size, and more access to contraception reduce fertility in low- and middle-income nations. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280260
Identifies factors that lead to declining human birth rates in developing countries.
citations: 23
Bradshaw, CJA; Warkentin, IG; Sodhi, NS 2009. Urgent preservation of boreal carbon stocks and biodiversity. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.019
Calls for immediate action to protect northern forests and the massive carbon stores they contain.
citations: 163
Brook, B; Sodhi, N; Bradshaw, CJA 2008. Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.03.011
Examines how multiple threats interact to accelerate species extinctions beyond what single threats would cause.
citations: 1569
Bradshaw, CJA; Sodhi, NS; Peh, KS; Brook, BW 2007. Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01446.x
Demonstrates that forest loss increases flooding risk and severity in tropical and developing nations.
citations: 446
Bradshaw, CJA; Giam, X; Sodhi, NS 2010. Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010440
Ranks nations based on their environmental footprint and damage to global ecosystems.
citations: 142
Monaco, CJ; Bradshaw, CJA; Booth, DJ; Gillanders, BM; Schoeman, DS; Nagelkerken, I 2020. Dietary generalism accelerates arrival and persistence of coral‐reef fishes in their novel ranges under climate change. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.15221
Shows that fish species with flexible diets colonise new habitats as oceans warm.
citations: 46
Bradshaw, CJA; Crabtree, SA; White, DA; Ulm, S; Bird, MI; Williams, AN; Saltré, F 2023. Directionally supervised cellular automaton for the initial peopling of Sahul. Quat Sci Rev. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107971
Simulates how ancient humans spread across Australia and New Guinea.
citations: 11
Laurance, WF; Useche, DC; Laurance, SG; Bradshaw, CJA 2013. Predicting publication success for biologists. BioScience. doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.10.9
Identifies factors that determine which scientific papers achieve high citation rates.
citations: 84
Llewelyn, J; Strona, G; Dickman, CR; Greenville, AC; Wardle, GM; Lee, MSY; Doherty, S; Shabani, F; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2023. Predicting predator–prey interactions in terrestrial endotherms using random forest. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.06619
Develops machine-learning models to forecast which warm-blooded animals hunt which prey species.
citations: 20
Di Minin, E; 't Sas-Rolfes, M; Selier, J; Louis, M; Bradshaw, CJA 2022. Dismantling the poachernomics of the illegal wildlife trade. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109418
Analyses the economics of wildlife poaching to identify effective intervention strategies.
citations: 28
Evans, K; Thresher, R; Warneke, R; Bradshaw, CJA; Pook, M; Thiele, D; Hindell, M 2005. Periodic variability in cetacean strandings: links to large-scale climate events. Biol Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0313
Explores connections between whale and dolphin strandings and major climate patterns.
citations: 101
Hamilton, R; Amano, N; Bradshaw, CJA; Saltré, F; Patalano, R; Penny, D; Stevenson, J; Wolfhagen, J; Roberts, P 2024. Forest mosaics, not savanna corridors, dominated in Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.2311280120
Shows that Ice Age Southeast Asia was covered by patchy forests rather than continuous grasslands.
citations: 33
Saltré, F; Peters, KJ; Rogers, DJ; Chadoeuf, J; Weisbecker, V; Bradshaw, CJA 2026. Balancing high densities and conservation targets to optimise koala management strategies. Ecol Evol. doi:10.1002/ece3.72470
Explores how to manage koala populations that are abundant in some areas but threatened overall.
citations: 0
Arbieu, U; Bellard, C; Bradshaw, CJA; Correia, R; Courtois, P; Di Minin, E; Jarić, I; Murfree, JR; Orr, M; Roturier, S; Sartore-Baldwin, M; Veríssimo, D; Courchamp, F 2026. Wildlife diversity in global team sport branding. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biaf181
Analyses which animal species appear in professional sport team logos and names worldwide.
citations: 2
Ripple, WJ; DellaSala, DA; Baumann, F; Gregg, J; Betts, MG; Law, BE; Bradshaw, CJA; Wolf, C 2022. Zoonotic diseases and our troubled relationship with nature. Am J Health Promot. doi:10.1177/08901171211064224
Examines how human disruption of ecosystems increases the emergence of human diseases transmitted from animals.
citations: 7
Herrando-Pérez, S; Bradshaw, CJA; Lewandowsky, S; Vieites, DR 2019. Statistical language backs conservatism in climate-change assessments. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz004
Shows how uncertain scientific language in climate reports downplays actual risk.
citations: 25
Mitchell, DR; Cairns, SC; Körtner, G; Bradshaw, CJA; Saltré, F; Weisbecker, V 2023. Differential developmental rates and demographics in red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) populations separated by the dingo barrier fence. J Mammal. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyad053
Shows that when exposed to predation from dingoes, kangaroo populations have relatively fewer females and juveniles that are larger for a given age.
citations: 2
Llewelyn, J; Strona, G; McDowell, MC; Johnson, CN; Peters, KJ; Stouffer, DB; de Visser, SN; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2022. Sahul's megafauna were vulnerable to plant‐community changes due to their position in the trophic network. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.06089
Explains how Australia's Ice Age giants were especially susceptible to vegetation changes because of their ecological roles.
citations: 9
Bird, MI; Brand, M; Comley, R; Hadeen, X; Jacobs, Z; Rowe, C; Saltré, F; Wurster, CM; Zwart, C; Bradshaw, CJA 2025. A 150,000-year lacustrine record of the Indo-Australian monsoon from northern Australia. Quat Sci Rev. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109504
Reconstructs 150,000 years of monsoon history using sediment cores from an Australian lagoon.
citations: 4
Traill, LW; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2007. Minimum viable population size: a meta-analysis of 30 years of published estimates. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.011
Synthesises decades of research on how large populations must be to avoid extinction.
citations: 290
Huveneers, C; Blount, C; Bradshaw, CJA; Butcher, PA; Lincoln Smith, MP; Macbeth, WG; McPhee, DP; Moltschaniwskyj, N; Peddemors, VM; Green, M 2024. Shifts in the incidence of shark bites and efficacy of beach-focussed mitigation in Australia. Mar Pollut Bull. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115855
Examines trends in shark attacks and evaluates whether beach safety measures are working.
citations: 21
Prowse, TAA; Johnson, CN; Cassey, P; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2015. Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator. J Appl Ecol. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12378
Shows how reintroducing top predators can improve both ecosystem health and farming profitability.
citations: 52
Bradshaw, CJA 2019. Opportunities to improve the future of South Australia’s terrestrial biodiversity. ReEco. doi:10.3897/rethinkingecology.4.32570
Provides a template for approaches, policies, and legislation required to improve the outlook for native plants and animals in South Australia.
citations: 3
Prowse, TAA; Johnson, CN; Lacy, RC; Bradshaw, CJA; Pollak, JP; Watts, MJ; Brook, BW 2013. No need for disease: testing extinction hypotheses for the thylacine using multi‐species metamodels. J Anim Ecol. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12029
Tests whether disease alone can explain the thylacine's extinction, or if other factors were involved.
citations: 46
Johnson, CN; Alroy, J; Beeton, NJ; Bird, MI; Brook, BW; ...; Gillespie, R; Herrando-Pérez, S; Jacobs, Z; Miller, GH; Prideaux, GJ; Roberts, RG; Rodríguez-Rey, M; Saltré, F; Turney, CSM; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?. Proc R Soc B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.2399
TReviews competing explanations for why Australia's large Ice Age animals went extinct.
citations: 44
Soto, I; Balzani, P; Carneiro, L; Cuthbert, RN; Macêdo, R; Serhan Tarkan, A; Ahmed, DA; Bang, A; Bacela‐Spychalska, K; Bailey, SA; Baudry, T; Ballesteros‐Mejia, L; Bortolus, A; Briski, E; Britton, JR; Buřič, M; Camacho‐Cervantes, M; Cano‐Barbacil, C; Copilaș‐Ciocianu, D; Coughlan, NE; Courtois, P; Csabai, Z; Dalu, T; De Santis, V; Dickey, JWE; Dimarco, RD; Falk‐Andersson, J; Fernandez, RD; Florencio, M; Franco, ACS; García‐Berthou, E; Giannetto, D; Glavendekic, MM; Grabowski, M; Heringer, G; Herrera, I; Huang, W; Kamelamela, KL; Kirichenko, NI; Kouba, A; Kourantidou, M; Kurtul, I; Laufer, G; Lipták, B; Liu, C; López‐López, E; Lozano, V; Mammola, S; Marchini, A; Meshkova, V; Milardi, M; Musolin, DL; Nuñez, MA; Oficialdegui, FJ; Patoka, J; Pattison, Z; Pincheira‐Donoso, D; Piria, M; Probert, AF; Rasmussen, JJ; Renault, D; Ribeiro, F; Rilov, G; Robinson, TB; Sanchez, AE; Schwindt, E; South, J; Stoett, P; Verreycken, H; Vilizzi, L; Wang, Y; Watari, Y; Wehi, PM; Weiperth, A; Wiberg‐Larsen, P; Yapıcı, S; Yoğurtçuoğlu, B; Zenni, RD; Galil, BS; Dick, JTA; Russell, JC; Ricciardi, A; Simberloff, D; Bradshaw, CJA; ... 2024. Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science. Biol Rev. doi:10.1111/brv.13071
Proposes standardised definitions for terms used in the study of invasive species.
citations: 161
Arbieu, U; Bellard, C; Bradshaw, CJA; Correia, RA; Courtois, P; Di Minin, E; Jarić, I; Leroy, B; Murfree, JR; Orr, M; Roturier, S; Sartore‐Baldwin, M; Veríssimo, D; Courchamp, F 2025. Professional sport organizations as potential champions of biodiversity conservation. Front Ecol Environ. doi:10.1002/fee.2862
Explores how sport teams and leagues could promote and fund wildlife conservation.
citations: 2
Bradshaw, CJA; Johnson, CN; Llewelyn, J; Weisbecker, V; Strona, G; Saltré, F 2021. Relative demographic susceptibility does not explain the extinction chronology of Sahul’s megafauna. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.63870
Bigger, slower-growing and -reproducing megafauna in Australia did not go extinct before their smaller, faster-growing/reproducing counterparts.
citations: 17
Hong, S; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2015. Global zero-carbon energy pathways using viable mixes of nuclear and renewables. Appl Energy. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.006
Models how combining nuclear and renewable energy can achieve net-zero carbon emissions worldwide.
citations: 64
Manca, F; Benedetti-Cecchi, L; Bradshaw, CJA; Cabeza, M; Gustafsson, C; Norkko, AM; Roslin, TV; Thomas, DN; White, L; Strona, G 2024. Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48273-6
Forecasts declines in marine plant communities due to ocean warming and other environmental shifts.
citations: 43
Liu, X; Lyu, S; Zhou, S; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. Warming and fertilization alter the dilution effect of host diversity on disease severity. Ecology. doi:10.1890/15-1784.1
Examines how climate change and nutrient pollution reduce the resilience of biodiversity to disease.
citations: 108
Traill, LW; Brook, BW; Frankham, RR; Bradshaw, CJA 2010. Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.001
Proposes practical conservation goals for maintaining viable populations under accelerating environmental change.
citations: 216
Bradshaw, CJA; Di Minin, E 2019. Socio-economic predictors of environmental performance among African nations. Sci Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45762-3
Identifies which economic and social factors best explain differences in environmental outcomes across African countries.
citations: 25
Doherty, S; Saltré, F; Llewelyn, J; Strona, G; Williams, SE; Bradshaw, CJA 2023. Estimating co‐extinction threats in terrestrial ecosystems. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.16836
Develops methods to predict which species will go extinct due to the loss of other species on which they depend.
citations: 16
Block, S; Saltré, F; Rodríguez-Rey, M; ...; Unkel, I; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. Where to dig for fossils: combining climate-envelope, taphonomy and discovery models. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151090
Creates predictive maps showing where palaeontologists are most likely to find well-preserved fossils.
citations: 18
Fatima, SH; Judge, MA; Le Souëf, PN; Bradshaw, CJA 2025. Impact of climate change on diarrhoea risk in low- and middle-income countries. Environ Res. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2025.122412
Projects how warming temperatures will increase diarrhoea incidence in developing nations.
citations: 3
Carneiro, L; Leroy, B; Capinha, C; Bradshaw, CJA; Bertolino, S; Catford, JA; Camacho-Cervantes, M; Bojko, J; Klippel, G; Kumschick, S; Pincheira-Donoso, D; Tonkin, JD; Fath, BD; South, J; Manfrini, E; Dallas, T; Courchamp, F 2025. Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.010
Develops a classification system for categorising the different ways invasive species harm ecosystems.
citations: 24
Ritchie, EG; Bradshaw, CJA; Dickman, CR; Hobbs, R; Johnson, CN; Johnston, EL; Laurance, WF; Lindenmayer, D; McCarthy, MA; Nimmo, DG; Possingham, HH; Pressey, RL; Watson, DM; Woinarski, J 2013. Continental‐scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia's biodiversity. Conserv Biol. doi:10.1111/cobi.12189
Argues that Australia's governance structures are accelerating rather than preventing biodiversity decline.
citations: 42
Martínez, B; Radford, B; Thomsen, MS; Connell, SD; Carreño, F; Bradshaw, CJA; ...; Russell, BD; Gurgel, CFD; Wernberg, T 2018. Distribution models predict large contractions of habitat‐forming seaweeds in response to ocean warming. Divers Distrib. doi:10.1111/ddi.12767
Forecasts major range reductions for kelp and other foundation seaweed species as oceans warm.
citations: 177
Prowse, TAA; Johnson, CN; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2014. An ecological regime shift resulting from disrupted predator–prey interactions in Holocene Australia. Ecology. doi:10.1890/13-0746.1
Documents a fundamental ecosystem transformation caused by changes in predator-prey dynamics in ancient Australia.
citations: 48
Barry, C; Muir, B; Backhaus, V; Coyne, C; Donnelly, E; Evans-Illidge, E; Ferreira, LC; Flagg, D; Fletcher, MS; Gleiss, AC; Harris, M; Hounslow, JL; Kampers, D; Keevers-Lock, L; Koroi, C; Mamtora, J; Marshall, M; Meekan, MG; Poelina, A; Ropeyarn (Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Woppaburra, Meriam), Y; Russell, L; Thums, M; Tobler, R; Ulm, S; Bradshaw, CJA 2026. Crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges within research. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biag009
Provides guidelines for properly acknowledging and referencing Indigenous Knowledge systems in scientific publications.
citations: 1
Gates, K; Sandoval‐Castillo, J; Beaman, JE; da Silva, KB; Saltré, F; Belov, K; Hogg, CJ; Bradshaw, CJA; Beheregaray, LB 2025. Conservation arks: genomic erosion and inbreeding in an abundant island population of koalas. Mol Ecol. doi:10.1111/mec.70097
Reveals genetic problems emerging in isolated koala populations despite their high numbers.
citations: 4
Sequeira, AMM; Mellin, C; ...; Meekan, MG; Bradshaw, CJA 2014. Predicting current and future global distributions of whale sharks. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.12343
Models where whale sharks occur now and to where they will likely shift as oceans change.
citations: 78
Saltré, F; Chadœuf, J; Higham, T; Ochocki, M; Block, S; Bunney, E; Llamas, B; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. Environmental conditions associated with initial northern expansion of anatomically modern humans. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48762-8
Identifies the climate and environmental factors that enabled modern humans to spread initially into northern latitudes.
citations: 7
Carturan, BS; Pither, J; Maréchal, JP; Bradshaw, CJA; Parrott, L 2020. Combining agent-based, trait-based and demographic approaches to model coral-community dynamics. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.55993
Integrates multiple modelling techniques to simulate how coral reef communities change over time.
citations: 16
White, LC; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA; Austin, JJ 2018. High-quality fossil dates support a synchronous, Late Holocene extinction of devils and thylacines in mainland Australia. Biol Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0642
Shows that Tasmanian devils and thylacines disappeared from mainland Australia at the same time in the recent past.
citations: 43
Ahmed, DA; ...; Cuthbert, RN; Bang, A; Soto, I; Balzani, P; Tarkan, AS; Macêdo, RL; Carneiro, L; Bodey, TW; Oficialdegui, FJ; Courtois, P; Kourantidou, M; Angulo, E; Heringer, G; Renault, D; Turbelin, AJ; Hudgins, EJ; Liu, C; Gojery, SA; Arbieu, U; Diagne, C; Leroy, B; Briski, E; Bradshaw, CJA; Courchamp, F 2023. Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biad060
Reviews progress in compiling and analysing data on the financial impacts of invasive species globally.
citations: 46
Llewelyn, J; Long, JA; Cloutier, R; Clement, AM; Strona, G; Saltré, F; Lee, MS; Choo, B; Trinajstic, K; Vanhaesebroucke, O; Fitzpatrick, A; Bradshaw, CJA 2025. Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late Devonian to present. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113294
Tracks how ancient fish body forms and ecological roles have changed over hundreds of millions of years.
citations: 1
Barry, C; Legaspi, C; Clarke, TM; Araujo, G; Bradshaw, CJA; Gleiss, AC; Meyer, L; Huveneers, C 2023. Estimating the energetic cost of whale shark tourism. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110164
Calculates how much energy whale sharks expend when interacting with tourists.
citations: 16
Mellin, C; Mouillot, D; Kulbicki, M; McClanahan, TR; Vigliola, L; Bradshaw, CJA; Brainard, RE; Chabanet, P; Edgar, GJ; ...; Friedlander, AM; Parravicini, V; Sequeira, AMM; Stuart-Smith, RD; Wantiez, L; Caley, MJ 2016. Humans and seasonal climate variability threaten large-bodied coral reef fish with small ranges. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/ncomms10491
Shows that large reef fish with limited distributions face higher extinction risk from both human activities and climate change.
citations: 49
Mathwin, R; Wassens, S; Young, J; Ye, Q; Bradshaw, CJA 2021. Manipulating water for amphibian conservation. Conserv Biol. doi:10.1111/cobi.13501
Evaluates how managing water flows can help protect threatened frog populations.
citations: 34
Lyon, JP; Bird, TJ; Kearns, J; Nicol, S; Tonkin, Z; Todd, CR; O'Mahony, J; Hackett, G; Raymond, S; Lieschke, J; Kitchingman, A; Bradshaw, CJA 2019. Increased population size of fish in a lowland river following restoration of structural habitat. Ecol Appl. doi:10.1002/eap.1882
Demonstrates that adding woody debris and other structures to streams boosts fish abundance.
citations: 33
Nimmo, DG; Watson, SJ; Forsyth, DM; Bradshaw, CJA 2015. Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell. J Appl Ecol. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12369
Shows that dingoes play beneficial conservation roles and that existing research methods can detect these effects.
citations: 35
Sodhi, NS; Bickford, D; Diesmos, AC; Lee, TM; Koh, LP; Brook, BW; Sekercioglu, CH; Bradshaw, CJA 2008. Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001636
Identifies the main causes behind worldwide amphibian population crashes.
citations: 373
Champreux, A; Saltré, F; Traylor, W; Hickler, T; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. How to map biomes: quantitative comparison and review of biome‐mapping methods. Ecol Monogr. doi:10.1002/ecm.1615
Evaluates different approaches for creating maps of major ecosystem types.
citations: 9
Wang, X; Nursyifa, C; Aninta, SG; Garcia-Erill, G; Bertola, LD; Khan, A; Kuja, J; Hanghøj, K; Meisner, J; Bøggild, T; Bradshaw, CJA; Al-Chaer, A; Persada, AP; Priyono, DS; Tribudi, YA; Sudrajad, P; Gaina, CD; Jiang, Y; Lenstra, JA; Cauble-Sims, R; et al. 2025. The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression. Nat Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62692-z
Reveals how repeated breed introductions and interbreeding have influenced Indonesian cattle genetics.
citations: 2
Bradshaw, CJA; Otto, SP; Annamalay, AA; Heft-Neal, S; Wagner, Z; Le Souëf, PN 2019. Testing the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of better child-health outcomes in Africa: a cross-sectional study among nations. BMJ Open. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029968
Examines which social, economic, and environmental factors most strongly predict child health across African nations.
citations: 16
Heard, B; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2015. Beyond wind: furthering development of clean energy in South Australia. Trans R Soc S Aust. doi:10.1080/03721426.2015.1035217
Explores energy options for South Australia beyond wind power to achieve decarbonisation goals.
citations: 5
Brook, BW; Traill, LW; Bradshaw, CJA 2006. Minimum viable population sizes and global extinction risk are unrelated. Ecol Lett. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00883.x
Finds no correlation between how large populations must be to survive and how threatened species are globally.
citations: 112
Bradby, K; Fitzsimons, JA; Del Marco, A; Driscoll, DA; Ritchie, EG; Lau, J; Bradshaw, CJA; Hobbs, RJ 2014. Ecological connectivity or Barrier Fence? Critical choices on the agricultural margins of Western Australia. Ecol Manag Restor. doi:10.1111/emr.12130
Examines the trade-offs between maintaining wildlife corridors versus building fences in Western Australian farmland.
citations: 25
Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2016. Implications of Australia's population policy for future greenhouse gas emissions targets. Asia Pac Policy Stud. doi:10.1002/app5.135
Shows how population growth will affect Australia's ability to meet climate commitments.
citations: 11
Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2016. How to rank journals. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149852
Proposes methods for evaluating and comparing the quality and influence of academic journals.
citations: 58
Bradshaw, CJA; Fitzpatrick, BM; Steinberg, CC; Brook, BW; Meekan, MG 2008. Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: the world’s largest fish is getting smaller. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.007
Examines declines in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia over the past decade.
citations: 56
Philippe‐Lesaffre, M; Bradshaw, CJA; Castañeda, I; Llewelyn, J; Dickman, CR; Lepczyk, CA; Fantle-Lepczyk, J; Marino, C; Courchamp, F; Bonnaud, E 2025. Differential predation patterns of free‐ranging cats among continents. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.07169
Compares how feral and outdoor cats hunt across different regions of the world.
citations: 4
Hamnett, PW; Saltré, F; Page, B; Tarran, M; Korcz, M; Fielder, K; Andrews, L; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. Stochastic population models to identify optimal and cost‐effective harvest strategies for feral pig eradication. Ecosphere. doi:10.1002/ecs2.70082
Uses probabilistic models to design efficient culling programs for removing invasive wild pigs.
citations: 3
Laurance, WF; Koh, LP; Butler, R; Sodhi, NS; Bradshaw, CJA; Neidel, JD; Consunji, H; Mateo Vega, J 2010. Improving the performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for Nature Conservation. Conserv Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01448.x
Proposes reforms to make palm oil sustainability certification more effective at protecting biodiversity.
citations: 141
Carneiro, L; Hulme, PE; Cuthbert, RN; Kourantidou, M; Bang, A; ...; Bradshaw, CJA; Balzani, P; Bacher, S; Latombe, G; Bodey, TW; Probert, AF; Quilodrán, CS; Courchamp, F 2024. Benefits do not balance costs of biological invasions. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biae010
Demonstrates that any positive effects of invasive species are vastly outweighed by their harmful impacts.
citations: 39
Bradshaw, CJA; Chalker, JM; Crabtree, SA; Eijkelkamp, BA; Long, JA; Smith, JR; Trinajstic, K; Weisbecker, V 2021. A fairer way to compare researchers at any career stage and in any discipline using open-access citation data. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257141
Develops metrics for evaluating scientist productivity that account for career length and field differences.
citations: 14
Hong, S; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2014. Nuclear power can reduce emissions and maintain a strong economy: rating Australia’s optimal future electricity-generation mix by technologies and policies. Appl Energy. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.062
Shows how nuclear power can reduce greehnouse-gas emissions emissions and cost economies less.
citations: 32
Bradshaw, CJA; Sodhi, NS; Brook, BW 2009. Tropical turmoil: a biodiversity tragedy in progress. Front Ecol Environ. doi:10.1890/070193
Highlights the ongoing mass extinction of species in tropical ecosystems.
citations: 375
Hong, S; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2013. Evaluating options for sustainable energy mixes in South Korea using scenario analysis. Energy. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2013.02.010
Compares different energy portfolio strategies for South Korea to achieve sustainability goals.
citations: 44
Hong, S; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW 2013. Evaluating options for the future energy mix of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Energy Policy. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.002
Examines energy alternatives for Japan following the 2011 nuclear disaster.
citations: 75
Wernberg, T; Russell, BD; Thomsen, MS; Gurgel, CFD; Bradshaw, CJA; Poloczanska, ES; Connell, SD 2011. Seaweed communities in retreat from ocean warming. Curr Biol. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.028
Documents widespread poleward shifts and declines of kelp and other seaweed populations as seas heat up.
citations: 318
Shabani, F; Ahmadi, M; Peters, KJ; Haberle, S; Champreux, A; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2019. Climate‐driven shifts in the distribution of koala‐browse species from the Last Interglacial to the near future. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.04530
Tracks how the distributions of trees that koalas eat have changed with past climate shifts and how they will change with future warming.
citations: 26
Sequeira, AMM; Roetman, PEJ; Daniels, CB; Baker, AK; Bradshaw, CJA 2014. Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science‐collected data. Ecol Evol. doi:10.1002/ece3.1094
Uses observations from community volunteers to map where koalas are found across South Australia.
citations: 57
Turney, CSM; Thomas, ZA; Hutchinson, DK; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW; England, MH; Fogwill, CJ; Jones, RT; Palmer, J; Hughen, KA; ... 2015. Obliquity‐driven expansion of North Atlantic sea ice during the last glacial. Geophys Res Lett. doi:10.1002/2015GL066344
Shows how changes in axial tilt controlled the extent of Arctic ice during the last Ice Age.
citations: 15
Mathwin, R; Wassens, S; Turner, A; Heard, GW; Hall, A; Bradshaw, CJA 2024. Modelling the sustainable harvest of wild populations for the conservation of a threatened amphibian. Austral Ecol. doi:10.1111/aec.13492
Develops population models to determine safe harvest sizes for a frog species at risk of extinction.
citations: 3
Field, IC; Meekan, MG; Buckworth, RC; Bradshaw, CJA 2009. Protein mining the world’s oceans: Australasia as an example of illegal expansion‐and‐displacement fishing. Fish Fish. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00325.x
Documents the expansion of illegal fishing in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and how it is threatening fish stocks.
citations: 46
Herrando-Pérez, S; Brook, BW; Bradshaw, CJA 2014. Ecology needs a convention of nomenclature. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu013
Argues that ecology requires standardised naming conventions similar to those used in other scientific disciplines.
citations: 34
Sequeira, AMM; Mellin, C; Meekan, MG; Sims, DW; Bradshaw, CJA 2013. Inferred global connectivity of whale shark Rhincodon typus populations. J Fish Biol. doi:10.1111/jfb.12017
Proposes how ostensibly 'isolated' populations of whale sharks are in fact connected via migration.
citations: 78
Rodríguez-Rey, M; Herrando-Pérez, S; Gillespie, R; Jacobs, Z; Saltré, F; Brook, BW; Prideaux, GJ; Roberts, RG; ...; Alroy, J; Miller, GH; Bird, MI; Johnson, CN; Beeton, N; Turney, CS; Bradshaw, CJA 2015. Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages. Quat Geochronol. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2015.08.002
Establishes standards for evaluating the reliability of dates assigned to Ice Age animal fossils.
citations: 38
Barnett, LK; Prowse, TAA; Peacock, DE; Mutze, GJ; Sinclair, RG; Kovaliski, J; Cooke, BD; Bradshaw, CJA 2018. Previous exposure to myxoma virus reduces survival of European rabbits during outbreaks of rabbit haemorrhagic disease. J Appl Ecol. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13187
Reveals that rabbits infected with one viral disease become more vulnerable to a different lethal virus.
citations: 20
Friedman, K; Braccini, M; Bjerregaard‐Walsh, M; Bonfil, R; Bradshaw, CJA; Brouwer, S; Campbell, I; Coelho, R; Cortés, E; Dimmlich, W; Frisk, MG; Kingma, I; McCully Phillips, SR; O'Criodain, C; Parker, D; Shephard, S; Tovar‐Ávila, J; Yokawa, K 2020. Informing CITES Parties: strengthening science‐based decision‐making when listing marine species. Fish Fish. doi:10.1111/faf.12411
Proposes improvements to how scientific evidence is used when deciding which marine species need international trade protection.
citations: 21
Bradshaw, CJA; Hulme, PE; Hudgins, EJ; Leung, B; Kourantidou, M; Courtois, P; Turbelin, AJ; McDermott, SM; Lee, K; Ahmed, DA; Latombe, G; Bang, A; Bodey, TW; ...; Saltré, F; Courchamp, F 2024. Damage costs from invasive species exceed management expenditure in nations experiencing lower economic activity. Ecol Econ. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108166
Shows that in poorer countries, invasive species cause more financial damage than is spent controlling them.
citations: 38
Johnson, CN; Bradshaw, CJA; ...; Gillespie, R; Brook, BW 2013. Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World. Quat Int. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.022
Demonstrates that large animals went extinct quickly across the Americas soon after humans arrived.
citations: 20
Moen, J; Rist, L; Bishop, K; Chapin, FS; Ellison, D; Kuuluvainen, T; Petersson, H; Puettmann, KJ; Rayner, J; Warkentin, IG; Bradshaw, CJA 2014. Eye on the taiga: removing global policy impediments to safeguard the boreal forest. Conserv Lett. doi:10.1111/conl.12098
Identifies policy barriers preventing effective conservation of northern forests and proposes solutions.
citations: 61
Mathwin, R; Wassens, S; Gibbs, MS; Young, J; Ye, Q; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2023. Modeling the effects of water regulation on the population viability of a threatened amphibian. Ecosphere. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4379
Projects how altering water flows affects the survival prospects of an endangered frog species.
citations: 9
Brook, BW; Bradshaw, CJA; ...; Johnson, CN; Worthy, TH; Bird, M; Gillespie, R; Roberts, RG 2013. Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.1309226110
Finds no evidence that Australia's large Ice Age animals went extinct in waves before human arrival.
citations: 20
Rodríguez-Rey, M; Herrando-Pérez, S; Brook, BW; Saltré, F; Alroy, J; Beeton, N; Bird, MI; ...; Gillespie, R; Jacobs, Z; Johnson, CN; Miller, GH; Prideaux, GJ; Roberts, RG; Turney, CS; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul’s Quaternary vertebrates. Sci Data. doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.53
Lists the ages (and assesses their reliability) of identified fossils belonging to now-extinct large animals that existed in Australia.
citations: 17
Bradshaw, CJA; Prowse, TAA; Drew, M; Gillanders, BM; Donnellan, SC; Huveneers, C 2018. Predicting sustainable shark harvests when stock assessments are lacking. ICES J Mar Sci. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsy031
Develops methods for setting safe shark fishing limits when detailed population data are unavailable.
citations: 17
Meekan, M; Bradshaw, CJA; Press, M; McLean, C; Richards, A; Quasnichka, S; Taylor, J 2006. Population size and structure of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. doi:10.3354/meps319275
Estimates the size and demography of the population of whale sharks that visit Ningaloo Reef each year.
citations: 164
Sims, DW; Southall, EJ; Humphries, NE; Hays, GC; Bradshaw, CJA; Pitchford, JW; James, A; Ahmed, MZ; Brierley, AS; Hindell, MA; Morritt, D; Musyl, MK; Righton, D; Shepard, ELC; Wearmouth, VJ; Wilson, RP; Witt, MJ; Metcalfe, JD 2008. Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature06518
Reveals mathematical patterns in how ocean predators of different sizes search for prey.
citations: 828
Beaman, JE; Gates, K; Saltré, F; Hogg, CJ; Belov, K; Ashman, K; da Silva, KB; Beheregaray, LB; Bradshaw, CJA 2025. A guide for developing demo‐genetic models to simulate genetic rescue. Evol Appl. doi:10.1111/eva.70092
Provides practical instructions for building models that combine population dynamics and genetics to evaluate genetic-rescue interventions.
citations: 3
Clements, GR; Bradshaw, CJA; Brook, BW; Laurance, WF 2011. The SAFE index: using a threshold population target to measure relative species threat. Front Ecol Environ. doi:10.1890/100177
Proposes a new metric for assessing extinction risk based on how far populations are from a minimum size.
citations: 25
Brook, BW; Bradshaw, CJA; Koh, LP; Sodhi, NS 2006. Momentum drives the crash: mass extinction in the tropics. Biotropica. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00141.x
Explains how ecological and demographic inertia will cause continued tropical biodiversity loss even if threats are reduced.
citations: 119
Bradshaw, CJA; McMahon, CR; Miller, PS; Lacy, RC; Watts, MJ; Verant, ML; Pollak, JP; ...; Prowse, TAA; Brook, BW 2012. Novel coupling of individual‐based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo. J Appl Ecol. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02081.x
Combines disease transmission and population models to simulate how tuberculosis spreads in wildlife.
citations: 26
Courchamp, F; Klippel, G; Angulo, E; Arbieu, U; Bang, A; Bojko, J; Caetano, GHDO; Camacho-Cervantes, M; Carneiro, L; Cuthbert, RN; Dawson, MN; Desiderato, A; Fath, BD; Firth, JA; Latombe, G; Leroy, B; Liu, C; Manfrini, E; Pan, X; Pincheira-Donoso, D; Tonkin, JD; Vimercati, G; Wang, S; Bradshaw, CJA 2026. Quantifying the magnitude of biological invasions using total biomass. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biaf195
Proposes using the total weight of invasive organisms as a metric for measuring invasion severity.
citations: 0
Sequeira, A; Mellin, C; Rowat, D; Meekan, MG; Bradshaw, CJA 2012. Ocean‐scale prediction of whale shark distribution. Divers Distrib. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00853.x
Creates global maps forecasting where whale sharks occur based on oceanographic conditions.
citations: 106
Bradshaw, CJA 2009. Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio. doi:10.1579/0044-7447-38.2.125
Pleas for people with decision-making power to recognise that flooding can be reduced if native forests are maintained intact.
citations: 9
Otway, NM; Bradshaw, CJA; Harcourt, RG 2004. Estimating the rate of quasi-extinction of the Australian grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) population using deterministic age- and stage-classified models. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2003.11.017
Predicts the likelihood of extinction for an endangered shark .
citations: 79
van Oosterzee, P; Blignaut, J; Bradshaw, CJA 2012. iREDD hedges against avoided deforestation's unholy trinity of leakage, permanence and additionality. Conserv Lett. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00237.x
Presents a deforestation-reduction mechanism designed to overcome three major challenges facing forest carbon-offset programs.
citations: 37
Bradshaw, CJA; ...; Turney, C; Brook, B 2012. Robust estimates of extinction time in the geological record. Quat Sci Rev. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.021
Develops improved statistical methods for determining when extinct species actually disappeared from the fossil record.
citations: 64
Venning, KRW; Saltré, F; Bradshaw, CJA 2021. Predicting targets and costs for feral‐cat reduction on large islands using stochastic population models. Conserv Sci Pract. doi:10.1111/csp2.448
Models how to plan efficient feral cat-eradication campaigns on islands.
citations: 5
Bradshaw, CJA; Craigie, I; Laurance, WF 2015. National emphasis on high-level protection reduces risk of biodiversity decline in tropical forest reserves. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.019
Shows that countries prioritising strict protected areas maintain species diversity better in their forest reserves.
citations: 29
Ubalde, J; Bradshaw, CJA; Le Souëf, PN; Judge, MA 2026. Climate change policies fail to protect child health. Globaliz Health. doi:10.1186/s12992-025-01142-3
Reveals that current climate mitigation and adaptation strategies inadequately address threats to child wellbeing.
citations: 2
Bradshaw, CJA; Bowman, DM; Bond, NR; Murphy, BP; Moore, AD; ...; Thackway, R; Lawes, MJ; McCallum, H; Gregory, SD; Dalal, RC; Boer, MM; Lynch, AJJ; Bradstock, RA; Brook, BW; Henry, BK; Hunt, LP; Fisher, DO; Hunter, D; Johnson, CN; et al. 2013. Brave new green world – consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity. Biol Conserv. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.012
Examines how carbon pricing and offset schemes will affect wildlife conservation in Australia.
citations: 70
Thompson, RM; Barbour, EJ; Bradshaw, CJA; Briggs, S; Byron, N; Grace, M; Hart, BT; King, AJ; Likens, GE; Pollino, CA; Sheldon, F; Stewardson, MJ; Thoms, M; Watts, RJ; Webb, JA 2022. Principles for scientists working at the river science‐policy interface. River Res Appl. doi:10.1002/rra.3951
Offers guidance for researchers engaged in informing policy decisions in water management.
citations: 5
Speed, C; Meekan, M; Field, I; McMahon, C; Harcourt, R; Stevens, J; Babcock, R; Pillans, R; Bradshaw, CJA 2016. Reef shark movements relative to a coastal marine protected area. Reg Stud Mar Sci. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2015.05.002
Tracks how reef sharks use space inside and outside a marine reserve.
citations: 43
Brook, BW; Bradshaw, CJA 2006. Strength of evidence for density dependence in abundance time series of 1198 species. Ecology. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1445:SOEFDD]2.0.CO;2
Evaluates how commonly population size affects growth rates across a vast array of species.
citations: 864
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