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64
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14834
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1869
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151

Overview

Brendan Mackey is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on topics related to climate change, forest management, and ecosystem services. Their work spans a broad range of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their main research topics include Forest Management and Policy, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Climate Change Adaptation and Migration.

Brendan Mackey has published in several frequent venues, indicating a focus on environmental and regional studies. Those venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Land
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Pacific Conservation Biology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • "A framework for complex climate change risk assessment" (2021), published in One Earth
  • "Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy" (2020), published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
  • "The economic values of global forest ecosystem services: A meta-analysis" (2021), published in Ecological Economics
  • "Evaluating nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and conservation requires comprehensive carbon accounting" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Climate change adaptation by subsistence and smallholder farmers: Insights from three agro-ecological regions of Nepal" (2020), published in Cogent Social Sciences

Frequent coauthors in Brendan Mackey's research include Heather Keith, Patrick Norman, Sonia Hugh, Dominick A. DellaSala, and Brendan M. Rogers. These collaborations have contributed to advancing work in climate mitigation, conservation strategies, and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests

    Heather Keith;Brendan G. Mackey;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change

    I. Thompson;B. Mackey;S. McNulty;A. Mosseler

  • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment

    Nicholas P. Simpson;Katharine J. Mach;Andrew Constable;Jeremy Hess

  • Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

    James E.M. Watson;James E.M. Watson;Danielle F. Shanahan;Moreno Di Marco;James Allan

  • Forest resilience, biodiversity, and climate change: a synthesis of the biodiversity/resilience/stability relationship in forest ecosystems

    Ian Thompson;Brendan Mackey;Steven McNulty;Alex Mosseler

  • Improving the Use of Species Distribution Models in Conservation Planning and Management under Climate Change

    Luciana L. Porfirio;Rebecca M. B. Harris;Edward C. Lefroy;Sonia Hugh

  • Towards a hierarchical framework for modelling the spatial distribution of animals

    Brendan G. Mackey;David B. Lindenmayer

  • The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects

    John Woinarski;Brendan Mackey;Henry A Nix;Barry Traill

  • Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania.

    Richard Kingsford;James Watson;Carolyn Lundquist;Oscar Venter

  • Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

    Brendan Mackey;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Will Steffen;Joanna Isobel House

  • Incorporating ecological and evolutionary processes into continental-scale conservation planning.

    Carissa Klein;Kerrie A. Wilson;Matthew Watts;Janet Stein

  • Use of farm dams as frog habitat in an Australian agricultural landscape: factors affecting species richness and distribution

    Donna Hazell;Ross Cunnningham;David Lindenmayer;Brendan Mackey

  • Forest conversion and degradation in Papua New Guinea 1972-2002.

    Phil L. Shearman;Phil L. Shearman;Julian Ash;Brendan Mackey;Jane E. Bryan

  • Evaluating the role of the dingo as a trophic regulator in Australian ecosystems

    Al S Glen;Chris R. Dickman;Michael E. Soule;Brendan Mackey

  • Prioritizing threat management for biodiversity conservation

    Josie Carwardine;Josie Carwardine;Trudy O’Connor;Trudy O’Connor;Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;Brendan Mackey;Brendan Mackey

  • The Role of Connectivity in Australian Conservation

    M. E. Soule;Brendan G. Mackey;H. F. Recher;J. E. Williams

  • Wildlife, fire and future climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis

    Brendan Mackey;David Lindenmayer;A Malcom Gill;Michael McCarthy

  • Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of managed forests : a case study from temperate Australia

    S. H. Roxburgh;S. W. Wood;B. G. Mackey;G. Woldendorp

  • Policy Options for the World's Primary Forests in Multilateral Environmental Agreements

    Brendan Mackey;Dominick A. DellaSala;Cyril Kormos;David Lindenmayer

  • Green Carbon Part 1: The role of natural forests in carbon storage

    Brendan Mackey;Heather Keith;Sandra L. Berry;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy

    Brendan Mackey;Cyril F. Kormos;Heather Keith;Heather Keith;William R. Moomaw

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Heather Keith
Heather Keith Griffith University
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Henry A. Nix
Henry A. Nix Australian National University
John C. Z. Woinarski
John C. Z. Woinarski Charles Darwin University
Daniel W. McKenney
Daniel W. McKenney Natural Resources Canada
Josie Carwardine
Josie Carwardine Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Susanne Becken
Susanne Becken Griffith University
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne

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