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Eve McDonald-Madden

Eve McDonald-Madden

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
10016
World Ranking
5229
National Ranking
426

Overview

Eve McDonald-Madden is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their main topics of study address aspects of wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics, forest management and policy, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, as well as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

McDonald-Madden's recent publications include:

  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • An introduction to decision science for conservation, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming, 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • Expert perceptions of seaweed farming for sustainable development, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent collaborators in their work include Katherine R. O'Brien, Matthew Holden, Scott Spillias, Christopher J. O'Bryan, and Hugh P. Possingham.

The scientist has published multiple articles in outlets such as Journal of Cleaner Production, SSRN Electronic Journal, Conservation Biology, Nature Sustainability, and Global Change Biology.

Best Publications

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • Is conservation triage just smart decision making

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

  • Acting fast helps avoid extinction

    Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin;Simon Nally;Andrew A. Burbidge;Sophie Arnall

  • Monitoring does not always count.

    Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Peter W.J. Baxter;Peter W.J. Baxter;Richard A. Fuller;Richard A. Fuller;Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin

  • Uncertainty and adaptive management for biodiversity conservation

    David A. Keith;Tara G. Martin;Eve McDonald-Madden;Carl Walters

  • Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes

    Richard A. Fuller;Richard A. Fuller;Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Kerrie A. Wilson;Josie Carwardine;Josie Carwardine

  • Conservation in a Wicked Complex World; Challenges and Solutions

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden

  • Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions

    Vivitskaia Jd D. Tulloch;Ayesha It T. Tulloch;Ayesha It T. Tulloch;Piero Visconti;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Christopher J. Brown;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia L. Blanchard

  • When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species

    Iadine Chadès;Eve McDonald-Madden;Michael A. McCarthy;Brendan Wintle

  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils

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  • The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being

    Christopher J. O’Bryan;Alexander R. Braczkowski;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Neil H. Carter

  • Climate Velocity Can Inform Conservation in a Warming World.

    Isaac Brito-Morales;Isaac Brito-Morales;Jorge Garcia Molinos;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Michael T. Burrows

  • Persistent Disparities between Recent Rates of Habitat Conversion and Protection and Implications for Future Global Conservation Targets

    James E.M. Watson;James E.M. Watson;Kendall R. Jones;Richard A. Fuller;Moreno Di Marco

  • The why, what, and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond the 2010 target

    Julia P. G. Jones;Ben Collen;Giles Atkinson;Peter W. J. Baxter

  • Operationalizing Network Theory for Ecosystem Service Assessments

    Laura E. Dee;Stefano Allesina;Aletta Bonn;Anna Eklöf

  • Should We Protect the Strong or the Weak? Risk, Resilience, and the Selection of Marine Protected Areas

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Eve McDONALD-MADDEN;Marji L. Puotinen;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change

    Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Michael C. Runge;Michael C. Runge;Hugh P. Possingham;Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin

  • Effective conservation planning requires learning and adaptation

    Hedley S Grantham;Michael Bode;Eve McDonald-Madden;Edward T Game

  • Using food-web theory to conserve ecosystems.

    Eve Mcdonald-Madden;Regis Sabbadin;Edward Game;Peter Baxter

  • Making robust decisions for conservation with restricted money and knowledge

    Eve McDonald‐Madden;Peter W.J. Baxter;Peter W.J. Baxter;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Finite conservation funds mean triage is unavoidable

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Richard A. Fuller
Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland
Jonathan R. Rhodes
Jonathan R. Rhodes University of Queensland
Michael C. Runge
Michael C. Runge United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Michael Bode
Michael Bode Queensland University of Technology
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch University of Sydney
Josie Carwardine
Josie Carwardine Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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