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Richard T. Kingsford is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications in related subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Recent papers by Richard T. Kingsford include:

  • A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems, 2022, Nature
  • The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance-Improving Conservation Outcomes, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Counting Mixed Breeding Aggregations of Animal Species Using Drones: Lessons from Waterbirds on Semi-Automation, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard T. Kingsford are:

  • Gilad Bino
  • David A. Keith
  • Kate Brandis
  • Iain M. Suthers
  • Roxane J. Francis

The scientist commonly publishes in venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biological Conservation
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Regarding book publications, Richard T. Kingsford has contributed to multiple works published by the University of South Florida, such as "TF1.4 Seasonal Floodplain Marshes," "F1.2 Permanent Lowland Rivers," "F1.1 Permanent Upland Streams," and "F2.3 Seasonal Freshwater Lakes," all released in 2020. Additionally, a book titled "IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0" was published in 2020 by IUCN eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia

    R.T. Kingsford

  • Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

    Fiona J. Thomson;Angela T. Moles;Tony D. Auld;Richard T. Kingsford

  • Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems.

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Emily Nicholson

  • Irrigated Agriculture and Wildlife Conservation: Conflict on a Global Scale.

    A. Dennis Lemly;Richard T. Kingsford;Julian R. Thompson

  • A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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  • Wetlands: conservation's poor cousins

    Richard T. Kingsford;Alberto Basset;Leland Jackson

  • From barriers to limits to climate change adaptation: path dependency and the speed of change

    Jon Barnett;Louisa S. Evans;Catherine Gross;Anthony S. Kiem

  • Destruction of wetlands and waterbird populations by dams and irrigation on the Murrumbidgee River in arid Australia.

    R. T. Kingsford;R. F. Thomas

  • Water flows on Cooper Creek in arid Australia determine 'boom' and 'bust' periods for waterbirds

    R.T Kingsford;A.L Curtin;J Porter

  • Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania.

    Richard Kingsford;James Watson;Carolyn Lundquist;Oscar Venter

  • The Macquarie Marshes in Arid Australia and their waterbirds: A 50-year history of decline

    Richard T. Kingsford;Rachael F. Thomas

  • Improving biodiversity monitoring

    David B Lindenmayer;Philip Gibbons;Max Bourke;Mark Burgman

  • Generalists are the most urban-tolerant of birds: a phylogenetically controlled analysis of ecological and life history traits using a novel continuous measure of bird responses to urbanization

    Corey T. Callaghan;Richard E. Major;Richard E. Major;John H. Wilshire;John M. Martin;John M. Martin

  • The potential role of waterbirds in dispersing invertebrates and plants in arid Australia.

    AJ Green;Kim M Jenkins;Kim M Jenkins;Dorothy Bell;Phil Morris

  • A Ramsar wetland in crisis – the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth, Australia

    Richard T. Kingsford;Keith F. Walker;Rebecca E. Lester;William J. Young

  • Regime shifts, thresholds and multiple stable states in freshwater ecosystems; a critical appraisal of the evidence.

    Samantha J. Capon;A. Jasmyn J. Lynch;Nick Bond;Bruce C. Chessman;Bruce C. Chessman

  • Responses of waterbirds to flooding in an arid region of Australia and implications for conservation

    David Roshier;Alistar Robertson;Richard Kingsford

  • Australian waterbirds - products of the continent's ecology

    R. T. Kingsford;F. I. Norman

  • TF1.3 Permanent Marshes

    R. T. Kingsford;J. A. Catford;Mark C. Rains;B. J. Robson

  • Strategic Adaptive Management in freshwater protected areas and their rivers

    Richard T. Kingsford;Harry C. Biggs;Sharon R. Pollard

  • Waterbird breeding and environmental flow management in the Macquarie Marshes, arid Australia

    Richard T. Kingsford;Kristin M. Auld

  • Impact of water diversions on colonially-nesting waterbirds in the Macquarie Marshes of arid Australia

    R. T. Kingsford;W. Johnson

  • Conserving biodiversity: threats and solutions

    R A Bradstock;T D Auld;D A Keith;R T Kingsford

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Keith
David A. Keith University of New South Wales
Daniel Lunney
Daniel Lunney University of Sydney
Daniel Ramp
Daniel Ramp University of Technology Sydney
Tony D. Auld
Tony D. Auld University of New South Wales
Jane A. Catford
Jane A. Catford King's College London
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Mike Letnic
Mike Letnic University of New South Wales
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Keith F. Walker
Keith F. Walker University of Adelaide
Emily Nicholson
Emily Nicholson Deakin University

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