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Dr Jeremy Simmonds

Adjunct Lecturer/Research Fellow
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
j.simmonds1@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (32)
Thesis (1)
Newspaper Articles (3)

Journal Articles

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Suarez‐Castro, Andres Felipe, Reside, April E., Watson, James E.M., Allan, James R., Atkinson, Scott C., Borrelli, Pasquale, Dudley, Nigel, Edwards, Stephen, Fuller, Richard A., Game, Edward T., Linke, Simon, Maxwell, Sean L., Panagos, Panos, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Runting, Rebecca K., Santini, Talitha, Sonter, Laura J. and Maron, Martine (2023). Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity. Conservation Biology, 37 (3) e14040, 1-16. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14040
Walsh, Jessica C., Gibson, Michelle R., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Mayfield, Helen J., Bracey, Clare, Melton, Courtney B., Reside, April E. and Maron, Martine (2023). Effectiveness of conservation interventions for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review. Biological Conservation, 282 110030, 110030. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110030
Narain, Divya, Sonter, Laura J., Lechner, Alex Mark, Watson, James E.M., Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Maron, Martine (2023). Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure. Conservation Biology e14095, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14095
Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Grantham, Hedley S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Alvarez, Silvia J., Venter, Oscar, Strassburg, Bernardo B.N. and Runting, Rebecca K. (2022). Global drivers of change across tropical savannah ecosystems and insights into their management and conservation. Biological Conservation, 276 109786, 109786. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109786
Pérez‐Hämmerle, Katharina‐Victoria, Moon, Katie, Venegas‐Li, Rubén, Maxwell, Sean, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Venter, Oscar, Garnett, Stephen T., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James EM (2022). Wilderness forms and their implications for global environmental policy and conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13875, e13875. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13875
Watson, James E. M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Yong, Chuan J., Reside, April E., Possingham, Hugh P., Rogers, Andrew and Carwardine, Josie (2022). Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al. Conservation Biology, 36 (4), e13961. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13961
Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Garnett, Stephen T., Maron, Martine, Rhodes, Jonathan R., MacColl, Chris, Seaton, Richard, Jackett, Nigel, Reside, April E., Webster, Patrick and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2022). Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (2) 024032, 024032. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4f8b
Simmonds, Jeremy S., Hase, Amrei, Quétier, Fabien, Brownlie, Susie, Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Souquet, Mathieu, zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E., ten Kate, Kerry, Costa, Hugo M. and Sonter, Laura J. (2022). Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (3) e12634. doi: 10.1111/csp2.12634
Gibson, Michelle, Maron, Martine, Taws, Nicki, Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Walsh, Jessica C. (2021). Use of citizen science datasets to test effects of grazing exclusion and replanting on Australian woodland birds. Restoration Ecology, 30 (7) e13610. doi: 10.1111/rec.13610
Melton, Courtney B., Reside, April E., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Mcdonald, Paul G., Major, Richard E., Crates, Ross, Catterall, Carla P., Clarke, Michael F., Grey, Merilyn J., Davitt, Galen, Ingwersen, Dean, Robinson, Doug and Maron, Martine (2021). Evaluating the evidence of culling a native species for conservation benefits. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (12) e549. doi: 10.1111/csp2.549
Watson, James E. M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Narain, Divya, Ward, Michelle, Maron, Martine and Maxwell, Sean L. (2021). Talk is cheap: nations must act now to achieve long-term ambitions for biodiversity. One Earth, 4 (7), 897-900. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.012
Mello, Kaline de, Fendrich, Arthur Nicolaus, Sparovek, Gerd, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Maron, Martine, Tavares, Paulo André, Brites, Alice Dantas, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Joly, Carlos Alfredo and Metzger, Jean Paul (2021). Achieving private conservation targets in Brazil through restoration and compensation schemes without impairing productive lands. Environmental Science & Policy, 120, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.014
Dyer, Alesia B. and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2021). Incomplete surveys for environmental impact assessments jeopardise threatened species recovery. Pacific Conservation Biology, 28 (2), 154-163. doi: 10.1071/pc21011
Negret, Pablo Jose, Maron, Martine, Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E.M. and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2021). Deforestation and bird habitat loss in Colombia. Biological Conservation, 257 109044, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109044
Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Ward, Michelle, Brooks, Thomas M., Butt, Nathalie, Bolam, Friederike C., Stuart, Simon N., Mair, Louise, McGowan, Philip J. K., Gregory, Richard, Hilton‐Taylor, Craig, Mallon, David, Harrison, Ian and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2020). A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (3) e12778. doi: 10.1111/conl.12778
zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E., Maron, Martine, Corlet Walker, Christine M., Gordon, Ascelin, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Strange, Niels, Robertson, Morgan and Bull, Joseph W. (2020). The hidden biodiversity risks of increasing flexibility in biodiversity offset trades. Biological Conservation, 252 108861, 108861. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108861
Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Radford, James Q., Williams, Brooke A., Reside, April E., Macdonald, Stewart L., Mayfield, Helen J., Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Vine, Samantha J., O’Connor, James L., Massingham, Emily J., Greenville, Aaron C., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Carwardine, Josie, Nimmo, Dale G., Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1321-1326. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1
Sonter, Laura J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph M., Costa, Hugo M., Bennun, Leon, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley S., Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Kendall, Sochi, Kei, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Satar, Musnanda, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Starkey, Malcolm, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei, Wells, Jessie A. and Maron, Martine (2020). Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2072, 2072. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1
Williams, Brooke Anne, Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Alvarez, Silvia J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Rogeliz, Carlos A., Da Silva, Mayesse A., Forero-Medina, German, Etter, Andres, Nogales, Jonathan, Walschburger, Thomas, Hyman, Glenn and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2020). Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (1) 014001, 014001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ff7
Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Sonter, Laura J., Bennun, Leon, Griffiths, Victoria F., Quétier, Fabien, von Hase, Amrei, Edwards, Stephen, Rainey, Hugo, Bull, Joseph W., Savy, Conrad E., Victurine, Ray, Kiesecker, Joseph, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Stevens, Todd, Cozannet, Naïg and Jones, Julia P. G. (2019). Global no net loss of natural ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (1), 46-49. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1067-z
Simmonds, Jeremy S., Reside, April E., Stone, Zoe, Walsh, Jessica C., Ward, Michelle S. and Maron, Martine (2019). Vulnerable species and ecosystems are falling through the cracks of environmental impact assessments. Conservation Letters, 13 (3) e12694. doi: 10.1111/conl.12694
Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Watson, James E. M., Bennun, Leon, Costa, Hugo M., Dutson, Guy, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley, Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph, Possingham, Hugh P., Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quetier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Savy, Conrad E., Souquet, Mathieu, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei and Maron, Martine (2019). Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation. Conservation Letters, 13 (2) e12695. doi: 10.1111/conl.12695
Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James. E. M., Salazar, Alvaro and Maron, Martine (2019). A composite measure of habitat loss for entire assemblages of species. Conservation Biology, 33 (6) cobi.13331, 1438-1447. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13331
Sonter, Laura J., Gordon, Ascelin, Archibald, Carla, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Metzger, Jean Paul, Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Maron, Martine (2019). Offsetting impacts of development on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ambio, 49 (4), 892-902. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01245-3
Ward, Michelle S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Reside, April E., Watson, James E. M., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Possingham, Hugh P., Trezise, James, Fletcher, Rachel, File, Lindsey and Taylor, Martin (2019). Lots of loss with little scrutiny: the attrition of habitat critical for threatened species in Australia. Conservation Science and Practice, 1 (11) e117. doi: 10.1111/csp2.117
Simmonds, J. S. and Watson, J. E. M. (2019). All threatened species habitat is important. Animal Conservation, 22 (4), 324-325. doi: 10.1111/acv.12518
Simmonds, Jeremy S., van Rensburg, Berndt J., Tulloch, Ayesha I. T. and Maron, Martine (2019). Landscape-specific thresholds in the relationship between species richness and natural land cover. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (4), 1019-1029. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13320
Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Bold nature retention targets are essential for the global environment agenda. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (8), 1194-1195. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0595-2
Suárez-Castro, Andrés Felipe, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Mitchell, Matthew G. E., Maron, Martine and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2018). The scale-dependent role of biological traits in landscape ecology: A review. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 3 (1), 12-22. doi: 10.1007/s40823-018-0031-y
Fraser, Hannah, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Kutt, Alex S. and Maron, Martine (2018). Systematic definition of threatened fauna communities is critical to their conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (3), 462-477. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12875
Simmonds, Jeremy S., van Rensburg, Berndt J. and Maron, Martine (2017). Non-random patterns of vegetation clearing and potential biases in studies of habitat area effects. Landscape Ecology, 32 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0482-7
Woosnam-Merchez, Olivia, Cristescu, Romane, Dique, David, Ellis, Bill, Beeton, Robert J. S., Simmonds, Jeremy and Carrick, Frank (2012). What faecal pellet surveys can and can’t reveal about the ecology of koalas Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Zoologist, 36 (2), 192-200. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2012.030

Thesis

Simmonds, Jeremy (2017). Implications of vegetation clearing biases for the interpretation of landscape-scale species-area relationships. PhD Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.623

Newspaper Articles

Melton, Courtney, Reside, April, Simmonds, Jeremy, Maron, Martine, Clarke, Michael and McDonald, Paul (2021, 10 13). Should we cull noisy miners? After decades of research, these aggressive honeyeaters are still outsmarting us The Conversation
Simmonds, Jeremy, Salazar, Alvaro, Watson, James and Maron, Martine (2019, 10 29). Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day The Conversation
Ward, Michelle, Reside, April, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Simmonds, Jeremy, Rhodes, Jonathan and Taylor, Martin (2019, 09 09). Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof The Conversation
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