Dr Sean Maxwell
Research Fellow
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
+61 7 334 61643
Journal Articles
de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Maxwell, Sean L. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Renewed threats to Brazilian biodiversity from sugarcane. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18 (4), 178-179. doi: 10.1002/fee.2196
Jones, Kendall R., Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A., Allan, James R., Maxwell, Sean L., Negret, Pablo Jose and Watson, James E. M. (2018). One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure. Science, 360 (6390), 788-791. doi: 10.1126/science.aap9565
Bennett, Joseph R., Maxwell, Sean L., Martin, Amanda E., Chadès, Iadine, Fahrig, Lenore and Gilbert, Benjamin (2018). When to monitor and when to act: value of information theory for multiple management units and limited budgets. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (5), 2102-2113. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13132
Watson, James E M, Evans, Tom, Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Claire, Thompson, Ian, Ray, Justina C, Murray, Kris, Salazar, Alvaro, McAlpine, Clive, Potapov, Peter, Walston, Joe, Robinson, John G, Painter, Michael, Wilkie, David, Filardi, Christopher, Laurance, William F, Houghton, Richard A, Maxwell, Sean, Grantham, Hedley, Samper, Cristián, Wang, Stephanie, Laestadius, Lars, Runting, Rebecca K, Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A, Ervin, Jamison and Lindenmayer, David (2018) The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution, 2 4: 1-12. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0490-x
Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Maxwell, Sean, Bertzky, Bastian, Jones, Kendall, Shi, Yichuan and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. Biological Conservation, 206, 47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.011
Maxwell, Sean, Fuller, Richard A., Brooks, Thomas M. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers. Nature, 536 (7615), 143-145. doi: 10.1038/536143a
Butt, N., Possingham, H. P., De Los Rios, C., Maggini, R., Fuller, R. A., Maxwell, S. L. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Challenges in assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change to inform conservation actions. Biological Conservation, 199, 10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.020
Maxwell, Sean L., Venter, Oscar, Jones, Kendall R. and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Integrating human responses to climate change into conservation vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1355 (1), 98-116. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12952
Maxwell, S.L, Milner-Gulland, E.J, Jones, J.P.G, Knight, A.T, Bunnefeld, N, Nuno, A, Bal, P, Earle, S, Watson J.E.M. and Rhodes J.R (2015). Being smart about SMART environmental targets. Science, 347 (6226), 1075-1076. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa1451
Maxwell, Sean L., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Runge, Michael C., Possingham, Hugh P., Ng, Chooi Fei and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2015). How much is new information worth? Evaluating the financial benefit of resolving management uncertainty. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12373
Maron, Martine, Mcalpine, Clive A., Watson, James E. M., Maxwell, Sean and Barnard, Phoebe (2015). Climate-induced resource bottlenecks exacerbate species vulnerability: A review. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (7), 731-743. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12339
Maxwell, Sean, Rhodes, J. R., Bal, P., Bunnefeld, N., Earle, S., Knight, A.T., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Jones, J. P. G., Nuno, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2014). Sustainability: root targets in consensus. Nature, 514 (7253), 434-434. doi: 10.1038/514434d
Jupiter, Stacy D., Jenkins, Aaron P., Lee Long, Warren J., Maxwell, Sean L., Carruthers, Tim J. B., Hodge, Kate B., Govan, Hugh, Tamelander, Jerker and Watson, James E. M. (2014). Principles for integrated island management in the tropical Pacific. Pacific Conservation Biology, 20 (2), 193-205. doi: 10.1071/PC140193
Ang, Gurion C. K., Silva, Rehan, Maxwell, Sean L., Zalucki, Myron P. and Furlong, Michael J. (2014). Contrary effects of leaf position and identity on oviposition and larval feeding patterns of the diamondback moth. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 151 (1), 86-96. doi: 10.1111/eea.12172
Newspaper Article
Watson, J.E.M., Allan, James and Maxwell, S. (2017, 01 31). More than half the world’s most important natural sites are under threat: it’s time to protect them The Conversation
Research Report
Jupiter, Stacey, Jenkins, Aaron, Long, Warren Lee, Maxwell, Sean, Watson, James, Hodge, Kate, Govan, Hugh and Carruthers, Tim (2013). Pacific integrated island management: principles, case studies and lessons learned. Apia, Samoa; Nairobi, Kenya: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).