James E M Watson (J E M Watson, James Watson)

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 36

Top Venues

Nature ecology & evolution

Nature communications

Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

Ecology letters

The University of Queensland

University of Oxford (PHD)

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Affiliation History

The University of Queensland Jan 01 2014

Australia

Director :: Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Wildlife Conservation Society

United States

Director, Science and Knowledge Initiative and Global Climate Change Program

University of Queensland

Australia

Research Fellow

Wilderness Society

United States

WildCountry Director

Australian Army

Australia

Executive Officer and Principle Manager of Army Doctrine and Training, Land Warfare Development Centre (LWDC),

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Lecturer to Masters in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management and undergraduate courses

Australian Army

Australia

Troop Commander (as a Captain) of a Radio Troop and Assistant Executive Officer (AXO) (as a Lieutenant) in 1st Combat Support Regiment

Education History

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

PHD

University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy

Australia

BSC

Publications

Louis J Backstrom, Corey T Callaghan, Nicholas P Leseberg, Chris Sanderson, Richard A Fuller, James E M Watson
Assessing adequacy of citizen science datasets for biodiversity monitoring. Ecology and evolution 14 (2) (2024)
Louis J Backstrom, Corey T Callaghan, Nicholas P Leseberg, Chris Sanderson, Richard A Fuller, James E M Watson
Assessing adequacy of citizen science datasets for biodiversity monitoring. Ecology and evolution 14 (2) (2024)
Andrew J Hansen, Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, Scott J Goetz, Matthew C Hansen, Oscar Venter, James E M Watson, Patrick A Jantz, Anne L S Virnig, Kevin Barnett, Rajeev Pillay, Scott C Atkinson, Christina Supples, Susana Rodriguez Buritica, Dolors Armenteras
Author Correction: A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth's remaining moist tropical forests. Nature ecology & evolution (2024)
James R Allan, Hugh P Possingham, Scott C Atkinson, Anthony Waldron, Moreno Di Marco, Stuart H M Butchart, Vanessa M Adams, Wilm Daniel Kissling, Thomas Worsdell, Chris Sandbrook, Gwili Gibbon, Kundan Kumar, Piyush Mehta, Martine Maron, Brooke A Williams, Kendall R Jones, Brendan A Wintle, April E Reside, James E M Watson
The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science (New York, N.Y.) 376 (6597) (2022)
Rajeev Pillay, James E M Watson, Andrew J Hansen, Patrick A Jantz, Jose Aragon-Osejo, Dolors Armenteras, Scott C Atkinson, Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, Scott J Goetz, Pamela González-Del-Pliego, Nathaniel P Robinson, Christina Supples, Anne L S Virnig, Brooke A Williams, Oscar Venter
Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity. Nature ecology & evolution 6 (12) (2022)
David B Lindenmayer, Phillip J Zylstra, Robert M Kooyman, Chris Taylor, Michelle Ward, James E M Watson
Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019-20 Australian forest fires. Nature ecology & evolution 6 (5) (2022)
Brooke A Williams, James E M Watson, Hawthorne L Beyer, Carissa J Klein, Jamie Montgomery, Rebecca K Runting, Leslie A Roberson, Benjamin S Halpern, Hedley S Grantham, Caitlin D Kuempel, Melanie Frazier, Oscar Venter, Amelia Wenger
Global rarity of intact coastal regions. Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 36 (4) (2022)
James E M Watson, Jeremy S Simmonds, Michelle Ward, Chuan J Yong, April E Reside, Hugh P Possingham, Andrew Rogers, Josie Carwardine
Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al. Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 36 (4) (2022)
Juan Pablo Ramírez-Delgado, Moreno Di Marco, James E M Watson, Chris J Johnson, Carlo Rondinini, Xavier Corredor Llano, Miguel Arias, Oscar Venter
Matrix condition mediates the effects of habitat fragmentation on species extinction risk. Nature communications 13 (1) (2022)
Leslie A Roberson, Hawthorne L Beyer, Casey C O'Hara, James E M Watson, Daniel C Dunn, Benjamin S Halpern, Carissa J Klein, Melanie R Frazier, Caitlin D Kuempel, Brooke A Williams, Hedley S Grantham, Jamie C Montgomery, Salit Kark, Rebecca K Runting
Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species. Global change biology 27 (23) (2021)
Victor Cazalis, Megan D Barnes, Alison Johnston, James E M Watson, Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu, Ana S L Rodrigues
Mismatch between bird species sensitivity and the protection of intact habitats across the Americas. Ecology letters 24 (11) (2021)
Louise Mair, Leon A Bennun, Thomas M Brooks, Stuart H M Butchart, Friederike C Bolam, Neil D Burgess, Jonathan M M Ekstrom, Eleanor J Milner-Gulland, Michael Hoffmann, Ke-Ping Ma, Nicholas B W Macfarlane, Domitilla C Raimondo, Ana S L Rodrigues, Xiao-Li Shen, Bernardo B N Strassburg, Craig R Beatty, Carla Gómez-Creutzberg, Alvaro Iribarrem, Meizani Irmadhiany, Eduardo Lacerda, Bianca Araujo Marques de Mattos, Karmila Parakkasi, Marcelo F Tognelli, Elizabeth L Bennett, Catherine Bryan, Giulia Carbone, Abhishek Chaudhary, Maxime Eiselin, Gustavo A B da Fonseca, Russell Galt, Arne Geschke, Louise Glew, Romie Goedicke, Jonathan M H Green, Richard D Gregory, Samantha L L Hill, David G Hole, Jonathan Hughes, Jonathan Hutton, Marco P W Keijzer, Laetitia M Navarro, Eimear M Nic Lughadha, Andrew J Plumptre, Philippe Puydarrieux, Hugh P Possingham, Aleksandar Rankovic, Eugenie C Regan, Carlo Rondinini, Joshua D Schneck, Juha Siikamäki, Cyriaque Sendashonga, Gilles Seutin, Sam Sinclair, Andrew Luke Skowno, Carolina A Soto-Navarro, Simon N Stuart, Helen J Temple, Antoine Vallier, Francesca Verones, Leonardo R Viana, James E M Watson, Simeon Bezeng, Monika Böhm, Ian J Burfield, Viola Clausnitzer, Colin P Clubbe, Neil A Cox, Jörg Freyhof, Leah R Gerber, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Richard Jenkins, Ackbar Joolia, Lucas N Joppa, Lian Pin Koh, Thomas E Lacher, Penny F Langhammer, Barney Long, David Mallon, Michela Pacifici, Beth A Polidoro, Caroline M Pollock, Malin C Rivers, Nicolette S Roach, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jane Smart, Bruce E Young, Frank Hawkins, Philip J K McGowan
A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature ecology & evolution 5 (6) (2021)
Paul R Elsen, Earl C Saxon, Blake Alexander Simmons, Michelle Ward, Brooke A Williams, Hedley S Grantham, Salit Kark, Noam Levin, Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle, April E Reside, James E M Watson
Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change. Global change biology (2021)
H S Grantham, A Duncan, T D Evans, K R Jones, H L Beyer, Richard Schuster, J Walston, J C Ray, J G Robinson, M Callow, T Clements, H M Costa, A DeGemmis, Paul R Elsen, J Ervin, P Franco, E Goldman, Scott J Goetz, A Hansen, E Hofsvang, Patrick A Jantz, Stacy D Jupiter, A Kang, P Langhammer, William F Laurance, S Lieberman, M Linkie, Yadvinder Malhi, S Maxwell, M Mendez, R Mittermeier, Nicholas J Murray, Hugh P Possingham, J Radachowsky, S Saatchi, C Samper, J Silverman, A Shapiro, Bernardo B N Strassburg, T Stevens, E Stokes, R Taylor, T Tear, R Tizard, O Venter, Piero Visconti, S Wang, James E M Watson
Author Correction: Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity. Nature communications 12 (1) (2021)
Emily Nicholson, Kate E Watermeyer, Jessica A Rowland, Chloe F Sato, Simone L Stevenson, Angela Andrade, Thomas M Brooks, Neil D Burgess, Su-Ting Cheng, Hedley S Grantham, Samantha L L Hill, David A Keith, Martine Maron, Daniel Metzke, Nicholas J Murray, Cara R Nelson, David O Obura, Andrew J Plumptre, Andrew Luke Skowno, James E M Watson
Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Nature ecology & evolution 5 (10) (2021)
Laura J Sonter, Jeremy S Simmonds, James E M Watson, Julia Patricia Gordon Jones, Joseph M Kiesecker, Hugo M Costa, Leon A Bennun, Stephen Edwards, Hedley S Grantham, Victoria F Griffiths, Kendall Jones, Kei Sochi, Philippe Puydarrieux, Fabien Quétier, Helga Rainer, Hugo Rainey, Dilys Roe, Musnanda Satar, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Malcolm Starkey, Kerry Ten Kate, Ray Victurine, Amrei von Hase, Jessie A Wells, Martine Maron
Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Michelle Ward, Santiago Saura, Brooke A Williams, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Delgado, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, James R Allan, Oscar Venter, Grégoire Dubois, James E M Watson
Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
David B Lindenmayer, Robert M Kooyman, Chris Taylor, Michelle Ward, James E M Watson
Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (7) (2020)
Michela Pacifici, Carlo Rondinini, Jonathan R Rhodes, Andrew A Burbidge, Andrea Cristiano, James E M Watson, John C Z Woinarski, Moreno Di Marco
Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Sean L Maxwell, Victor Cazalis, Nigel Dudley, Michael Hoffmann, Ana S L Rodrigues, Sue Stolton, Piero Visconti, Stephen Woodley, Naomi Kingston, Edward Lewis, Martine Maron, Bernardo B N Strassburg, Amelia Wenger, Harry D Jonas, Oscar Venter, James E M Watson
Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century. Nature 586 (7828) (2020)
David Leclere, Michael Obersteiner, Mike Barrett, Stuart H M Butchart, Abhishek Chaudhary, Adriana De Palma, Fabrice A J DeClerck, Moreno Di Marco, Jonathan C Doelman, Martina Dürauer, Robin Freeman, Michael Harfoot, Tomoko Hasegawa, Stefanie Hellweg, Jelle P Hilbers, Samantha L L Hill, Florian Humpenöder, Nancy Jennings, Tamás Krisztin, Georgina M Mace, Haruka Ohashi, Alexander Popp, Andy Purvis, Aafke M Schipper, Andrzej Tabeau, Hugo Valin, Hans van Meijl, Willem-Jan van Zeist, Piero Visconti, Rob Alkemade, Rosamunde Almond, Gill Bunting, Neil D Burgess, Sarah E Cornell, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Simon Ferrier, Steffen Fritz, Shinichiro Fujimori, Monique Grooten, Thomas Harwood, Petr Havlík, Mario Herrero, Andrew J Hoskins, Martin Jung, Tom Kram, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Tetsuya Matsui, Carsten Meyer, Deon Nel, Tim Newbold, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Elke Stehfest, Bernardo B N Strassburg, Detlef P van Vuuren, Chris Ware, James E M Watson, Wenchao Wu, Lucy Young
Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature 585 (7826) (2020)
Andrew J Hansen, Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, Scott J Goetz, Matthew C Hansen, Oscar Venter, James E M Watson, Patrick A Jantz, Anne L S Virnig, Kevin Barnett, Rajeev Pillay, Scott C Atkinson, Christina Supples, Susana Rodriguez Buritica, Dolors Armenteras
A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth's remaining moist tropical forests. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (10) (2020)
Joseph William Bull, E J Milner-Gulland, Prue F E Addison, William N S Arlidge, Julia Baker, Thomas M Brooks, Michael J Burgass, Amy Hinsley, Martine Maron, John G Robinson, Nik Sekhran, Samuel P Sinclair, Simon N Stuart, Sophus O S E Zu Ermgassen, James E M Watson
Net positive outcomes for nature. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (1) (2020)
Laura J Sonter, Marie C Dade, James E M Watson, Rick K Valenta
Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Rebecca K Runting, Stuart P Phinn, Zunyi Xie, Oscar Venter, James E M Watson
Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
H S Grantham, A Duncan, T D Evans, K R Jones, H L Beyer, Richard Schuster, J Walston, J C Ray, J G Robinson, M Callow, T Clements, H M Costa, A DeGemmis, Paul R Elsen, J Ervin, P Franco, E Goldman, Scott J Goetz, A Hansen, E Hofsvang, Patrick A Jantz, Stacy D Jupiter, A Kang, P Langhammer, William F Laurance, S Lieberman, M Linkie, Yadvinder Malhi, S Maxwell, M Mendez, R Mittermeier, Nicholas J Murray, Hugh P Possingham, J Radachowsky, S Saatchi, C Samper, J Silverman, A Shapiro, Bernardo B N Strassburg, T Stevens, E Stokes, R Taylor, T Tear, R Tizard, O Venter, Piero Visconti, S Wang, James E M Watson
Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Natalie Mason, Michelle Ward, James E M Watson, Oscar Venter, Rebecca K Runting
Global opportunities and challenges for transboundary conservation. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (5) (2020)
Michelle Ward, Ayesha I T Tulloch, James Q Radford, Brooke A Williams, April E Reside, Stewart L Macdonald, Helen J Mayfield, Martine Maron, Hugh P Possingham, Samantha J Vine, James L O'Connor, Emily J Massingham, Aaron C Greenville, John C Z Woinarski, Stephen T Garnett, Mark Lintermans, Ben C Scheele, Josie Carwardine, Dale G Nimmo, David B Lindenmayer, Robert M Kooyman, Jeremy S Simmonds, Laura J Sonter, James E M Watson
Impact of 2019-2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (10) (2020)
Andrew Hansen, Kevin Barnett, Patrick Jantz, Linda Phillips, Scott J Goetz, Matt Hansen, Oscar Venter, James E M Watson, Patrick Burns, Scott Atkinson, Susana Rodriguez Buritica, Jamison Ervin, Anne Virnig, Christina Supples, Rafael De Camargo
Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps. Scientific data 6 (1) (2019)
Martine Maron, Jeremy S Simmonds, James E M Watson, Laura J Sonter, Leon A Bennun, Victoria F Griffiths, Fabien Quétier, Amrei von Hase, Stephen Edwards, Hugo Rainey, Joseph William Bull, Conrad E Savy, Ray Victurine, Joseph Kiesecker, Philippe Puydarrieux, Todd Stevens, Naïg Cozannet, Julia Patricia Gordon Jones
Global no net loss of natural ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution 4 (1) (2019)
James E M Watson, Julia Patricia Gordon Jones
Diverse contributions benefit people and nature. Nature ecology & evolution 3 (8) (2019)
Christopher J O'Bryan, Matthew H Holden, James E M Watson
The mesoscavenger release hypothesis and implications for ecosystem and human well-being. Ecology letters 22 (9) (2019)
Moreno Di Marco, Oscar Venter, Hugh P Possingham, James E M Watson
Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk. Nature communications 9 (1) (2018)
James E M Watson, Tom Evans, Oscar Venter, Brooke Williams, Ayesha I T Tulloch, Claire Stewart, Ian Thompson, Justina C Ray, Kris Murray, Alvaro Salazar, Clive McAlpine, Peter Potapov, Joe Walston, John G Robinson, Michael Painter, David Wilkie, Christopher Filardi, William F Laurance, Richard A Houghton, Sean Maxwell, Hedley Grantham, Cristián Samper, Stephanie Wang, Lars Laestadius, Rebecca K Runting, Gustavo A Silva-Chávez, Jamison Ervin, David B Lindenmayer
The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution 2 (4) (2018)
Stephen Thomas Garnett, Stuart H M Butchart, G B Baker, E Bayraktarov, Katherine L Buchanan, A A Burbidge, Alienor L M Chauvenet, Les Christidis, G Ehmke, Molly K Grace, D G Hoccom, Sarah M Legge, Ian Leiper, David B Lindenmayer, R H Loyn, Martine Maron, Paul G McDonald, P Menkhorst, Hugh P Possingham, James Q Radford, April E Reside, David M Watson, James E M Watson, Brendan A Wintle, John C Z Woinarski, Hayley M Geyle
Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds. Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 33 (2) (2018)
Ayesha I T Tulloch, Nancy Auerbach, Stephanie Avery-Gomm, Elisa Bayraktarov, Nathalie Butt, Chris R Dickman, Glenn Ehmke, Diana O Fisher, Hedley Grantham, Matthew H Holden, Tyrone H Lavery, Nicholas P Leseberg, Miles Nicholls, James O'Connor, Leslie Roberson, Anita K Smyth, Zoe Stone, Vivitskaia Tulloch, Eren Turak, Glenda M Wardle, James E M Watson
A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data. Nature ecology & evolution 2 (8) (2018)

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James E M Watson (J E M Watson, James Watson)