Professor Tara Martin
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Book Chapters
Martin, Tara G., Catterall, Carla P., Manning, Adrian D. and Szabo, Judit K. (2012). Australian birds in a changing landscape: 220 years of European colonisation. Birds and habitat: relationships in changing landscapes. (pp. 453-480) edited by Robert J. Fuller. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, Kerrie, Possingham, Hugh, Martin, Tara G. and Grantham, Hedley S. (2008). Key concepts. Marxan good practices handbook. (pp. 18-23) edited by Jeff A. Ardron, Hugh P. Possingham and Carissa J. Klein. Vancouver, Canada: Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association.
Journal Articles
Dempsey, Jessica, Martin, Tara G. and Sumaila, U. Rashid (2020). Subsidizing extinction?. Conservation Letters, 13 (1). doi: 10.1111/conl.12705
Carwardine, Josie, Martin, Tara G., Firn, Jennifer, Reyes, Rocio Ponce, Nicol, Sam, Reeson, Andrew, Grantham, Hedley S., Stratford, Danial, Kehoe, Laura and Chadès, Iadine (2019). Priority threat management for biodiversity conservation: a handbook. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (2), 481-490. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13268
Foden, Wendy B., Young, Bruce E., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Garcia, Raquel A., Hoffmann, Ary A., Stein, Bruce A., Thomas, Chris D., Wheatley, Christopher J., Bickford, David, Carr, Jamie A., Hole, David G., Martin, Tara G., Pacifici, Michela, Pearce-Higgins, James W., Platts, Philip J., Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M. and Huntley, Brian (2018). Climate change vulnerability assessment of species. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10 (1) e551, e551. doi: 10.1002/wcc.551
Martin, Tara G., Kehoe, Laura, Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal, Chades, Iadine, Wilson, Scott, Bloom, Robin G., Davis, Stephen K., Fisher, Ryan, Keith, Jeff, Mehl, Katherine, Diaz, Beatriz Prieto, Wayland, Mark E., Wellicome, Troy I., Zimmer, Karl P. and Smith, Paul A. (2018). Prioritizing recovery funding to maximize conservation of endangered species. Conservation Letters, 11 (6), e12604. doi: 10.1111/conl.12604
Schuster, Richard, Law, Elizabeth A., Rodewald, Amanda D., Martin, Tara G., Wilson, Kerrie A., Watts, Matthew, Possingham, Hugh P. and Arcese, Peter (2017). Tax shifting and incentives for biodiversity conservation on private lands. Conservation Letters, 11 (2) e12377, e12377. doi: 10.1111/conl.12377
Martin, Tara G., Camaclang, Abbey E., Possingham, Hugh P., Maguire, Lynn A. and Chades, Iadine (2017). Timing of protection of critical habitat matters. Conservation Letters, 10 (3), 308-316. doi: 10.1111/conl.12266
Scheffers, Brett R., De Meester, Luc, Bridge, Tom C. L., Hoffmann, Ary A., Pandolfi, John M., Corlett, Richard T., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Pearce-Kelly, Paul, Kovacs, Kit M., Dudgeon, David, Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Foden, Wendy B., Martin, Tara G., Mora, Camilo, Bickford, David and Watson, James E. M. (2016). The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science, 354 (6313) aaf7671, 719-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7671
Martin, Tara (2016). Policy: hasten end of dated fossil-fuel subsidies. Nature, 538 (7624), 171-171. doi: 10.1038/538171c
Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S., Martin, Tara G., Moffatt, David B., Udy, James, Olley, Jon, Saxton, Nina, Sheldon, Fran., Bunn, Stuart E. and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2016). Prioritizing management actions for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity under changing climate and land-cover. Biological Conservation, 197, 80-89. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.02.033
Martin, Tara G. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Intact ecosystems provide best defence against climate change. Nature Climate Change, 6 (2), 122-124. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2918
Firn, Jennifer, Martin, Tara G., Chades, Iadine, Walters, Belinda, Hayes, John, Nicol, Sam and Carwardine, Josie (2015). Priority threat management of non-native plants to maintain ecosystem integrity across heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 (5), 1135-1144. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12500
Firn, Jennifer, Maggini, Ramona, Chades, Iadine, Nicol, Sam, Walters, Belinda, Reeson, Andy, Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P., Pichancourt, Jean-Baptiste, Ponce-Reyes, Rocio and Carwardine, Josie (2015). Priority threat management of invasive animals to protect biodiversity under climate change. Global Change Biology, 21 (11), 3917-3930. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13034
Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S., Visconti, Piero, Di Marco, Moreno, Martin, Tara G., Rondinini. Carlo and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2015). Climate change modifies risk of global biodiversity loss due to land-cover change. Biological Conservation, 187, 103-111. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.016
Martin, Tara G., Murphy, Helen, Liedloff, Adam, Thomas, Colette, Chades, Iadine, Cook, Garry, Fensham, Rod, McIvor, John and van Klinken, Rieks D. (2015). Buffel grass and climate change: a framework for projecting invasive species distributions when data are scarce. Biological Invasions, 17 (11), 3197-3210. doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-0945-9
Evans, Megan C., Carwardine, Josie, Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W., Wilson, Kerrie A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Martin, Tara G. (2015). Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Environmental Science and Policy, 50, 114-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.02.003
Polak, Tal, Watson, James E. M., Fuller, Richard A., Joseph, Liana, Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P., Venter, Oscar and Carwardine, Josie (2015). Efficient expansion of global protected areas requires simultaneous planning for species and ecosystems. Royal Society Open Science, 2 (4) 150107, 150107.1-150107.11. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150107
Carwardine, Josie, Hawkins, Charlie, Polglase, Phil, Possingham, Hugh P., Reeson, Andrew, Renwick, Anna R., Watts, Matt and Martin, Tara G. (2015). Spatial priorities for restoring biodiverse carbon forests. BioScience, 65 (4), 372-382. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biv008
Pacifici, Michela, Foden, Wendy B, Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M, Butchart, Stuart H. M, Kovacs, Kit M, Scheffers, Brett R, Hole, David G, Martin, Tara G, Akcakaya, H. Resit, Corlett, Richard T, Huntley, Brian, Bickford, David, Carr, Jamie A, Hoffmann, Ary A, Midgley, Guy F, Pearce-Kelly, Paul, Pearson, Richard G, Williams, Stephen E, Willis, Stephen G, Young, Bruce and Rondinini, Carlo (2015). Assessing species vulnerability to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 5 (3), 215-225. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2448
Flockhart, D. T. Tyler, Pichancourt, Jean-Baptiste, Norris, D. Ryan and Martin, Tara G. (2015). Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84 (1), 155-165. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12253
Camaclang, Abbey E., Maron, Martine, Martin, Tara G. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Current practices in the identification of critical habitat for threatened species. Conservation Biology, 29 (2), 482-492. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12428
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Runge, Claire A., Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P., Willis, Stephen G. and Fuller, Richard A. (2014). Conserving mobile species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12 (7), 395-402. doi: 10.1890/130237
Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S., Martin, Tara G., Moffatt, David B., Linke, Simon and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2014). Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate change and land-use change on freshwater macroinvertebrates and fish. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (3), 572-581. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12236
Renwick, Anna R., Robinson, Catherine J., Martin, Tara G., May, Tracey, Polglase, Phil, Possingham, Hugh and Carwardine, Josie (2014). Biodiverse planting for carbon and biodiversity on Indigenous land. PLoS One, 9 (3) e91281, e91281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091281
Chades, Iadine, Nicol, Sam, van Leeuwen, Stephen, Walters, Belinda, Firn, Jennifer, Reeson, Andrew, Martin, Tara G. and Carwardine, Josi (2014). Benefits of integrating complementarity into priority threat management. Conservation Biology, 29 (2), 525-536. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12413
Ng, Chooi Fei, Mccarthy, Michael A., Martin, Tara G. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2014). Determining When to Change Course in Management Actions. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1617-1625. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12382
Grechi, Isabelle, Chades, Iadine, Buckley, Yvonne M., Friedel, Margaret H., Grice, Anthony C., Possingham, Hugh P., van Klinken, Rieks D. and Martin, Tara G. (2014). A decision framework for management of conflicting production and biodiversity goals for a commercially valuable invasive species. Agricultural Systems, 125, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2013.11.005
Guisan, Antoine, Tingley, Reid, Baumgartner, John B., Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Sutcliffe, Patricia R., Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Regan, Tracey J., Brotons, Lluis, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal, Martin, Tara G., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Maggini, Ramona, Setterfield, Samantha A., Elith, Jane, Schwartz, Mark W., Wintle, Brendan A., Broennimann, Olivier, Austin, Mike, Ferrier, Simon, Kearney, Michael R., Possingham, Hugh P. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2013). Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions. Ecology Letters, 16 (12), 1424-1435. doi: 10.1111/ele.12189
Rout, Tracy M., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Martin, Tara G., Mitchell, Nicola J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Armstrong, Doug P. (2013). How to decide whether to move species threatened by climate change. PloS One, 8 (10) e75814, e75814.1-e75814.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075814
Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Possingham, Hugh P., Joseph, Liana N., Szabo, Judit and Martin, Tara G. (2013). Realising the full potential of citizen science monitoring programs. Biological Conservation, 165, 128-138. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.025
Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S., Martin, Tara G. and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2013). Erratum: Interactions between climate and habitat loss effects on biodiversity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 19 (5), 1642-1644. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12148
Lunt, Ian D., Byrne, Margaret, Hellmann, Jessica J., Mitchell, Nicola J., Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward, Matt W., Martin, Tara G., McDonald-Maddden, Eve, Williams, Stephen E. and Zander, Kerstin K. (2013). Using assisted colonisation to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystem function under climate change. Biological Conservation, 157, 172-177. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.034
Flockhart, D. T. Tyler, Martin, Tara G. and Norris, D. Ryan (2012). Experimental examination of intraspecific density-dependent competition during the breeding period in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). PLoS ONE, 7 (9) e45080, e45080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045080
Martin, Tara G., Nally, Simon, Burbidge, Andrew A., Arnall, Sophie, Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward, Matt W., Lumsden, Linda F., Menkhorst, Peter, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2012). Acting fast helps avoid extinction. Conservation Letters, 5 (4), 274-280. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00239.x
Lentini, Pia E., Martin, Tara G., Gibbons, Philip, Fischer, Joern and Cunningham, Saul A. (2012). Supporting wild pollinators in a temperate agricultural landscape: maintaining mosaics of natural features and production. Biological Conservation, 149 (1), 84-92. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.004
Mantyka-pringle, Chrystal S., Martin, Tara G. and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2012). Interactions between climate and habitat loss effects on biodiversity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 18 (4), 1239-1252. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02593.x
Martin, Tara G., Burgman, Mark A., Fidler, Fiona, Kuhnert, Petra M., Low-Choy, Samantha, Mcbride, Marissa and Mengersen, Kerrie (2012). Eliciting expert knowledge in conservation science. Conservation Biology, 26 (1), 29-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01806.x
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Runge, Michael C., Possingham, Hugh P. and Martin, Tara G. (2011). Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1 (5), 261-265. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1170
Chadès, Iadine, Martin, Tara G., Nicol, Samuel, Burgman, Mark A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2011). General rules for managing and surveying networks of pests, diseases, and endangered species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 108 (20), 8323-8328. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1016846108
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Baxter, Peter W.J., Fuller, Richard A., Martin, Tara G., Game, Edward T., Montambault, Jensen and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Should we implement monitoring or research for conservation?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26 (3), 108-109. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.005
Martin, Tara G., Arcese, Peter and Scheerder, Nanda (2011). Browsing down our natural heritage: deer impacts on vegetation structure and songbird populations across an island archipelago. Biological Conservation, 144 (1), 459-469. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.033
Silcock, J. L., Fensham, R. J. and Martin, T. G. (2011). Assessing rarity and threat in an arid-zone flora. Australian Journal of Botany, 59 (4), 336-350. doi: 10.1071/BT10318
Burbidge A.A., Byrne M., Coates D., Garnett S.T., Harris S., Hayward M.W., Martin T.G., McDonald-Madden E., Mitchell N.J., Nally S. and Setterfield S.A. (2011). Is Australia ready for Assisted Colonization? Policy changes required to facilitate translocations under climate change. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (3), 259-269. doi: 10.1071/PC110259
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Baxter, Peter W.J., Fuller, Richard A., Martin, Tara G., Game, Edward T, Montambault, Jensen and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Monitoring does not always count. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25 (10), 547-550. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.07.002
Hazlitt, Stephanie L., Martin, Tara G., Sampson, Laura and Arcese, Peter (2010). The effects of including marine ecological values in terrestrial reserve planning for a forest-nesting seabird. Biological Conservation, 143 (5), 1299-1303. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.026
O'Leary, RA, Choy, SL, Murray, JV, Kynn, M, Denham, R, Martin, TG and Mengersen, K (2009). Comparison of three expert elicitation methods for logistic regression on predicting the presence of the threatened brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata. Environmetrics, 20 (4), 379-398. doi: 10.1002/env.935
Joseph, Liana N., Elkin, Ché, Martin, Tara G. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Modeling abundance using N-mixture models: the importance of considering ecological mechanisms. Ecological Applications, 19 (3), 631-642. doi: 10.1890/07-2107.1
Martin, Tara G., Chadès, Iadine, Arcese, Peter, Marra, Peter P., Possingham, Hugh P. and Norris, D. Ryan (2007). Optimal conservation of migratory species. PLoS One, 2 (8) e751, e751.1-e751.5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000751
Martin, T. G. and McIntye, S. (2007). Impacts of livestock grazing and tree clearing on birds of woodland and riparian habitats. Conservation Biology, 21 (2), 504-514. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00624.x
Martin, Tara G., McIntyre, Sue, Catterall, Carla P. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2006). Is Landscape Context Important for Riparian Conservation? Birds in Grassy Woodland. Biological Conservation, 127 (2), 201-214. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.014
McIntyre, S., Martin, T. G., Heard, K. M. and Kinloch, J. (2005). Plant traits predict impact of invading species: An analysis of herbaceous vegetation in the subtropics. Australian Journal of Botany, 53 (8), 757-770. doi: 10.1071/BT05088
Martin, Tara G., Kuhnert, Petra M., Mengersen, Kerrie and Possingham, Hugh P. (2005). The Power of Expert Opinion in Ecological Models Using Bayesian Methods: Impact of Grazing on Birds. Ecological Applications, 15 (1), 266-280. doi: 10.1890/03-5400
Kuhnert, P. M., Martin, T. G., Mengersen, K. and Possingham, H. P. (2005). Assessing the impacts of grazing levels on bird density in woodland habitat: a Bayesian approach using expert opinion. Environmetrics, 16 (7), 717-747. doi: 10.1002/env.732
Martin, Tara G. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2005). Predicting the impact of livestock grazing on birds using foraging height data. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42 (2), 400-408. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01012.x
Martin, Tara G., Wintle, Brendan A., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Kuhnert, Petra M., Field, Scott A., Low-Choy, Samantha J., Tyre, Andrew J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2005). Zero Tolerance Ecology: Improving Ecological Inference By Modelling the Source of Zero Observations. Ecology Letters, 8 (11), 1235-1246. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00826.x
Martin, T., Joseph, L. N. and Possingham, H. (2003). Black-chinned honeyeaters (Melithreptus Gularis) stealing koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) fur to build a nest. The Sunbird, 33 (1), 29-32.
Conference Paper
Hubble, Thomas, Webster, Jody, Yu, Phyllis, Fletcher, Melissa, Voelker, David, Airey, David, Clarke, Samantha, Puga-Bernabeu, Angel, Mitchell, David, Howard, Floyd, Gallagher, Stephen and Martin, Tara (2016). Submarine landslides and incised canyons of the southeast Queensland continental margin. International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Wellington, New Zealand, 1-4 November 2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_12
Research Report
Ponce-Reyes, Rocio, Martin, Tara, Whitten, Stuart, Maron, Martine and Carwardine, Josie (2014). Priority threat identification, management and appraisal: literature review. GISERA Project Number 1215 Clayton South, VIC, Australia: CSIRO.