Peer-reviewed publications (see for up-to-date list)

In Review/Revision

Riva, F., Bennett, J.R., Galán Acedo, C., Guisan, A., Karimi, S., Leung, B., Martin, A.E., Nielsen, S.E., Schuster, R., Stralberg, D., Fahrig, L., and Larrivee, M. The BioticVelocity R package: incorporating dispersal limitation when projecting species range shifts to estimate extinction debt and colonization credit.Submitted.

Huchton, H., Gaston, M. V., Gonnerman, M., Bennett, J. R., and Fahrig, L. Can we infer animal movement from habitat suitability models? Insights from wild turkey dispersal.Submitted.

Dupuis-Smith, R., Robertson, G. J., English, M. D., Morrill, A., Wilhelm, S. I., Burgess, N., Mallory, M. L., Bennett, J. R., and Provencher, J. F. Patterns in external oiling, hepatic polycyclic aromatic compounds and dietary intake of live common eiders exposed to an oil spill event.Submitted.

Buxton, R., Odenigbo, C., Hudgins, E. J., Robichaud, C., Mazumder, R., Cooke, S. J., Matheson, K., Villeneuve, P. J., Zelenski, J. M., Halsall, T., Bonier, C., Stoney, C., Vincent, J., Anderson, D., Bardekjian, A. C., Bird-Naytowhow, K., Hatala, A., Brascoupé, S., Brown, N., Crossman, V., Hamilton, J., Hassen, N., Lem, M., MacIvor, J. S., Meaney, M., Nesbitt, L., O’Rourke, A., Ordóñez Barona, C., Prince, S. A., Pritchard, G., Roberts, J., Scott, J. L., Ziter, C. D., Eastwood, M., Windjack, B., Bowers, T., and Bennett, J. R. An action-oriented research agenda for equitable and meaningful nature-based solutions in urban areas.Submitted.

Hanson, J. O., Geange, S. W., Maloney, R. F., McAulay, J., Bridgman, L., and Bennett, J. R. Multi-objective optimization for project prioritization.Submitted.

Alamenciak, T., Bortolotti, L., Hanson, J. O. and Bennett, J. R. The enduring benefits of temporary conservation agreements.Submitted.

Alamenciak, T., Bachhuber, A., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J. Drew, K. L; Dylewsky, D., McKnight, E., Moore, P. Hernández Martínez De La Riva, A. and Rayfield, B. Machines in the loop: Challenges and opportunities for environmental evidence synthesis research in the artificial intelligence era.Submitted.

W, Yangyang, Hanson, J. O. and Wang, J. Optimizing seasonal biodiversity surveys.Submitted.

Alamenciak, T., Bachhuber, A., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J., Drew, K. L., Moore, P., Hernández Martínez De La Riva, A. and Rayfield, B. Challenges and opportunities for environmental evidence synthesis research in the artificial intelligence era.Submitted.

Kadykalo, A., Nyboer, E., Young, N., Nguyen, V., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J., Lane, J.-F., Bennett, J.R., Harron, N., Aitken, S., Auld, G., Browne, D., Jacob, A., Prior, K., Smith, P.A., Smokorowski, K., Alexander, S., Cooke, S.J. Bridging Conservation Evidence and Policy through Knowledge Co-Production.Submitted.

Pogson, A. F., Dennison, C. J., Khan, A. I., Raposo, M., Mohns, M. L., Davy, C. M., Bennett, J. R., Hanna, D. E. L., Cooke, S. J., and Buxton, R. T. The importance of cities in protecting imperiled species.Submitted.

Boutin, A. C., Chan, F. K., Hodgson, R. Y., Robinson, S. A., Bennett, J. R., Buxton, R. T., Caufield, J. H., Hanna, D. E. L., and Alamenciak, T. Assessing the Effectiveness of LLM-Assisted Term Extraction in An Environmental Systematic Scoping Review. Submitted.

Pogson, A. F., Dennison, C. J., Khan, A. I., Raposo, M., Mohns, M. L., Davy, C. M., Bennett, J. R., Hanna, D. E. L., Cooke, S. J., and Buxton, R. T. The importance of cities in protecting imperiled species. Submitted.

Edwards, B. P. M., Gahbauer, M. A., Grinde, A., Hope, D. D., Knight, E. C., Michel, N. L. Robinson, B. G., Sólymos, P., Bennett, J. R., and Smith, A. C. Predicting detection probabilities for rare and undersampled North American landbirds. Submitted.

Hanson, J. O., Delsen, D. M., Binley, A. D., Jung, M., Hermoso, V., Visconti, V., Allan, J., Chapman, M., Schuster, R., and Bennett, J. R. Optimizing establishment and management of conserved areas. Submitted.

Momeni-Dehaghi, I., Fahrig, L., Mitchell, G., Rytwinski, T., Hanson, J. O., and Bennett, J. R. Roadkill is a crucial factor in the population decline of migratory monarch butterflies. Submitted.

Published/Accepted

Robichaud, C.D., Beaudoin, C., Alamenciak, T., Vincent, J.G., Cooke, S.J.1, Nguyen, V.M., Schuster, R., Young, N., and Bennett, J.R. (accepted). Data, politics, and funding cause uncertainty for conservation practitioners. Conservation Science and Practice.

Salmanmahiny, A., Mitchell, S., and Bennett, J. R. (accepted). SLEUTH-3r Modeling of Urban Expansion in a Challenging Case: Insights from Ottawa’s Dispersed Growth Landscape. Journal of Urban Planning and Development.

Cooke, S. J., Adeli, K. A., Rytwinski, T., Kadykalo, A. N., Provencher, J. F., Nguyen, V. M., Bennett, J. R., Davy, C. M., Buxton, R. T., Hanna, D. E. L., Young, N., Vermaire, J. C., Auld, G., Littlechild, D., Holzer, J. M., Harper, M., Howarth, A., Alamenciak, T., Lawson, L., Lewthwaite, J. M. M., Stukenholtz, E. E., Smith, P. A., Naujokaitis-Lewis, I., Hughes, J., & Cvitanovic, C. 2026. Supporting frontline workers in the biodiversity crisis by empowering and enabling practitioners to embrace conservation evidence. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 8: 163-178.

Rytwinski, T., Pickles, R. S. A., Muir, M. J., Cooke, S. J., Bennett, J. R., Kelly, L. A., Smith, A., Cadet, C., Adhiasto, D. N., Arroyo Quiroz, I., Booton, M. D., Carlson, D. P., Cronin, D. T., Dancer, A., Gore, M. L., Miller, J. R. B., Pires, S. F., Pokempner, A., Slade, J., Lemieux, A. M. 2026. The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it. Biological Reviews.

Hanna, M. B., Hernandez Martinez de la Riva, A., Gilmour, A. C., and Bennett, J. R. 2026. Relative detectability of Canadian plant species at risk in field surveys. Conservation Science and Practice e70306.

Currie, H. A. L., Kirkwood, A. E., Imhof, J. G., Piczak, M. L., Creed, I. F., Lapointe, N. W. R., Mandrak, N. E., Null, S. E., Harding, J. S., Rooney, R. C., Smol, J. P., Nyboer, E. A., Gregory-Eaves, I., Stone, M., Nilon, C. H., Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Rytwinski, T., Meurk, C., Fitzgibbons, J. E., and Cooke, S. J. 2026. Urban Planning for Freshwater Biodiversity. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Hodgson, R. Y., Robinson, S. A., Boutin, A. C., Chan, F. K., Bennett, J. R., Buxton, R. T., Caufield, J. H., Hanna, D. E. L., and Alamenciak, T. 2026. Assessing the effectiveness of ontology-grounded AI term extraction using OntoGPT for environmental evidence synthesis. Environmental Evidence.

Gaston, L.V., Mitchell, G.W., Smith, P.A., Bennett, J.R. and Buxton, R. T. 2026. Temporarily closing roads to motorized vehicles may benefit some sensitive bird species in a peri-urban park. Ornithological Applications.

Hernandez Martinez de la Riva, A., Millard, K., Richardson, M., and Bennett, J. R. 2026. Comparison of UAV and ground surveys for the detection of a rare plant in a fragile ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 7, e70171.

Harper, M., Rytwinski T., Helmuth, B., Creed, I. F., Smol, J. P., Bennett, J. R., Hanna, D. E. L., Saravia, L. A., Rocha, J., Carrier-Belleau, C., Foulk, A., Dupont, S., Robichaud, C., Hernandez Martinez De La Riva, A., Sahdra, A. and Cooke, S. J. 2026. Gaps in tipping points research across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Biological Conservation 313, 111622.

Hanson, J.O., McCune, J.L., Alamenciuk, T. and Bennett, J.R. 2026. Increasing the credibility of conservation plans through citizen science. Biological Conservation 313, 111552.

Karimi, S., Schuster, R., Hanson, J. O., Riva, F., Liczner, A., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. Priority areas to conserve biodiversity in Canada. FACETS Facets 10, 1-10.

Hernandez Martinez de la Riva, A., Rytwinski, T., Spetka, M., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. An evidence map of community science, remote sensing, and environmental DNA for rare plant detection. Conservation Science and Practice. Conservation Science and Practice 7, e70156.

Nyboer, E.A., Kadykalo, A. N., Young, N., Nguyen, V. M., Rytwinski, T., Lane, J.-F., Bennett, J. R., Harron, N., Aitken, S. M., Auld, G., Browne, D., Jacob, A. L., Prior, K., Smith, P. A., Smokorowski, K. E. Alexander, S., and Cooke, S. J. 2025. What is ‘good evidence’ for environmental decision making? Insights from professionals working at the science-policy interface. Environmental Science & Policy.

Salmanmahiny, A., Mitchell, S., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. MSPA-Informed SLEUTH urban growth modeling for green space protection in Ottawa. PLoS ONE.

Hernandez Martinez de la Riva, A., Smith, P. A., Smith, T., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. Testing the efficiency of structured and unstructured surveys for detecting a small population of Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) plants. Botany.

Jeanson, A. L., Young, N., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2025. Opportunities and Limitations of Canada’s Species at Risk Act for protecting Pacific salmonids: Lessons learned from the case of the Thompson River Steelhead. FACETS.

Song, C., Lu, M., Bennett, J. R., Gilbert, B., Fortin, M.-J., and Gonzalez, A. 2025. A geometric approach to beta diversity. Ecological Monographs.

Binley, A. D., Haddaway, L., Buxton, R. T., Lalla, K., Lesbarrères, D., Smith, P., Bennett, J. R. 2025. Endangered Species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action. Conservation Science and Practice.

Binley, A. D., Hanson, J. O., Robinson, O., Golet, G., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. Quantifying the Value of Community Science Data for Conservation Decision-making. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Hanna, D. E. L., Harper, M., Giroux-Bougard, X., Richardson, J. S., Rytwinski, T., Bachhuber, A., Hudgins, E. J., Karimi, S., Schuster, R., Binley, A. D., Reedman, R., Vincent, J. G., and Bennett, J. R. 2025. An evidence map of research assessing the effects of timber harvesting on water quality and biodiversity in running waters. Forest Ecology and Management.

Lemieux, T. Coles, J. Haley, A. LaFlamme, M. Steel, S. Scott, K., Provencher, J. F. Price, C.; Bennett, J. R., Barrio, I. C., Findlay, H., Goodman, S., Matthews, B., Näslund, J., Pearce, D. Hollister, R., Mallory, M., Smith, P. A., Schaepman-Strub, G., and Cooke, S. J. 2025. Persistent and Emerging Threats to Arctic Biodiversity and Ways to Overcome Them: A Horizon Scan. Arctic Science.

Momeni-Dehaghi, I., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J. R., Rytwinski, T., Oberhauser, K. S., Sheehan, N. A. and Mitchell, G. W. 2024. Projected distribution shifts of resident monarch butterflies and consequences for migratory monarchs. Journal for Nature Conservation 82: 126723.

D.A. MacLean, T. Baglole, M. Bourgouin, B. Chiasson, J.C. Deb, M. Erdozain, R.J. James, L. Negrazis, L. Tousignant, Phil Wiebe, G. Adams, J.R. Bennett, Erik J.S. Emilson, N.J. Fenton, G.J. Forbes, M. A. Gray, K. A. Kidd, A. McCartney, G. Moreau, K. B. Porter, O. Valeria, L. A. Venier. 2024. Predicting present and future habitats using lidar to integrate research and monitoring with landscape analyses. The Forestry Chronicle 100:1-14.

McCune, J.L., Baldwin, S., Bennett, J.R., Joly, S. Lamb, E.G.; Van Natto, A., Husband, B., Kraus, D., Vamosi, J., and Whitton, J. 2024. The State of Plant Conservation in Canada: a survey of practitioners. FACETS.

Ayambire, R. A., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J. T., Luizza M. W., Muir, M. J., Cadet, C., Armitage, D., Bennett, N., Brooks, J., Cheng, S. H., Martinez, J., Arce-Ibarra, A. M., Nagendran, M., Öckerman, S., Rivera, S. N., Savage, A., Wilkie, D., Cooke, S. J. and Bennett, J. R. 2024. Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes. Conservation Biology e14392.

Hanson, J. O., Schuster, R., Strimas-Mackey, M., Morrell, N., Edwards, B. P. M., Arcese, P., Bennett, J. R., and Possingham, H. P. 2024. Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package. Conservation Biology e14376.

Gordon S. C. C., Duchesne, A. G., Dusevic, M. R., Galán-Acedo, C., Haddaway, L., Meister, S., Olive, A., Warren, M., Vincent, J. G., Cooke, S. J. and Bennett, J. R. 2024. Assessing species at risk legislation across Canadian provinces and territories. FACETS 9: 1-18.

Liczner, A. R., Pither, R., Bennett, J. R., Bowman, J., Hall, K. R., Fletcher, R. J., Ford, A. T., Michalak, J. L., Rayfield, B., Wittische, J., Pither, J. 2024. Advances and Challenges in Ecological Connectivity Science. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70231.

Hudgins, E. J. , Leung, B., MacQuarrie, C. J. K., McCullough, D. G., Francis, A., Lovett, G. M., Guo, Q., Potter, K. M., Cullingham, C., Koch, F. H., Bergman, J. N., Binley, A. D., Robichaud, C., Henry, H., Chen, Y., and Bennett, J. R. 2024. Five organizing themes for invasive forest insect and disease management in Canada and the United States. Forest Ecology and Management 506: 122046.

Buxton, R.T., Hudgins, E.J., Lavigne, E., Villeneuve, P.J., Prince-Ware, S.A., Pearson, A.L., Halsall, T., Robichaud, C., and Bennett, J.R. 2024. Mental health is positively associated with biodiversity in Canadian cities. Communications Earth and Environment 5: 310.

Bennett, J. R., Edwards, B. P. M., Bergman, J. N., Binley, A. D., Buxton, R. T., Hanna, D. E. L., Hanson, J. O., Hudgins, E. J., Karimi, S., Raymond, C. V., Robichaud, C. D., and Rytwinski, T. 2024. How ignoring detection probability hurts biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e2782.

Rytwinski T, Muir MJ, Miller JRB, Smith A, Kelly LA, Bennett JR, Öckerman SLA, Taylor JJ, Lemieux AM, Pickles RSA, Gore ML, Pires SF, Pokempner A, Slaughter H, Carlson DP, Adhiasto DN, Arroyo Quiroz I and Cooke SJ. 2024. What is the evidence that counter-wildlife crime interventions are effective for conserving African, Asian, and Latin American wildlife directly threatened by exploitation? A Systematic Map. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5: e12323.

Bergman, J., Bennett, J. R., Minelga, V., Vis, C., Fisk, A. and Cooke, S. J. 2024. Ecological connectivity of invasive and native fishes in a historic navigation waterway. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81: 600-619.

Hudgins, E. J., Hanson, J. O., MacQuarrie, C. K. J., Yemshanov, D., Baker, C. M., Chadès, I., Holden, M., McDonald-Madden, E., and Bennett, J. R. (accepted). Spread management priorities to limit emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) impacts to United States street trees. Conservation Science and Practice.

James, R., Bennett, J. R., Wilson, S., Adams, G., McIlwrick, K., and Venier, L. A. 2024. Modelling the occupancy of two neotropical migrants (Cardellina canadensis and Contopus cooperi) using forest resource inventory data. Forest Ecology and Management 555: 121725.

Michaels, S., Auld, G., Cooke, S.J., Young, N., Bennett, J.R. and Vermaire, J.C., 2023. Conservation, uncertainty and intellectual humility. Environmental Conservation, 50: 196-201.

Binley, A.D., Vincent, J.G., Rytwinski, T., Soroye, P. and Bennett, J.R., 2023. Making the most of existing data in conservation research. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.

Harper, M., Rytwinski, T., Creed, I.F., Helmuth, B., Smol, J.P., Bennett, J.R., Hanna, D., Saravia, L.A., Rocha, J., Carrier-Belleau, C. and Foulk, A., 2023. A multi-realm perspective on applying potential tipping points to environmental decision-making. Environmental Reviews.

Piczak, M. L., Robichaud, J. A., Morrison, P., Rous, A. M., Mulder, I. M., Hill, C. J., Prystay, T. L., Rosner- Katz, H., Robinson, K. F., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2023. Structured decision making remains underused in ecological restoration, despite potential benefits. Environment Systems and Decisions.

Wen, X., Bennett, J. R., Rytwinski, T., Karimi, S., Spetka, M., Taylor, J. J., and Smith, P. A. 2023. How temporarily conserved areas can support biodiversity conservation in Canada, The United States and Mexico. Conservation Biology.

Xu, L., Rolf, E., Beery, S., Bennett, J.R., Berger-Wolf, T., Birch, T., Bondi-Kelly, E., Brashares, J., Chapman, M., Corso, A., Davies, A., Garg, N., Gaylard, A., Heilmayr, R., Kerner, H., Klemmer, K., Kumar, V., Mackey, L., Monteleoni, C., Moorcroft, P., Palmer, J., Perrault, A., Thau, D. and Tambe, M. 2023. Reflections from the Workshop on AI-Assisted Decision Making for Conservation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.08774.

Haley, A.L., Lemieux, T.A., Piczak, M.L., Karau, S., D’Addario, A., Irvine, R.L., Beaudoin, C., Bennett, J.R. and Cooke, S.J., 2023. On the effectiveness of public awareness campaigns for the management of invasive species. Environmental Conservation.

Buxton, R. T., Pearson, A. L., Lin, H.-Y., Sanciangco, J., and Bennett, J. R. 2023. Exploring the relationship between bird diversity and anxiety and mood disorder hospitalization rates. Geography and Environment.

Binley, A.D., Bennett, J.R., Schuster, R., Rodewald, A., La Sorte, F., Fink, D., Zukerberg, B., and Wilson, S. 2023. Species traits drive responses of forest birds to agriculturally-modified habitats throughout the annual cycle. Ecography.

Binley, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. 2023. The data double standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Binley, A.D., Vincent, J.G., Rytwinski, T., Proctor, C.A., Urness, E.S., Davis, S.A., Soroye, P., Bennett, J.R. 2023. Patterns of community science data use in peer-reviewed research on biodiversity. Biological Conservation.

Binley, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. 2023. The data double standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Schuster, R., Buxton, R. T., Hanson, J. O., Binley, A. D., Pittman, J., Tulloch, V. La Sorte, F. A., Verburg, P. H., Rodewald, A. D., Wilson, S., Possingham, H. P., and Bennett, J. R. 2023. Protected area planning to conserve biodiversity in an uncertain future. Conservation Biology.

Bergman, J.N., Neigel, K.L., Landsman, S.J., Glassman, D., LaRochelle, L., Bennett, J.R., Rennie, C.D., Vermaire, J.C. and Cooke, S.J., 2023. Multi-year evaluation of muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) spatial ecology during winter drawdowns in a regulated, urban waterway in Canada. Hydrobiologia 850: 417-439.

Hanson, J. O., McCune, J. L., Chadès, I., Proctor, C. A., Hudgins, E. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2023. Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 60: 41-51.

Lawley, C. J. J., Mitchell, M. G. E., Stralberg, D., Schuster, R., McIntire, E., and Bennett, J. R. 2022. Mapping Canada’s green economic pathways for battery minerals. Earth Science, Systems and Society 2: 10064.

Soroye, P., Edwards, B., Buxton, R. T., Ethier, J., Frempong-Manso, A., Keefe, H., Berberi, A., Roach-Krajewski, M., Binley, A. D., Vincent, J. G., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2022. The risks and rewards of community science for threatened species monitoring. Conservation Science and Practice.4: e12788.

Hanson, J. O., Vincent, J., Schuster, R., Fahrig, L., Brennan, A., Martin, A. E., Hughes, J., Pither, R., and Bennett, J. R. 2023. A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning. Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 2507-2519.

Proctor, C. A., Schuster, R., Buxton, R. T., and Bennett, J. R. (accepted). Prioritization of public and private land to protect species at risk habitat. Conservation Science and Practice 4: e12771.

Piczak, M. L., Brooks, J. L., Bard, B., Bihun, C., Howarth, A. Jeanson, A. L., LaRochelle, L. Bennett, J. R., Lapointe, N. W. R., N.E. Mandrak and S.J. Cooke. 2022. Revisiting the challenge: Perspectives on Canada’s freshwater fisheries policies three decades after the Pearse Report. FACETS 7: 912–935.

Cooke, S. J.; S. Michaels; E.A. Nyboer; L. Schiller; D.B.R. Littlechild; D. Hanna; C.D. Robichaud; A. Murdoch; D. Roche; P. Soroye; J.C. Vermaire; V.M. Nguyen; N. Young; J.F. Provencher; P.A. Smith; G.W. Mitchell; S. Avery-Gomm; C.M. Davy; R.T. Buxton; T. Rytwinski; L. Fahrig; J.R. Bennett; G. Auld. (accepted). Reconceptualizing conservation. PLoS Sustainability and Transformation 1: e0000016.

Madliger, C., Creighton, M., Raby, G., Bennett, J. R., Lennox, R., and Cooke, S. J. (accepted). Physiology as a tool for at-risk animal recovery planning: an analysis of Canadian recovery strategies with global recommendations. Conservation Science and Practice4: e12701.

Buxton, R. T., Hamit, S., Geauvreau, J. W., Davis, S., Smith, P. A., and Bennett, J. R. 2022. Balancing research, monitoring, and action to recover Canada’s Species at Risk. Environmental Science and Policy 132: 198-205.

Young, N., Roche, D., Lennox, R., Bennett, J. R. and Cooke, S. J., (accepted). Ethical ecosurveillance: mitigating the potential impacts on humans of widespread environmental monitoring. People and Nature 4: 830-840.

Reid, J. L., Bergman, J. N., Kadykalo, A. N., Taylor, J. R., Twardek, W. M., Rytwinski, T., Chhor, A. D., Frempong-Manso, A., Martel, A. L., Lapointe, N. W. R., Bennett, J. R., Nguyen, V. M., Reid, A. J., Marty, J., Robinson, S. A., Drake, D. A. R., Winegardner, A. K., Gregory-Eaves, I., Taylor, M. K., Creed, I. F., Smol, J. P., ※DzԲԴǰ, C. M., and Cooke, S. J. Developing an Evidence-Based Toolbox for Addressing Freshwater Biodiversity Threats. Biological Conservation 269: 109533.

Lin, H.-Y., Binley, A. D., Schuster, R., Rodewald, A. D., Buxton, R. T., and Bennett, J. R. Using community science data to help identify threatened species occurrences outside of known ranges. Biological Conservation 268, 109523.

Bergman, J. N., Buxton, R. T., Lin, H.-Y., Attinello, K. Hajdasz, A. C., Rivest, S. A., Nguyen, T. T., Cooke, S. J., Bennett, J. R. 2022 Evaluating the benefits and risks of social media for wildlife conservation. FACETS 7: 360-397. #1 most read paper in FACETS 2022

Vincent, J. G., Schuster, R., Wilson, S., Fink, D., and Bennett, J. R. 2022. Clustering community science data to infer songbird migratory connectivity in the Western Hemisphere. Ecosphere 13: e4011.

Algera, D. A., Neigel, K., Kosziwka, K., Abrams, A., Glassman, D., Cooke, S. J., Bennett, J. R., and Lapointe, N. 2022. Assessing a Proponent-driven Process for Endangered Species Threat Mitigation: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, American Eel, and Hydropower. FACETS 7: 153-173.

Glassman, D. M., Chhor, A., Vermaire, J. C., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2022. Does bait type and bait container configuration influence the performance of remote underwater video systems in temperate freshwater lakes for assessing fish community structure? Hydrobiologia.

Harper, M., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J.J., Bennett, J.R., Smokorowski, K.E., Olden, J.D., Clarke, K.D., Pratt, T., Fisher, N., Leake, A. and Cooke, S.J. 2022. How do changes in flow magnitude due to hydropower operations affect fish abundance and biomass in temperate regions? A systematic review. Environmental Evidence 11: 1-39.

Wilson, S., Lin, H.-Y. Schuster, R., Gómez, C. Gonzalez, A., Botero, E., Bayly, N., Bennett, J. R., Rodewald, A. D. Ruiz-Gutierrez, V. 2022. Opportunities for the conservation of migratory birds to benefit threatened resident vertebrates in the Neotropics. Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 653-663.

Bergman, J., Beaudoin, C., Mistry, I., Turcotte, A., Vis, C., Minelga, V., Neigel, K., Lin, H.-Y., Bennett, J. R., Young, N., Rennie, C., Trottier, L., Abrams, A., Beaupre, P., Glassman, D., Blouin-Demers, G., Garant, D., Donaldson, L., Vermaire, J., Smol, J. P., and Cooke, S. J. 2021. Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on a coupled social-ecological system in a changing world: Canada’s historic Rideau Canal. Environmental Reviews 30: 72-87.

Roche, D., O’Dea, R. E., Kerr, K., Rytwinski, T., Schuster, R., Nguyen, V., Young, N., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2022. Closing the knowledge-action gap in conservation with open science. Conservation Biology 36: e13835.

Desforges, D.E.,Clarke, J., Harmsen, E.J., Jardine, A.M., Robichaud, J.A.,Serré, S.,Chakrabarty, P., Bennett, J.R., Hanna, D.E.L., Smol, J.P.,Rytwinski, T.,Taylor, J.J.,Martel, A.L., Winegardner, A.K.,Marty, J., Taylor, M.K., ※DzԲԴǰ, C.M., Robinson, S.A., Reid, A.J., Creed, I.F.,Gregory-Eaves, I., Lapointe, N.W.R., and Cooke, S.J. 2022. The alarming state of freshwater biodiversity in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79, 352-365. #1 most read paper in CJFAS in 2022.

Rytwinski, T., Öckerman, S.L., Taylor, J.J., Bennett, J.R., Muir, M.J., Miller, J.R., Pokempner, A., Lam, W.Y., Pickles, R.S. and Cooke, S.J., 2021. What is the evidence that counter‐wildlife crime interventions are effective for conserving African, Asian and Latin American wildlife directly threatened by exploitation? A systematic map protocol. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2, e12104.

Bodner, K., Rauen Firkowski, C., Bennett, J.R., Brookson, C., Dietze, M., Green, S., Hughes, J., Kerr, J., Kunegel‐Lion, M., Leroux, S. J., McIntire, E., Molnar, P. K., Simpkins, P., Tekwa, E., Watts, A., and Fortin, M.-J. 2021. Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making. Ecosphere, 12, e03869.

Reid, C. H., Hudgins, E. J., Guay, J. D., Patterson, S., Medd, A. M., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2022. The state of Canada’s biosecurity efforts to protect biodiversity from species invasions. FACETS 6: 1922-1954.

Cooke, S.J., N. Young, M.R. Donaldson, E.A. Nyboer, D.G. Roche, C.L. Madliger, R.J. Lennox, J.M. Chapman, Z. Faulkes and J.R. Bennett. 2021. Ten Strategies for Avoiding and Overcoming Authorship Conflicts in Academic Publishing. FACETS 6: 1753-1770.

Turcotte, A., Kermany, N., Foster, S., Proctor, C. A., Gilmour, S. M., Doria, M., Sebes, J., Lesperance, A. M., Whitton, J., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2021. Fixing the Canadian Species at Risk Act: Identifying major issues and recommendations for increasing accountability and efficiency. FACETS 6: 1474-1494.

Nyboer, E. A., Nguyen, V., Young, N., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J. J., Lane, J. F., Bennett, J. R., Harron, N., Aitken, S., Auld, G., Browne, D., Jacob, A., Prior, A., Smith, P. A., Smokorowski, K., Alexander, S., and Cooke, S. J. Supporting actionable science for environmental policy: Advice from researchers and decision makers to funding agencies. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: 693129.

Momeni-Dehaghi, I., Bennett, J. R., Mitchell, G. W., Rytwinski, T., and Fahrig, L. 2021. Mapping the premigration distribution of eastern Monarch butterflies using community science data. Ecology and Evolution. 11, 11275-11281.

Nyboer, B, Nyboer, E.A., Lin, H.Y., Bennett, J.R., Gabriel, J., Twardek, W., Chhor, A.D., Daly, L., Dolson, S., Guitard, E., Holder, P., Mozzon, C.M., Trahan, A., ZImmermann, D., Kesner-Reyes, K., Garilo, C., Kaschner, K., and Cooke, S. J. 2021. Global assessment of marine and freshwater recreational fish reveals mismatch in climate change vulnerability and conservation effort. Global Change Biology. 27, 4799-4824.

Moynes, E., Bhathe, V., Brennan, C., Ellis, S., Bennett, J. R., and Landsman, S. 2021. Flagship species: do they help or hurt conservation? Frontiers for Young Minds.

Harper, M., Mejbel, H. S., Longert, D., Abell, R., Bennett, J. R., Carlson, S. M., Darwall, W., Dell, A., Domisch, S., Dudgeon, D., Freyhof, J., Harrison, I., Hughes, K. A., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Lansdown, R., Lintermans, M., Lynch, A. J., Meredith, H. M. R., Molur, S., Olden, J. D., Ormerod, S. J., Patricio, H., Reid, A. J., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Thieme, M., Tickner, D., Turak, E., Weyl, O. L. F., Cooke, S. J. 2021. Twenty-five essential research questions to enhance the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity. Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31: 2632-2653.

Twardek, W. M., Nyboer, E. A., Tickner, D., ※DzԲԴǰ, C. M., Lapointe, N. W. R., Taylor, M. K., Smol, J. P., Gregory-Eaves, I., Reid, A. J., Nguyen, V. M., Bergman, J. N., Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T., Creed, I. F., Martel, A. L., Drake, A. R., Robinson, S. A., Marty, J., Winegardner, A. K., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2021. Mobilizing practitioners to support the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity. Conservation Science and Practice. 3, E467.

Turcotte, A., Kermany, N., Foster, S., Proctor, C. A., Gilmour, S. M., Doria, M., Sebes, J., Lesperance, A. M., Whitton, J., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2021. Fixing the Canadian Species at Risk Act: Identifying major issues and recommendations for increasing accountability and efficiency. FACETS.

Rytwinski, T., Kelly, L. A., Donaldson, L. A., Smith, A., Drake, D. A. R., Martel, A., Geist, J., Morris, T. J., George, A. L., Dextrase, A. J., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. (accepted). Evidence on the effectiveness of conservation-oriented captive breeding and release programs for imperilled freshwater fishes and mussels. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Thomas-Walters, L. Nyboer, E., Taylor, J., Rytwinski, T., Lane, J.-F., Young, N., Bennett, J. R., Nguyen, V., Harron, N., Aitken, S., Auld, G., Browne, D., Jacob, A., Prior, K., Smith, P., Smokorowski, K., Alexander, S., Cooke, S. J. 2021. An optimistic outlook on the use of evidence syntheses to inform environmental decision making. Conservation Science and Practice. 3, e426.

Cooke, S. J., Nguyen, V., Young, N., Reid, A., Roche, D., Bennett, N., Rytwinski, T., Bennett, J. R. 2021. Contemporary authorship guidelines fail to recognize diverse contributions in conservation science research. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2 (2), e12060.

Martin, A. E., Bennett, J. R., and Fahrig, L. 2021. Chapter 8: Influence of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Wildlife Populations. In review for Wildlife and Landscapes: Principles and Applications for Landscape Management. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Routson C.C., Kaufman, D.S., McKay, N.P., Erb, M.P., Arcusa, S.H., Brown, K.J., Kirby, M.E., Marsicek, J.P., Anderson, R.S., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Rodysill, J.R., Lachniet, M.S., Fritz, S.C., Bennett, J.R., Goman, M.F., Metcalfe, S.E., Galloway, J.M., Schoups,G., Wahl, D.P., Morris, J.L., Staines-Urías, F., Dawson, A., Shuman, B.N., Gavin, D.G., Munroe, J.S., Cumming, B.F. 2021. A multiproxy database of western North American Holocene paleoclimate records. Earth System Science Data 13(4), 1613-1632.

Thomas-Walters, L. Nyboer, E., Taylor, J., Rytwinski, T., Lane, J.-F., Young, N., Bennett, J. R., Nguyen, V., Harron, N., Aitken, S., Auld, G., Browne, D., Jacob, A., Prior, K., Smith, P., Smokorowski, K., Alexander, S., Cooke, S. J. 2021. An optimistic outlook on the use of evidence syntheses to inform environmental decision making. Conservation Science and Practice e426.

Cooke, S. J., Nguyen, V., Young, N., Reid, A., Roche, D., Bennett, N., Rytwinski, T., Bennett, J. R. 2021. Contemporary authorship guidelines fail to recognize diverse contributions in conservation science research. Ecological Solutions and Evidence2 (2), e12060.

Rytwinski, T., Cooke, S. J., Taylor, J. J., Roche, D. G., Smith, P. A., Mitchell, G. W., Smokorowski, K. E., Prior, K. A., and Bennett, J. R. 2021. Acting in the Face of Evidentiary Ambiguity, Bias, and Absence Arising from Systematic Reviews in Applied Environmental Science. Science of the Total Environment775: 145122.

Buxton R.T. , Bennett J.R., Reid A.J., Shulman C.M., Cooke S.J., Francis C.M., Nyboer E.A., Pritchard G., Binley A., Avery-Gomm S., Ban N.C., Beazley K.F., Bennett E., Blight L.K., Bortolotti L.E., Camfield A.F., Gadallah Z., Jacob A.L., Naujokaitis-Lewis I., Raudsepp-Hearne C., Roche D.G., Soulard F, Stralberg D., Sadler K.D., Solarik K.A., Ziter C.D., Brandt J., McKindsey C.W., Greenwood D.A., Boxall P.C., Ngolah C., Chan K.M.A., Lapen D., Poser S., Girard J., DiBacco C., Hayne S., Orihel D., Lewis D., Littlechild D., Marshall S., McDermott L., Whitlow R., Browne D., Sunday J., Smith P.A. 2021. Key information needs to move from knowledge to action for biodiversity conservation in Canada. Conservation Biology 108983.

Labaj, A. L., Jeziorski, A., Kurek, J., Bennett, J. R., Cumming, B. F., DeSellas, A. M., Korosi, J. B., Paterson, A. M., Sweetman, J. N., Thienpont, J. R., Smol, J. P. 2021. Environmental drivers of cladoceran assemblages at a continental scale: a synthesis of Alaskan and Canadian datasets. Freshwater Biology 66 (5), 949-967.

Binley, A.D., Proctor, C.A., Pither, R., Davis , S., and Bennett, J.R. 2021. The unrealized potential of citizen science in resilient protected area research. Conservation Science and Practice e376.

Alic, E., Twardek, W. M., Bennett, L. A., Chisholm, S., Tremblay, P., Trottier, L. L., Tuononen, E., Bennett, J. R., Bower, S. D., Lennox, R. J., Danylchuk, A. J., and Cooke, S. J. 2021. Recreational fisheries activities and management in national parks: A global perspective. Journal for Nature Conservation 59, 125948.

Buxton, R. T.*, Bergman, J.*, Lin, H.-Y., Binley, A. D., Avery-Gomm, S,. Schuster, R., Roche, D., Bennett, J. R. 2020. Three lessons conservation science can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservation Biology 29 (999), 1-8. * = equal contribution.

Martin, A. E., Bennett, J. R., and Fahrig, L. Chapter 8: Influence of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Wildlife Populations. Wildlife and Landscapes: Principles and Applications for Landscape Management. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lin, H.-Y., Schuster, R., Wilson, S., Cooke, S. J., Rodewald, A. D., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Integrating season-specific needs of migratory and resident birds in conservation planning. Biological Conservation 252: 108826.

Buxton, R., Nyboer, E. A., Pigeon, K., Raby, G. D., Rytwinsky, T., Gallagher, A. J., Schuster, R., Lin, H.-Y., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J., Roche, D. G. 2021. Avoiding wasted research resources in conservation science. Conservation Science and Practice 3 (2), e329.

Downey, H., T. Amano, M. Cadotte, C.N. Cook, S.J. Cooke, N.R. Haddaway, J.P.G. Jones, N. Littlewood, J.C. Walsh, M.I. Abrahams, G. Adum, M. Akasaka, J.A. Alves, R.E. Antwis, E.C. Arellano, J. Axmacher, H. Barclay, L. Batty, A. Benítez-López, J.R. Bennett, M.J. Berg, S. Bertolino, D. Biggs, F.C. Bolam, T. Bray, B.W. Brook, J.W. Bull, Z. Burivalova, M. Cabeza, A.L.M. Chauvenet, A.P. Christie, L. Cole, A.J. Cotton, S. Cotton, S.A.O. Cousins, D. Craven, W. Cresswell, J.J. Cusack, S. Dalrymple, Z.G. Davies, A. Diaz, J.A. Dodd, A. Felton, E. Fleishman, C.J. Gardner, R. Garside, A. Ghoddousi, J.J. Gilroy, D.A. Gill, J.A. Gill, L. Glew, M.J. Grainger, A.A. Grass, S. Greshon, J. Gundry, T. Hart, C.R. Hopkins, C. Howe, A. Johnson, K.W. Jones, N.R. Jordan, T. Kadoya, D. Kerhoas, J. Koricheva, T.M. Lee, S. Lengyel, S.W. Livingstone, A. Lyons, G. McCabe, J. Millett, C. Montes Strevens, A. Moolna, H.L. Mossman, N. Mukherjee, A. Muñoz-Sáez, N. Negrões, O. Norfolk, T. Osawa, S. Papworth, K.J. Park, J. Pellet, A.D. Phillott, J. Plotnik, D. Priatna, A.G. Ramos, N. Randall, R.M. Richards, E.G. Ritchie, D.L. Roberts, R. Rocha, J.P. Rodríguez, R. Sanderson, T. Sasaki, S. Savilaakso, C. Sayer, C. Sekercioglu, M. Senzaki, G. Smith, R.J. Smith, M. Soga, C.D. Soulsbury, M.D. Steer, G. Stewart, E.F. Strange, A.J. Suggitt, R.R.J. Thompson, S. Thompson, I. Thornhill, R.J. Trevelyan, H.O. Usieta, O. Venter, A.D. Webber, R.L. White, M.J. Whittingham, A. Wilby, R.W. Yarnell, V. Zamora and W.J. Sutherland. 2021. Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2 (1), e12032.

Roche, D. G., Granados, M., Austin, C. C., Wilson, S., Mitchell, G. M., Smith, P. A., Cooke, S. J. and Bennett, J. R. 2021. Open government data and environmental sciences: a Federal Canadian perspective. FACETS5 (1), 942-962.

Buxton, R. T., Avery-Gomm, S., Lin, H.-Y., Smith, P. A., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Half of resources in threatened species conservation plans are allocated to research and monitoring. Nature Communicationse4668.

Lin, H.-Y., Cooke, S. J., Wolter, C., Young, N., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. On the conservation value of historic canals for aquatic ecosystems. Biological Conservation251, 108764.

Cooke, S. J., Rytwinski, T. Taylor, J. J., Nyboer, E., Nguyen, V. M., Bennett, J. R., Young, N., Aitken, S., Auld, G., Lane, J.-F., Prior, K. A., Smokorowski, K. E., Smith, P. A. Jacob, A. L., Browne, D. R., Blais, J. M., Kerr, J. T., Ormeci, B., Alexander, S. M., Burn, C. R., Buxton, R. T., Orihel, D. M. Vermaire, J. C., Murray, D. L., Simon, P., Edwards, K., Clarke, J., Xenopoulos, M. A., Gregory-Eaves, I., Bennett, E. M. , Smol, J. P. 2020. On “success” in applied environmental research – What is it, how can it be achieved, and how does one know when it has been achieved? Environmental Reviews28 (4), 357-372.

Butt, N., Rosner-Katz, H., Binley, A. D., Davis, S., Pon, J., Radu, T., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Threats, costs and probability of success: informing conservation choices. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:223.

Harper, M., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Smokorowski, K. E., and Cooke, S. J. 2020. How do changes in flow magnitude due to hydroelectric power production affect fish abundance and diversity in temperate regions? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 9: 14.

Rytwinski, T., Harper, M., Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Donaldson, L. A., Smokorowski, K. E., Clarke, K. Bradford, M. J., Ghamry, H. Olden, J. D. Boisclair, D., and Cooke, S. J. 2020. What are the effects of flow regime changes on fish productivity in temperate regions? A systematic map. Environmental Evidence 9: 7.

Rosner-Katz, H., McCune, J. L., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Using stacked SDMs with accuracy and threat weighting to optimize surveys for threatened plant species. Biodiversity and Conservation 29:3209–3225.

Schuster, R., Hanson, J. O., Strimas-Mackey, M., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Integer Linear programming outperforms simulated annealing for solving conservation planning problems. PeerJ. e9258.

Bergman, J. N., Binley, A. D., Murphy, R. E., Proctor, C. A., Nguyen, A. T., Urness, E. S., Vala, M. A., Vincent, J. G., Fahrig, L., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. How to rescue Ontario’s Endangered Species Act. FACETS 5: 423-431.

Bolliger, C. S., Raymond, C. V., Schuster, R., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Spatial coverage of habitat protection for terrestrial species under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Ecoscience 27: 141-147.

Gilbert, B., MacDougall, A.S., Kadoya, T., Akasaka, M., Bennett, J. R., Lind, E.M., Flores-Moreno, H., Firn, J., Hautier, Y., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Cleland, E. E., Grace, J. B., Harpole, W. S., Esch, E. H., Moore, J. L., Knops, J., McCulley, R., and Mortensen, B. 2020. Species asynchrony can stabilize primary production against climate variability. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29:1177-1188.

Lennox, R. J., Harcourt, R., Bennett, J. R., Davies, A., Ford, A. T., Frey, R. M., Hayward, M. W., Hussey, N. E., Iverson, S. J., Kays, R., Kessel, S. T., Nguyen, V. M., Muelbert, M., Murray, T. S., Roche, D. G., Whoriskey, F. G., Young, N., and Cooke, S. J. 2020. A novel framework to protect animal data in a world of eco-surveillance. Bioscience70: 468-476.

McCune, J. L., Rosner-Katz, H., Bennett, J. R., Schuster, R., and Kharouba, H. M. 2020. Do traits of plant species predict the efficacy of species distribution models for finding new occurrences? Ecology and Evoution 10: 50015014.

Algera, D. A*., Rytwinski, T.*, Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Smokorowski, K. E., Harrison, P. M., Clarke, K., Enders, E. C., Power, M., Bevelhimer, M., and Cooke, S. J. 2020. What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review. Environmental Evidence 9:3.

Lloren, J. I., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J. R., Contreras, T., and McCune, J. 2020. The influence of landscape context on short- and long-term forest change following a severe ice storm. Journal of Ecology. 108: 224-238.

Cormier, E. C. Sisson, D. R., Rühland, K. M., Smol, J. P., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. A morphological trait-based approach to environmental assessment models using diatoms. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 77(1): 108-112.

Raymond, C. V., McCune, J. L., Rosner-Katz, H., Chadès, I., Schuster, R., Gilbert, B., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Combining Species Distribution Models and Value of Information Analysis for spatial allocation of conservation resources. Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 819-830.

Wilson, S., Schuster, R., Rodewald, A. D., Bennett, J. R., Smith, A, and Arcese, P. 2019. Prioritize diversity or declining species? Trade-offs and synergies in spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds. Biological Conservation 239:108285.

Cooke, S. J., Bennett, J. R., and Jones, H. P. 2019. We have a long way to go if we want to get the “Decade of Ecosystem Restoration” right. Conservation Science and Practice 1:e129.

Bergman, J. N., Bennett, J. R., Binley, A. D., Cooke, S. J., Fyson, V., Hlina, B. L., Reid, C., Vala, M., and Madliger, C. L. 2019. Scaling from individual physiological measures to population-level demographic change: case studies and future directions for conservation management. Biological Conservation 238:108242.

Roche, D. G., Bennett, J. R., Provencher, J., Rytwinski, T., Haddaway, N. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2019. Slow versus fast science is irrelevant: what we need is robust environmental evidence. Science of the Total Environment 696:134000.

Cazelles, K. Bartley, T., Guzzo, M., Brice, M.-H., MacDougall, A., Bennett, J. R., Esch, E., Kadoya, T., Kelly, J., Matsuzaki, S.-I., Nilsson, K., McCann, K. 2020. Homogenization of Canadian lakes: does gamefish movement outpace climate change? Global Change Biology25: 4222-4233.

Robson Gordon, E., Butt, N. Binley, A. D., and Bennett, J. R. 2020. Relative costs of conserving threatened species across taxonomic groups. Conservation Biology 34: 276-281.

Jeanson, A.L., Soroye, P., Kadykalo, A., Ward, T.D., Paquette, E., Abrams, A.E.I., Algera, D.A., Demers, D., Epp, L.J., Giles, M.P., Litt, M.A., Manouchehri, B.A., James, R. J., McBeth, S., Paradis, A., Pittet, L., Sebes, J., Steell, S.C., Thompson, A., Tremblay, P., Tuononen, E., Kerr, J.T., Bennett, J.R., and Cooke, S.J. 2020. Twenty Actions for a “Good” Anthropocene – Perspectives from Early Career Conservation Professionals. Environmental Reviews 28: 99-108.

Hanson, J. O., Schuster, R., Strimas-Mackey, M., and Bennett, J. R. 2019. Optimality in prioritizing conservation projects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10: 16551663.

Schuster R, Germain R. R, Bennett, J. R., Reo, N. J, Secord, D.L., and Arcese P. 2019. Biodiversity on Indigenous lands is higher than in protected areas in Australia, Brazil and Canada. Environmental Science and Policy 101:1-6.

Shackelford, N., Murray, S. M., Bennett, J. R., Lilley, P. L., Starzomski, B. M., and Standish, R. J. 2019. Complex relationship between reactive management of invasive species and ecological resilience in Garry oak savannas. Conservation Science and Practice1: e92.

Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T. Bennett, J. R., Smokorowski, K. E., Lapointe, N. W. R., Janusz, R., Clarke, K., Tonn, W., Walsh, J. C., and Cooke, S. J. 2019. The effectiveness of spawning habitat creation or enhancement for substrate-spawning temperate fish: a systematic review. Environmental Evidence 8: 19.

Creighton, M. J. A., and Bennett, J. R. 2019. Taxonomic biases from listing to management for Canadian species at risk of extinction. Ecoscience 26:4, 315-321.

Schuster, R., Wilson, S., Rodewald, A. D., Arcese, P., Fink, D., Auer, T., and Bennett, J. R. 2019. Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their annual cycle in the Western Hemisphere.Nature Communications10: 1754.

Donaldson, L. A., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Drake, D. A. R., Martel, A., and Cooke, S. J. 2019. Can conservation targets for imperilled freshwater fishes and mussels be achieved by captive breeding and release programs? A systematic map protocol to determine available evidence. Environmental Evidence 8, 16.

Hill, C. J., Schuster, R., and Bennett, J. R. 2019. Indigenous involvement in the Canadian species at risk recovery process. Environmental Science and Policy. 94: 220-226.

Fahrig, L., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V. Bennett, J. R., Boucher-Lalonde, V., Cazeta, E., Currie, D., Eigenbrod, F., Ford, A., Jaeger, J., Koper, N., Martin, A., Metzger, J. P., Morrison, P., Rhodes, J., Saunders, D., Simberloff, D., Smith, A., Tischendorf, L., Vellend, M., and Watling, J. 2019. Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity? Biological Conservation230: 179-186.

Polak, T., Nicholson, E., Grilo, C., Bennett, J. R.,and Hugh P Possingham. 2019. Optimal planning for mitigating the impacts of roads on wildlife: a multiple species approach. Journal of Applied Ecology56: 201-213.

Allek, A., Assis, A.S., Eiras, N., Amaral, T., Williams, B., Butt, N., Renwick, A., Bennett, J.R. and Beyer, H.L. 2018. Threats endangering Australia’s at-risk fauna. Biological Conservation222: 172-179.

Raymond, C. V., Wen, L., Cooke, S. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2018. Prioritizing species at risk of global extinction versus subspecies or nationally rare species.Environmental Science and Policy.

MacDougall, A.S., Harvey, E. McCune, J., Nilsson, K.A., Bennett, J.R., Firn, J.L., Bartley, T., McMeans, B., Tunney, T.D., Kelly, J., Grace, J.D., Matsuzaki, S.-I., Kadoya, K., Lester, N.P., McCann, K.S. 2018. Environmentally dependent species interactions and the regulation of freshwater fish diversity. Nature Communications 9: 973.

Bennett, J. R., Maxwell, S. L., Martin, A. E., Chadès, I., Fahrig, L. and Gilbert, B. 2018. When to monitor and when to act: value of information theory for multiple management units and limited budgets. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 2102–2113.

Cooke, S.J., Rous, A. M., Donaldson, L. A., Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T., Prior, K. A., Smokorowski, K.E., and Bennett, J. R.In 2018. Evidence-based restoration in the Anthropocene – From acting with purpose to acting for impact. Restoration Ecology26: 201–205.

Coutts, S. R., Helmstedt, K. J., and Bennett, J. R. 2018. Invasion lags and the stories we tell ourselves: our inability to infer pattern from process. Diversity and Distributions 24: 244-251.

Bower, S. D., Brownscombe, J. W., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Ford, M. I., Moraga, A. D., Pusiak, R. J. P., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A.J., Cooke, S. J., Bennett, J. R. 2018. Making tough choices: Picking the appropriate conservation decision-making tool. Conservation Letters 11: e1241.

Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J. J., Bennett, J. R., Smokorowski, K., and Cooke, S. J. 2017. What are the impacts of flow regime changes on fish productivity? Environmental Evidence 6:13.

Taylor, J. R., Rytwinski, T., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2017. Lessons for Introducing Stakeholders to Environmental Evidence Synthesis. Environmental Evidence 6:26.

Cooke, S. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R., Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T., Rummer, J. Franklin, C., Bennett, J. R., Haddaway, N. 2017 How experimental biology and ecology can support evidence-based decision-making in conservation: Avoiding pitfalls and enabling application. Conservation Physiology 5: 1..

Reid, A. J., Brooks, J. L., Dolgova, L., Laurich, B., Sullivan, B. G., Szekeres, P., Wood, S. L. R., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J. 2017. Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals Still Neglecting Their Environmental Roots in the Anthropocene. Environmental Science and Policy 77: 179-184.

Arcese, P., Rodewald, A., Schuster, R., Venter, O., and Bennett, J. R. Public-private partnerships to meet international biodiversity treaty targets and stem extinction. 2017.Reflections of Canada, Illuminating our biggest opportunities and challenges at 150 years. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia.

Brownscombe, J. W., Reid, A. J., Dolgova, L., Pusiak, R., Laurich, B., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A., Moraga, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Brooks, J., Sullivan, B., Ford, M., Bower, S. D., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J.. 2017. Oxford Bibliography – Aquatic Conservation.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Walton, S., Delle Palme, C., Manouchehri, B., Venne, S., Lennox, R. J., Chapman, J. M., Bennett, J. R., and Cooke, S. J. 2017. Conservation physiology can inform threat assessment and recovery planning processes for threatened species. Endangered Species Research 32: 507-513.

Gushulak, C. A. C., Laird, K. R., Bennett, J. R., and Cumming, B. F. 2017. Lake depth is a strong driver of intra-lake diatom distributions in a small boreal lake in northwest Ontario. Journal of Paleolimnology 58: 231-241.

Elmer, L. K., Kelly, L., Rivest, S., Steell, C. Twardek, W., Danylchuk, A. J., Arlinghaus, R., Bennett, J. R., Cooke, S. J. 2017. Angling into the Future: Ten Commandments for Recreational Fisheries Science, Management, and Stewardship in a Good Anthropocene.Environmental Management 60: 165-175.

Rytwinski, T., Algera, D. A., Taylor, J. J., Smokorowski, K., Bennett, J. R., Harrison, P. M. and Cooke, S. J. 2017. What are the consequences of fish entrainment and impingement associated with hydroelectric dams on fish productivity? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 6: 8.

Bennett, J. R.*, and Gilbert, B.* 2017. Testing metacommunity structure: linking landscape ecology and community ecology. In Gergel and Turner, eds. Learning Landscape Ecology, 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag. pp. 255-271. (*Authors contributed equally.)

Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T., Bennett, J. R., Smokorowski, K., and Cooke, S. J. 2017. The effectiveness of spawning habitat creation or enhancement for substrate spawning temperate fish: a systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 6: 5.

Bennett, J. R., Maloney, R., Steeves, T., Seddon, P., and Possingham, H. P. 2017. Spending limited resources on de-extinction could lead to net biodiversity loss. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1, 0053.

Bennett, J.R., Rühland, K.M. and Smol, J. P. 2017. No magic number: determining cost-effective sample size and enumeration effort for diatom-based environmental assessment analyses. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74: 208–215.

Iacona, G., Maloney, R. F., Chadès, I., Bennett, J. R., Seddon, P. J., and Possingham, H. P. 2017. Prioritising revived species: What are the conservation management implications of de-extinction? Functional Ecology 31:1041–1048.

Cooke, S. Rice, J. Prior, K. Bloom, R. Jensen, O. Browne, D., Donaldson, L., Bennett, J. R., Vermaire, J. and Auld, G. 2016. The Canadian Context for Evidence-Based Conservation and Environmental Management. Environmental Evidence 5,14.

Lameris, T., Bennett, J. R., Blight, L. Giessen, M., Janssen, M., Schaminee, J. and Arcese, P. 2016. Indirect human effects on plant communities and seabird abundance: implications for the conservation of native species and ecosystems. PeerJ.

Polak, T., Watson, J.E., Bennett, J. R., Possingham, H. P., Fuller, R. A., and Carwardine, J. 2016. Balancing ecosystem and threatened species representation in protected areas and implications for nations achieving global conservation goals. Conservation Letters 9: 438-445..

Bennett, J. R.*, and Gilbert, B.* 2016. Contrasting beta diversity among regions: how do classical and distance-based approaches compare? Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 368-377. (*Authors contributed equally.)

Di Fonzo, M. M. I., Possingham, H. P., Probert, W. J. M., Bennett, J. R., O’Connor, S., Densem, J., Joseph, L. N., Tulloch, A. I. T. Maloney, R. F. 2016. Evaluating trade-offs between target persistence levels and numbers of species conserved. Conservation Letters 9: 51-57.

Bennett, J. R., Shaw., J. D., Terauds, A., Smol, J. P., Aerts, R., Bergrstrom, D., Blais, J., Cheung, W., Chown, S., Lea, M.-A., Nielsen, U., Pauly, D., Reimer, K. J., Riddle, M., Snape, I., Stark, J., Tulloch, V., and Possingham, H. 2015.Polar lessons learned: informing long-term management based on shared threats in Arctic and Antarctic environments. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15: 316-324. Profile of this paper in Australian Research Council Newsletter: .

Bennett, J. R., Maloney, R. F. and Possingham, H. P. 2015. Biodiversity gains from efficient use of private sponsorship of flagship species conservation. Proceedings of the Royal Society – B 282(1805). Some media and science blog coverage on this paper: ; ; ; ; ; ;

Tulloch, A. I. T., Maloney, R. F., Joseph, L. N., Bennett, J. R., Di Fonzo, M. M. I., Probert, W., O’Connor, S. M., Densem, J. P. and Possingham, H. P. 2015. A risk-averse approach to prioritising conservation projects. Conservation Biology 29: 513–524.

Bennett, J. R.*, Sisson, D. R.*, Smol, J. P., Cumming, B. F., Possingham, H. P. and Buckley, Y. M. 2014. Optimizing taxonomic resolution and sample size to design cost-effective ecological models for environmental assessment. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1722–1732. (*Authors contributed equally.).

MacDougall, A. S., Bennett, J. R., Firn, J. Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Lind, E. M., Adler, P. B., Cleland, E., Davies, K., W. Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Melbourne, B., Orrock, J. L., Probert, S. M., Bakker, J. D., Fay, P. A., Jin, V. L., Kendig, A. and La Pierre, K. J. 2014. Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23: 802–810.

Bennett, J. R., Elliott, G., Mellish, B., Joseph, L. N., Tulloch, A. I. T., Probert, W., Di Fonzo, M. M. I., Monks, J. M., Possingham, H. P., Maloney, R. 2014. Balancing phylogenetic diversity and species numbers in conservation prioritization, using a case study of threatened species in New Zealand. Biological Conservation 174: 47-54. Here’s a link to an interview on the paper:

Bennett, J. R. 2014. Comparison of native and exotic distribution and richness models across scales reveals essential conservation lessons. Ecography 37: 120-129.

Butt, N., Beyer, H., Bennett, J. R., Biggs, D., Maggini, R., Mills, M., Renwick, A., Seabrook, L. and Possingham, H. P. 2013. Biodiversity risks from fossil fuel extraction. Science 342: 425-426.

Bennett, J. R., and Arcese, P. 2013. Human Influence and Classical Biogeographic Predictors of Rare Species Occurrence. Conservation Biology 27: 417-421.

Bennett, J. R., Vellend, M., Lilley, P. L., Cornwell, W. K., and Arcese, P. 2013. Patterns of abundance and rarity reveal an invasion debt in meadow patches. Biological Invasions 15: 707-716.

Bennett, J. R., Dunwiddie, P. W., Giblin, D. E. and Arcese, P. 2012. Native versus exotic community patterns across three scales: roles of competition, environment and incomplete invasion. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14: 381-392.

Bennett, J. R., Young, E. J., and Arcese, P. 2011. Avian dispersal of exotic shrubs in an archipelago. ÉDzԳ 18: 369-374.

Isaac-Renton, M., Bennett, J. R., Best, R. J., and Arcese, P. 2010. Effects of introduced Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on native plant communities of the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia. ÉDzԳ 17: 394-399.

Gilbert, B.*, and Bennett, J. R.* 2010. Variation partitioning in ecological communities: do the numbers add up? Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 1071–1082. (*Both authors contributed equally.)

Bennett, J. R., Cumming, B. F., Ginn, B. K, and Smol, J. P. 2010. Broad-scale environmental response and niche conservatism in lacustrine diatom communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 724–732.

Kaufman, C. A., Bennett, J. R., Koch, I., and Reimer, K. J. 2007. Lead bioaccessibility in food web intermediates and the influence on ecological risk assessment. Environmental Science and Technology 41: 5902-5907.

Bennett, J. R., Kaufman, C. A., Koch, I., Sova, J., and Reimer, K. J. 2007. Ecological risk assessment of lead contamination at rifle and pistol ranges using techniques to account for site characteristics. Science of the Total Environment 374: 99-101.

Cumming, B. F., Laird, K. R., Bennett, J. R., Smol, J. P., and Salomon, A. K. 2002. Persistent
millennial-scale shifts in moisture regimes in western Canada during the past six millennia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99: 17117-16121. Link:

Bennett, J. R., B. F. Cumming, P.R. Leavitt, M. Chiu, J.P. Smol, and J. Szeicz. 2001. Diatom, Pollen, and Chemical Evidence of Postglacial Climatic Change at Big Lake, South-Central British Columbia, Canada. Quaternary Research 55: 332-343.