Peer-reviewed publications (see google scholar profile for up-to-date list)
In Review/Revision
Momeni-Dehaghi, I., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J. R., Rytwinski, T., Oberhauser, K. S., Sheehan, N. A. and Mitchell, G. W. Projected distribution shifts of resident monarch butterflies and consequences for migratory monarchs. Submitted.
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. Assessing species at risk legislation across Canadian provinces and territories. Submitted.
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. The State of Plant Conservation in Canada: a survey of practitioners. Submitted.
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. Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes. Submitted.
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. Gaps in tipping points research across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Submitted.
Hernandez Martinez De La Riva, A., Harper, M., Rytwinski, T., Sahdra, A., Taylor, J., Bard, B., Bennett, J. R., Burton, D., Creed, I., Haniford, L., Hanna, D., Harmsen, E., Robichaud, C., Smol, J. P., Thapar, J. and Cooke, S. J. Tipping points in freshwater ecosystems: an evidence map. Submitted.
Song, C., Lu, M., Bennett, J. R., Gilbert, B., Fortin, M.-J., and Gonzalez, A. Reconceptualizing beta diversity: a hypervolume geometric approach. Submitted.
Binley, A.D., Vincent, J.G., Rytwinski, T., Proctor, C.A., Urness, E., Davis, S.A., Soroye, P., and Bennett, J.R. How well do we make use of existing data when conducting peer-reviewed research on biodiversity? A case study looking at community science. Submitted.
Pettinger, K., and Bennett, J. R. Forecasting the Invasion of Stratiotes aloides in Ontario Using Boater Movement Patterns. Submitted.
Published/Accepted
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. (accepted). How ignoring detection probability hurts biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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. (accepted). 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.
Bergman, J., Bennett, J. R., Minelga, V., Vis, C., Fisk, A. and Cooke, S. J. (accepted) Ecological connectivity of invasive and native fishes in a historic navigation waterway. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
Binley, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. 2023. The data double standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. link
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. link
Binley, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. 2023. The data double standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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.link
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 Practice 4: e12701. link
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. link
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. link
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., O’Connor, C. M., and Cooke, S. J. Developing an Evidence-Based Toolbox for Addressing Freshwater Biodiversity Threats. Biological Conservation 269: 109533. link
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. link
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. link #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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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., O’Connor, 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. link #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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
Twardek, W. M., Nyboer, E. A., Tickner, D., O’Connor, 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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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 Environment 775: 145122. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. FACETS 5 (1), 942-962. link
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 Communications e4668. link
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 Conservation 251, 108764. link
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 Reviews 28 (4), 357-372. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. Bioscience 70: 468-476. link
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: 5001– 5014.link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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 Biology 25: 4222-4233. link
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. link
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. link
Hanson, J. O., Schuster, R., Strimas-Mackey, M., and Bennett, J. R. 2019. Optimality in prioritizing conservation projects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1655– 1663.link
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. link
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 Practice 1: e92. link
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. link
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. link
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 Communications 10: 1754. link
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. link
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. link
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 Conservation 230: 179-186. link
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 Ecology 56: 201-213. link
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 Conservation 222: 172-179. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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 Ecology 26: 201–205. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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.. link
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. link
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. link
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. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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.) link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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.. link.
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.) link
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. link
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. link Profile of this paper in Australian Research Council Newsletter: ARC Polar Research.
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). link Some media and science blog coverage on this paper: Nature Magazine; Dominion Post; Scimex; SciBlogs; Radio NZ; Sydney Morning Herald; Brisbane Times
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. link
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.). link
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. link
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. link Here’s a link to an interview on the paper: saving species and phylogenetic diversity
Bennett, J. R. 2014. Comparison of native and exotic distribution and richness models across scales reveals essential conservation lessons. Ecography 37: 120-129. link
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. link
Bennett, J. R., and Arcese, P. 2013. Human Influence and Classical Biogeographic Predictors of Rare Species Occurrence. Conservation Biology 27: 417-421. link
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. link
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. link
Bennett, J. R., Young, E. J., and Arcese, P. 2011. Avian dispersal of exotic shrubs in an archipelago. Écoscience 18: 369-374. link
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. Écoscience 17: 394-399. link
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.) link
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. link
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. link
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. link
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: PNAS 2002
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. link