Ascelin Gordon

Conservation Science, Ecological Modelling, Impact Evaluation, Policy, Meditation, World Music, (he/him)

Jump to:    Refereed Journal Articles    Book chapters    Other Research Outputs

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Sharma R., Jones S., Robinson D., Gordon A. (2023) Evaluating the impact of private land conservation using synthetic control design. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14150

  2. zu Ermgassen S.O.S.E., Devenish K., Simmons B.A., Gordon A., Jones J.P.G., Maron M., Bühne H.K., Sharma R., Sonter L.J., Strange N., Ward M., Bull J.W. (2023) Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16801

  3. Gutierrez A., Santin C.S., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2022) Contextual challenges for implementing strategic environmental assessment in the Global South: insights from a case study in Mexico. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 41:139-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2022.2157111

  4. Kujala H., Maron M., Kennedy C.M., Bull J.W., Evans M.C., Wintle B.A., Iftekhar M.S., Selwood K.E., Beissner K., Osborn D., Gordon A. (2022) Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm No Net Loss. One Earth. 5: 650-662. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.011

  5. Rhodes J.R., Armsworth P.R., Iacona G., Shah P., Gordon A., Wilson K., Runting R., Bryan B.A. (2022) Flexible Conservation Decisions for Climate Adaptation. One Earth. 5: 622-634. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.010

  6. Bull J.W., Sonter L., Gordon A., Maron M., Narain D., Reside A., Sanchez L., Shumway N., von Hase A., Quétier F. (2022) Quantifying the ‘avoided’ biodiversity impacts associated with economic development. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20: 370-378 http://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2496

  7. Kalliolevo H., Gordon A., Sharma R, Bull J., Bekessy SA. (2021) Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: an empirical case study in Western Australia. Conservation Science and Practice. 3: e512 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.512

  8. Gutierrez M., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2021) Biodiversity and ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: an evaluation of six Australian cases. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 87: 106552 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106552

  9. Damiens F., Backstrom A., Gordon A. (2021) Governing for ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity over the long-term: challenges and pathways forward. One Earth. 4: P60-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.012

  10. Damiens F., Porter L., Gordon A. (2021) The politics of biodiversity offsetting across time and institutional scales. Nature Sustainability. 4: 170–179. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00636-9

  11. Maseyk F.J.F., Maron M., Gordon A., Bull J.W., Evans M.C. (2021) Improving averted loss estimates for better biodiversity outcomes from offset exchanges. Oryx. 55: 393 – 403. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000528

  12. Bull J.W., Strange N., Smith R.J., Gordon A. (2021) Reconciling multiple counterfactuals when evaluating biodiversity conservation impact in social‐ecological systems. Conservation Biology. 35: 510-521. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13570

  13. zu Ermgassen S.O.S.E., Maron M., Walker C.M.C., Gordon A., Simmonds J.S., Strange N., Robertson M., Bull J.W. (2020) The hidden biodiversity risks of increasing flexibility in biodiversity offset trades. Biological Conservation. 252: 108861. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108861

  14. Garrard G.E., Kusmanoff A.M., Faulkner R., Samarasekara C., Gordon A., Johnstone A., Peterson I.R., Torabi N.,Wang Y., Bekessy S.A. (2020) Understanding Australia’s national feral cat control effort. Wildlife Research. 47: 698-708. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR19216

  15. Sharma R., Eklund J., Barnes M., Geldman J., Schleicher J., Pressey B., Gutierrez M., Jones S., Gordon A. (2020) The impact of terrestrial protected areas on vegetation extent and condition: a protocol for systematic review. Environmental Evidence. 9: 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-020-00191-y

  16. Selinske M.J., Fidler F., Gordon A., Garrard G.E., Kusmanoff A.K., Bekessy S.A. (2020) We have a steak in it: eliciting interventions to reduce beef consumption and its impact on biodiversity. Conservation Letters. 13: e12721. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12721

  17. Kusmanoff, A.M., Fidler F., Gordon A., Garrard G.E., Bekessy S.A. (2020). Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing. Conservation Biology. 34: 1131-1141. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13482

  18. Sonter L.J., Gordon A., Archibald C., Simmonds J.S., Ward M., Metzger J.P., Rhodes J.R., Maron M. (2020) Offsetting Impacts of Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. *Ambio*. 49:892–902 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01245-3

  19. Kidd L.R., Garrard G.E., Bekessy S.A., Mills M., Camilleri A.R., Fielding K.S., Gordon A., Gregg E.A., Kusmanoff A.M., Louis W., Moon K., Robinson J.A., Selinske M.J., Shanahan D., Adams V.M. (2019) Messaging matters: a systematic review of the conservation messaging literature. Biological Conservation. 236: 92-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.020

  20. Tulloch A.I.T., Gordon A., Runge C., Rhodes J.R. (2019) Integrating spatially realistic infrastructure impacts into conservation planning to inform strategic environmental assessment. Conservation Letters. 12: e12648. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12648

  21. Wintle B.A., Kujala H., Whitehead A., Cameron A., Veloz S., Kukkala A., Moilanen A., Gordon A., Lentini P.E., Cadenhead N.C.R., Bekessy S.A. (2019) Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity. PNAS. 116: 909-914. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813051115

  22. Strassburg B., Beyer H., Crouzeilles R., Iribarrem A., Barros F., de Siqueira M.F., Sánchez-Tapia A., Balmford A., Boelsums J., Brancalion P.H.S., Broadbent E.N., Chazdon R., Oliveira-Filho A., Gardner T., Gordon A., Latawiec A., Loyola R., Metzger J.P., Mills M., Possingham H., Rodrigues R.R., Scaramuzza C.A., Scarano F., Tambosi L., Uriart M. (2019) Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3: 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0743-8

  23. Peterson I., Maron M., Moilanen A., Bekessy S., Gordon A. (2018) A quantitative framework for evaluating the impact of biodiversity offset policies. Biological Conservation. 224: 162-169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.005

  24. Poodat F., Arrowsmith C., Tabrizi A.M., Gordon A. (2018) Application of Graph Theory in Landscape Ecology The Case Study: Assessment of Habitat Connectivity within Greater Melbourne. Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology. 6: 81-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.29252/ijae.6.4.81

  25. Selinske M., Garrard G., Sarah S.A., Kusmanoff A., Gordon A., Fidler F. (2018) Revisiting the promise of conservation psychology. Conservation Biology. 32: 1464-1468. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13106

  26. Hardy M.J., Fitzsimons J.A., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2018). Purchase, protect, resell, repeat: an effective process for conserving biodiversity on private land? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16: 336-344. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1821

  27. Hardy M.J., Bekessy S.A., Fitzsimons J.A., Mata L., Cook C., Nankivell A., Smillie K., Gordon A. (2018) Protecting nature on private land using revolving funds: Assessing property suitability. Biological Conservation. 220: 84-93. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.026

  28. Maron M., Brownlie S., Bull J.W., Evans M.C., von Hase A., Quétier F., Watson J.E.M., Gordon A. (2018) The many meanings of No Net Loss in environmental policy. Nature Sustainability. 1: 19-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0007-7

  29. Hardy M.J., Fitzsimons J.A., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2018) Factors influencing property selection for conservation revolving funds. Conservation Biology. 32: 276-286. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12991

  30. Kujala H., Moilanen A., Gordon A. (2018) Spatial characteristics of species distributions as drivers in conservation prioritization. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9: 1121–1132. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12939

  31. Ives C.D., Gordon A., Oke C., Raymond C.M., Hehir A., Bekessy S.A. (2017) Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1388219

  32. Law E.A., Ferraro P., Arcese P., Bryan B., Davis K., Gordon A., Holden M., Iacona G., Martinez R.M., McAlpine C., Rhodes J., Sze S., Wilson K. (2017) Projecting the performance of conservation interventions. Biological Conservation. 215: 142–151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.029

  33. Kusmanoff A., Fidler F., Gordon A., Bekessy S.A. (2017) Decline of ‘biodiversity’ in public conservation policy discourse in Australia. Environmental Science and Policy. 77: 106-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.08.016

  34. Runge C.A., Tulloch A.I.T., Gordon A., Rhodes J.R. (2017) Quantifying the conservation gains of shared access to linear infrastructure. Conservation Biology. 31: 1428–1438 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12952

  35. Fidler F., Chee Y.E., Wintle B.C., Burgman M.A., McCarthy M.A., Gordon A. (2017) Meta-research for Evaluating Reproducibility in Ecology and Evolution. *Bioscience*. 67: 282-289. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw159

  36. Ives C.D., Oke C., Hehir A., Gordon A., Wang Y., Bekessy S.A. (2017) Capturing residents’ values for urban green space: Mapping, analysis and guidance for practice. Landscape and Urban Planning. 161: 32–43. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.12.010

  37. Koshkina V., Wang Y., Gordon A., Dorazio R., White M., Stone L. (2017) Integrated species distribution models: combining presence-background data and site-occupancy data with imperfect detection. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8: 420–430 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12738

  38. Baker C.M., Gordon A., Bode M. (2017) Ensemble ecosystem modelling for predicting ecosystem response of predator reintroduction. Conservation Biology. 31: 376-384. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12798

  39. Hardy M.J., Fitzsimons J.A., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2017) Exploring the permanence of conservation covenants. Conservation Letters. 10: 221-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12243

  40. Bull J.W., Gordon A., Watson J.E.M., Maron M. (2016) Seeking convergence on key concepts in No Net Loss policy. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53: 1686-1693, https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12726

  41. Torabi N., Mata L., Gordon A., Garrard G., Wescott W., Dettman P., Bekessy SA. (2016) The money or the trees: what drives landholders’ participation in biodiverse carbon plantings? Global Ecology and Conservation. 7: 1–11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.008

  42. Maron M., Ives C.D., Kujala H., Bull J.W., Maseyk F., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A., Watson J.E.M., Lentini P., Gibbons P., Possingham H.P., Hobbs R.J., Keith D.A., Wintle B.A., Evans M.C. (2016) Taming a wicked problem: resolving controversies in biodiversity offsetting. Bioscience. 66: 489-498 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw038

  43. Laze K., Gordon A. (2016) Incorporating natural and human factors in habitat modelling and spatial prioritisation for the Lynx lynx martinoi. Web ecology. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/we-16-1-2016

  44. Martine M. Gordon A., Mackey B.G., Possingham H.P., Watson J.E.M. (2016) Interactions between biodiversity offsets and protected area commitments: avoiding perverse outcomes. Conservation Letters. 9: 384-389. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12222

  45. Gibbons P., Evans M., Maron M., Gordon A., Le Roux D., von Hase A., Lindenmayer D., Possingham H.P. (2016) A loss-gain calculator for biodiversity offsets and the circumstances in which no net loss is feasible. Conservation Letters. 9: 252–259. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12206

  46. Bull J.W., Hardy M.J., Moilanen A., Gordon A. (2015) Categories of flexibility in biodiversity offsetting, and their implications for conservation. Biological Conservation. 192: 522–532. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.003

  47. Bull J.W., Gordon A. (2015) Schrödinger’s microbe: implications of coercing a living organism into a coherent quantum mechanical state. Biology & Philosophy. 30: 845-856. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10539-015-9500-4

  48. Maron M., Bull J.W., Evans M.C., Gordon A. (2015) Locking in loss: baselines of decline in Australian biodiversity offset policies. Biological Conservation. 192: 504–512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.017

  49. Poodat F., Arrowsmith C., Fraser D., Gordon A. (2015) Prioritising urban habitats for connectivity conservation: integrating centrality and metapopulation metrics. Environmental Management. 56: 664-674. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0520-2

  50. Gordon A., Bull J.W., Wilcox C., Maron M. (2015) Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52: 532–537 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12398

  51. Gordon A. (2015) Implementing backcasting for conservation: determining multiple policy pathways for retaining future targets of endangered woodlands in Sydney, Australia. Biological Conservation. 181: 182–189. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.025

  52. Kark S., Tulloch A., Gordon A., Mazor T., Bunnefeld N., Levin N. (2015) Cross-boundary collaboration: key to the conservation puzzle. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 12: 12–24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2014.08.005

  53. Guillera-Arroita G., Lahoz-Monfort J.J., Elith J., Gordon A., Kujala H., Lentini P.E., McCarthy M.A., Tingley R., Wintle B.A. (2015) Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 24: 276-292. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12268

  54. Lechner A.M., Raymond C., Adams V.M., Polyakov,M., Gordon A., Rhodes J., Mills M., Stein A., Ives C., Lefroy T. (2014) Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning. Conservation Biology. 28: 1497–1511. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12409

  55. Whitehead A., Kujala H., Ives C., Gordon A., Lentini P., Wintle B., Nicholson E., Raymond C. (2014) Integrating biological and social values when prioritising places for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology. 28: 992–1003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12257

  56. Bull J.W., Gordon A., Law E., Suttle K.B., Milner-Gulland E.J. (2014) The importance of baseline specification in evaluating conservation interventions and achieving ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity. Conservation Biology. 28: 799–809. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12243

  57. Levin N., Tulloch A., Gordon A., Mazor T., Bunnefeld N., Kark S. (2013) Incorporating Socioeconomic and Political Drivers of International Collaboration into Marine Conservation Planning. Bioscience. 63: 547-563. https://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.8

  58. Bull J.W., Suttle K.B., Gordon A., Singh N.J., Milner-Gulland E.J. (2013) Biodiversity offsets in theory and practice. Oryx. 47: 369-380. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003060531200172x

  59. Gordon A., Bastin, L., Langford W.T., Lechner, A.M., Bekessy, S.A. (2013) Simulating the value of collaboration in multi-actor conservation planning. Ecological Modelling. 249: 19–25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.009

  60. Wilson J.N., Bekessy S.A., Parris K.M., Gordon A., Heard G.W., Wintle B.A. (2013) Impacts of climate change and urban development on the spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis). Austral Ecology. 38: 11-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02365.x

  61. Bekessy S.A., White M.D., Gordon A., Moilanen A., McCarthy M.A., Wintle B.A. (2012) Transparent conservation planning in the urban fringe. Landscape and Urban Planning, 108: 140-149. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.09.001

  62. Gordon A., Wintle B.A., Bekessy S.A., Pearce J., Venier L., Wilson J.N. (2012) The use of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for forest management: a case study of the red-backed salamander. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42: 1091-1106. https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x2012-068

  63. Lechner A.M., Langford W.T., Jones S.D., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2012) Investigating species-environment relationships at multiple scales: differentiating between intrinsic scale and the modifiable areal unit problem. Ecological Complexity, 11: 91–102. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.04.002

  64. Cooke B., Langford W.T., Gordon A., Bekessy S. (2012) Social context and the role of collaborative policy-making for private land conservation. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55: 469–485. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.608549

  65. Gordon A., Langford W.T., Todd J.A., White M.D., Mullerworth D.W, Bekessy S.A. (2011) Assessing the impacts of biodiversity offset policies. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26: 1481–1488. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.021

  66. Langford W.T., Gordon A., Bastin L., Bekessy S.A., White M., Newell G. (2011) Raising the bar for systematic conservation planning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26: 634–640. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.08.001

  67. Gordon A., Langford W.T., White M.D., Todd J.A., Bastin L. (2011) Modelling trade offs between public and private conservation policies. Biological Conservation, 144: 558-556. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.011

  68. Gordon A., Simondson D., White M., Moilanen A., Bekessy S.A. (2009) Integrating conservation planning and landuse planning in urban landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning, 91: 183–194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.12.011

  69. McDonald-Madden E., Gordon A., Wintle B.A., Walker S., Grantham H., Carvalho S., Bottrill M., Joseph L., Ponce R., Stewart R., Possingham H.P. (2009) “True” conservation progress. Science, 323: 43-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1164342

  70. Langford W.T., Gordon A., Bastin L. (2009) When do conservation planning methods deliver? Quantifying the consequences of uncertainty. Ecological Informatics, 4: 123–135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.04.002

  71. Bekessy S.A., Wintle B.A., Gordon A., Fox J.C., Brown B., Regan T., Mooney N., Read S.M., Burgman M.A. (2009) Modelling human impacts on the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi). Biological Conservation, 142: 2438-2448. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.010.

  72. Stamen R., Abe R., Abe T., Aihara H., Asano Y., Aso T., Bakich A., Browder T., Chang M.C., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Chidzik S., Dalseno J., Dowd R., Dragic J., Everton C. W., Fernholz R., Friedl M., Fujii H., Gao Z.W., Gordon A., et al. (95 additional authors) (2005) Status of the Belle Silicon Vertex Detector. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A, 541: 61–66.

  73. Abe R., Abe T., Aihara H., Asano Y., Aso T., Bakich A., Browder T., Chang M.C., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Chidzik S., Dalseno J., Dowd R., Dragic J., Everton C.W., Fernholz R., Friedl M., Fujii H., Gao Z.W., Gordon A., et al. (96 additional authors) (2004) BELLE/SVD2 status and performance. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A, 535: 379–383.

  74. Friedl M., Abe R., Abe T., Aihara H., Asano Y., Aso T., Bakich A., Browder T., Chang M.C., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Chidzik S., Dalseno J., Dowd R., Dragic J., Everton C.W., Fernholz R., Fujii H., Gao Z.W., Gordon A., et al. (96 additional coauthors) (2004) Readout, first- and second-level triggers of the new Belle silicon vertex detector. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A, 535: 491–496.

  75. Abe R., Abe T., Aihara H., Asano Y., Aso T., Bakich A., Browder T., Chang M.C., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Chidzik S., Dalseno J., Dowd R., Dragic J., Everton C.W., Fernholz R., Friedl M., Fujii H., Gao Z.W., Gordon A., et al. (96 additional coauthors) (2004) The new beampipe for the Belle experiment. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A, 535: 558–561.

  76. Garmash A., Abe K., Abe T., Adachi I., Aihara H., Akatsu M., Asano Y., Aushev T., Bakich A., Ban Y., Bedny I., Behera P., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bračko M., Browder T., Casey B., Chang P., Chao Y., Chen K.-F., Cheon B., Chistov R., Choi S.-K., Choi Y., Chuvikov A., Danilov M., Dash M., Dong L., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Fukunaga C., Gabyshev N., Gershon T., Golob B., Gordon A., et al. (128 additional coauthors) (2004) Study of B meson decays to three-body charmless hadronic final states. Physical Review D, 69: 012001.

  77. Chao Y., Suzuki K., Unno Y., Abe K., Abe T., Adachi I., Aihara H., Akatsu M., Asano Y., Aso T., Aulchenko V., Aushev T., Bakich A.M., Banerjee S., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bracko M., Browder T.E., Chang P., Cheon B.G., Chistov R., Choi S.K., Choi Y., Choi Y.K., Chuvikov A., Cole S., Danilov M., Dash M., Dong L.Y., Dragic J., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Gabyshev N., Garmash A., Gershon T., Golob B., Gordon A., et al. (123 additional coauthors) (2004) Improved measurements of the branching fractions for B -> K pi, pi pi, and K(K)over-bar decays. Physical Review D, 69: 111102.

  78. Gordon, A. (2003) Charmless two-body decays. Nuclear Physics B-Proceedings Supplements, 117: 574-577.

  79. Abe K., Abe T., Adachi I., Aihara H., Akai K., Akatsu M., Akemoto M., Asano Y., Aso T., Aulchenko V., Aushev T., Bakich A.M., Ban Y., Bay A., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bracko M., Brodzicka J., Browder T.E., Casey B.C.K., Chang P., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Cheon B.G., Chistov R., Choi S.K., Choi Y., Choi Y.K., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Enari Y., Fukunaga C., Furukawa K., Gabyshev N., Garmash A., Gershon T., Golob B., Gordon A., (152 additional coauthors) (2003) Study of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in b -> s(q)over-bar-q decays. Physical Review D, 67: 031102.

  80. Abe K., Abe R., Abe T., Adachi I., Aihara H., Akatsu M., Asano Y., Aso T., Aushev T., Bakich A.M., Ban Y., Bay A., Behera P.K., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bracko M., Brodzicka J., Browder T.E., Casey B.C.K., Chang P., Chao Y., Chen K.F., Cheon B.G., Chistov R., Choi S.K., Choi Y., Danilov M., Dong L.Y., Dragic J., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Fukunaga C., Gabyshev N., Garmash A., Gershon T., Golob B., Gordon A., et al. (132 additional coauthors) (2003) Measurement of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for two-body B meson decays with charmonium. Physical Review D, 67: 032003.

  81. Zhang J., Nakao M., Abe K., Abe T., Adachi I., Aihara H., Akatsu M., Asano Y., Aso T., Aulchenko V., Aushev T., Bahinipati S., Bakich A.M., Ban Y., Banas E., Behera P.K., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bracko M., Browder T.E., Casey B.C.K., Chang P., Chao Y., Cheon B.G., Chistov R., Choi S.K., Choi Y., Choi Y.K., Danilov M., Dong L.Y., Dragic J., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Enari Y., Fukunaga C., Gabyshev N., Garmash A., Gershon T., Gordon A., et al. (158 additional coauthors) (2003) Observation of B-/+ -> rho(-/+)rho(0) decays. Physical Review Letters, 91: 221801.

  82. Abe K., Abe N., Abe R., Abe T., Ahn B.S., Aihara H., Akatsu M., Asano Y., Aso T., Aulchenko V., Aushev T., Bakich A.M., Ban Y., Behera P.K., Bizjak I., Bondar A., Bozek A., Bracko M., Browder T.E., Casey B.C.K., Chang M.C., Chang P., Chao Y., Cheon B.G., Chistov R., Choi Y., Choi Y.K., Danilov M., Dong L.Y., Drutskoy A., Eidelman S., Eiges V., Enari Y., Fang F., Fujii H., Fukunaga C., Gabyshev N., Garmash A., Gershon T., Golob B., Gordon A., et al. (168 additional coauthors) (2003) Studies of the decay B(+/-)-> D(CP)K(+/-). Physical Review Letters, 90: 131803.

  83. Gordon, A., et al. (208 additional co-authors) (2002) Study of B ->rho pi decays at Belle. Physics Letters B, 542, 183-192.

Book Chapters

  1. Ives C.D., Beilin R., Gordon A., Kendal D., Hahs A., McDonnell M. (2013) Local Assessment of Melbourne: The Biodiversity and Social-Ecological Dynamics of Melbourne, Australia. In: Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities (eds. T. Elmqvist et al.), pp 385-407, Springer Netherlands. http://cbobook.org.

  2. Bekessy S.A., Wintle B.A., Gordon A., Chisholm R.A., Venier L., Pearce J. (2008) Dynamic landscape meta-population models and sustainable forest management. In: Models for planning wildlife conservation in large landscapes (eds. J.J. Millspaugh and F.R. Thompson), pp 473-499, Elsevier Science, Netherlands.

  3. Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2007) Nurturing nature in the city. In: Steering Sustainability (ed. A. Nelson), pp 227-238. Ashgate, Hampshire.

Other Research Outputs

Letters to the editor

  1. Damiens F., Laura M., Backstrom A., Bekessy S., Coffey B., Faulkner R., Garrard G., Hardy M., Kusmanoff A., Mata L., Rickards L., Selinski M., Torabi T., Gordon A. (2017) Why politics and context matter in conservation policy: A response to Kareiva and Fuller. Global Policy. 8: 253-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12415

  2. Maron M., Gordon A., Mackey B.G., Possingham H.P., Watson J.E.M. (2015) Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets. Nature. 523: 401–403. doi:10.1038/523401a. 3 pages. Available at: http://www.nature.com/news/conservation-stop-misuse-of-biodiversity-offsets-1.18010

Public engagement

  1. Bekessy S.A., Kusmanoff A., Gordon A., Gregg E., Thomas F., Garrard G., Kirk H., Ringma J., Berthon K., Kidd L., Gutiérrez M., Hardy M., Selinske M., Sharma R. (2019) How should I vote if I care about preventing the extinction of nature? Published in The Conversation, 16 May 2019. Available at: https://theconversation.com/how-should-i-vote-if-i-care-about-preventing-the-extinction-of-nature-117197

  2. Hardy M.J., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. Fitzsimons J.A. (2019) Saving Nature with Revolving Real Estate. Australasian Science, May 2019. Available at: http://www.australasianscience.com.au/article/issue-mayjune-2019/saving-nature-revolving-real-estate.html

  3. Hardy M.J., Bekessy S.A., Fitzsimons J.A., Gordon A. (2018) Revolving Private Land to Conserve Nature. Australasian Science, May 2018. Available at: https://www.australasianscience.com.au/article/issue-mayjune-2018/revolving-private-land-conserve-nature.html

  4. Hardy M.J., Fitzsimons J.A., Bekessy S.A., Gordon A. (2016) An Agreement Forever? Australasian Science November 2016, page 48 (1 page) Available at: http://www.australasianscience.com.au/article/issue-november-2016/agreement-forever.html

  5. Gordon A. (2015) Step forward then look back: using ‘backcasting’ to improve conservation and offsets policy. Decision Point. 2 pages.

  6. Maron M., Gordon A. (2015) Could well-designed offset policies actually increase loss? Decision Point. 2 pages. Available at http://decision-point.com.au/?article=could-well-designed-offset-policies-actually-increase-loss

  7. Fidler F., Gordon A. (2013) Science is in a reproducibility crisis – how do we resolve it? Published in The Conversation 20th September 2013. Available at https://theconversation.com/science-is-in-a-reproducibility-crisis-how-do-we-resolve-it-16998

  8. Gordon A., Bekessy S.A. (2013) Weighing up the costs of collaboration. Decision Point No. 73. September 2013. 1 page. Available at http://decision-point.com.au/?article=weighing-up-the-costs-of-collaboration

  9. Maron M., Gordon A. (2013) Biodiversity offsets could be locking in species decline. Published in The Conversation, 6th June 2013. Available at https://theconversation.com/biodiversity-offsets-could-be-locking-in-species-decline-14177

  10. Gordon A. (2012) The origin of the universe: is there a role for God? Published in The Conversation, 19th April 2012. Available at http://theconversation.com/the-origin-of-the-universe-is-there-a-role-for-god-6418

  11. Gordon A. (2011) Biodiversity offsets: solving the habitat-saving equation. Published in The Conversation, 24th November 2011. Available at http://theconversation.com/biodiversity-offsets-solving-the-habitat-saving-equation-4035

Policy Advice

  1. Kidd L., Backstrom A., Kusmanoff A., Gordon A., Gregg E., Damiens F., Thomas F., Garrard G., Kirk H., Ringma J.,Berthon K., Gutiérrez M., Hardy M.,Selinske M., Croeser T., Bekessy S.A. (2018) Submission to the Australian Government for the Senate Inquiry on Australia’s Faunal Extinction Crisis. 12 pages. Available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Faunalextinction/Submissions (submission no 128).

  2. Croeser T., Garrard G., Kusmanoff K., Gordon A., Bekessy S., Kidd L., Berthon K., Selinske M., Gregg E., Thomas F., Kirk H., Mata L., Damiens F., Hardy M., Peterson I., Mumaw L., Torabi N., Backstrom A., Hurley S. (2018) Submission to the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment and Energy on the Australia’s strategy for nature 2018–2030. 4 pages.

  3. Selinske M., Hardy M., Gordon A., Knight A. (2017) Policy brief for Privately Protected Areas Futures 2017: Supporting the long-term stewardship of privately protected areas. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/znsdq. Available at https://osf.io/znsdq. 3 pages.

  4. Faulkner R., Corney H., Damiens F., Kusmanoff A.,
Gordon A., Hardy M., Backstrom A., Mata L., Mumaw L., Selinske M., Hartridge S., van Wijnen S., Smith T., Garrard G., Peterson I., Torabi N., Bekessy S. (2016) Comments on the Draft National Recovery Plan for Leadbeater’s Possum. Submission to the Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. 5 pages.

  5. Kusmanoff A., Gordon A., Backstrom A., Damiens F., Faulkner R., Garrard G.E., Hardy M., Hartridge S, Mata L., Mumaw L., Selinske M., Torabi N, Bekessy S.A. (2016) Submission to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on the Review of the Native Vegetation Clearing Regulations. Submission to the Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. 9 pages. Available at http://haveyoursay.delwp.vic.gov.au/native-vegetation-clearing-regulations

  6. Maron M., Gordon A. (2014) Peer Review of the Draft Framework for Biodiversity Assessment for Assessing and Offsetting State Significant Development and State Significant Infrastructure in New South Wales. Report to the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney. 36 pages.

  7. Hardy M., Kusmanoff A., Gordon A., Mumaw L., Backstrom A., Cooke B., Garrard G., Ives C., Meiklejohn D., Oke C., Torabi N., Bekessy S. (2014) Submission to the Australian Government’s House Standing Committee on the Environment Inquiry into streamlining environmental regulation, ‘green tape’ and one-stop shops. 9 pages. Available at http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Environment/Green_Tape/Submissions (submission no. 62)

  8. Gordon A., Hardy M., Mata L., Garrard G., Kusmanoff A., Bekessy S. (2014) Submission to the Australian Government’s Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into Environmental Offsets. 5 pages. Available at http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Environmental_Offsets/Submissions (submission number 34)

  9. Ives C., Garrard G., Gordon A., Kusmanoff A., Wilson J.N (2012) Submission to the Victorian Government on the ‘Future directions for native vegetation in Victoria: Review of Victoria’s native vegetation permitted clearing regulations’. 13 pages. Available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQbDh8xyvo2VUJRRDlNVDZSVUk/edit?usp=sharing

  10. Gordon A., Ives C., Langford W.T., Bekessy S.A., Torabi N., Cooke B., Wilson J.N. (2012) Submission to the Australian Government on the ‘Draft EPBC Act Environmental Offsets Policy’. 6 pages. Available at http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/reform/pubs/offset-policy/33-rmit-university.pdf

  11. Gordon A., Chee Y.E., Garrard G., Heard G., Ives C., Parris K., Rumpff L. (2011) Submission to the Victorian Government ‘Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Melbourne’s Growth Areas – A submission to the Draft for Public Consultation’. 8 pages.

  12. Adam P., Barmuta L.A., Bond N., … Gordon A., et al. (2005) Urgent need for a systematic expansion of freshwater protected areas in Australia. Available at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/764d/e1504bc7dd99d0e3ac29942790a4231e0751.pdf

Commissioned reports

  1. Gordon A., Sharma R. (2020) Report on thresholding species distribution models for the Christmas Island Strategic Assessment. Commissioned report for Open Lines. 12 pages.

  2. Gordon A., Peterson I. (2019) Cumberland Subregion Conservation Plan — Vegetation Trend Analysis. RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria. Commissioned report for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, Biosis and Open Lines. 48 pages.

  3. Gordon A., Koshkina V. (2018) Western Sydney Strategic Plan – species distribution modelling. Commissioned report for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, Biosis and Open Lines. 38 pages.

  4. Kirk H., Smith T., Backstrom A., Morán-Ordóñez A., Garrard G.E., Gordon A., Ives C.D., Bekessy S.A., Mata L. (2017) Our City’s Little Gems – Butterfly diversity and pollination interactions in the City of Melbourne. Report commissioned by the City of Melbourne. 66 pages. Available at https://luismataresearch.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/kirk-et-al-2017.pdf

  5. Garrard G.E., Faulkner R., Mata L., Torabi N., Peterson I.R., Gordon A., Bekessy S.A. (2016) An assessment of the national effort towards feral cat control. A report prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. 69 pages.

  6. Mata L., Ives C.D., Morán-Ordóñez A., Garrard G.E., Gordon A., Cranney K., Smith T.R., Backstrom A., Bickel D.J., Hahs A.K., Malipatil M., Moir M.L., Plein M., Porch N., Semeraro L., Walker K., Vesk P.A., Parris K., Bekessy S.A. (2015) The little things that run the city: Insect ecology, biodiversity and conservation in the City of Melbourne. August 2016. 74 pages. Available at: https://luismataresearch.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/the-little-things-that-run-the-city-201115-lowres.pdf

  7. Ives C., Oke C., Cooke B., Gordon A., Bekessy S.A. (2014) Planning for Green Open Space in Urbanising Landscapes. Report for Australian Government Department of Environment. 129 pages.

  8. Tulloch A.I.T., Gordon A., Rhodes J.R. (2014) Identifying conservation priorities and evaluating scenarios of cumulative impacts of mining infrastructure in the Upper Spencer Gulf Region in South Australia. Report for the Australian Government as part of the National Environmental Research Plan. 109 pages. Available at https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/96b5fd89-6160-4e16-bcd9-f4c5965784e5/files/usg-conservation-priorities-report.pdf

  9. Gordon A., Langford W.T., Bekessy S.A. (2011) Modelling the growth of Sydney and the impacts on the Cumberland Plain Woodland. Report prepared for the Australian Government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 22 pages.

  10. O’Malley A., Gordon A., McCaffrey N., Broughton C., Sharafi S.M., Ewing A. (2011) Biodiversity Connectivity Investigation Stage 2: Assessment of opportunities for ecological connectivity in the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment. Report prepared for Melbourne Water Corporation. 71 pages.

  11. O’Malley A., Gordon A., Henry J., Broughton C. (2010) Biodiversity connectivity investigation. A review of methods to assess opportunities for ecological connectivity in the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment. Report prepared for Melbourne Water Corporation. 84 pages.

  12. McCaffrey A., Henry J., Timms S., Broughton C., Pettifer L., Bryant M., Shepherd M., Legg M., Gordon A. (2010) Ecological connectivity plan for the south-east region of Melbourne. Report prepared for the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. 136 pages.

  13. Gordon A., Langford W.T. (2009) Projections of future grassland condition change in the west of Melbourne. Report prepared for the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. 12 Pages.