Kirsten Parris

Conserving urban biodiversity: Current practice, barriers, and enablers

Kylie Soanes, Lucy Taylor, Cristina E Ramalho, Cecily Maller, Kirsten Parris, Judy Bush, Luis Mata, Nicholas SG Williams, Caragh G Threlfall

Journal article  |  2023  |  Conservation Letters

Parris et al. (2023). Data from the CAUL Urban Wildlife App

KIRSTEN PARRIS, Rochelle Steven, Blythe Vogel, PIA LENTINI, Jasmin Hartel, KYLIE SOANES

Dataset  |  2023

Records collected by users of the CAUL Urban Wildlife App, as of January 31, 2023.

Ecological connectivity as a planning tool for the conservation of wildlife in cities.

Holly Kirk, Kylie Soanes, Marco Amati, Sarah Bekessy, Lee Harrison, Kirsten Parris, Cristina Ramalho, Rodney van de Ree, Caragh Threlfall

Journal article  |  2023  |  MethodsX

The application of ecological theory in urban planning is becoming more important as land managers focus on increasing biodiversit..

Supporting urban ecosystem services across terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms

Elizabeth C Lowe, Rochelle Steven, Rebecca L Morris, Kirsten M Parris, Axton C Aguiar, Cameron E Webb, Ana B Bugnot, Katherine A Dafforn, Rod M Connolly, Mariana Mayer Pinto

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms all provide essential ecosystem services in urban environments. However, the service..

Enablers and challenges when engaging local communities for urban biodiversity conservation in Australian cities

Lucy Taylor, Cecily J Maller, Kylie Soanes, Cristina E Ramalho, Abhilasha Aiyer, Kirsten M Parris, Caragh G Threlfall

Journal article  |  2021  |  SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

Across all landscape types, environmental managers work with communities to conserve biodiversity. The effectiveness of conservati..

Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality

JS Kurylo, CG Threlfall, KM Parris, A Ossola, NSG Williams, KL Evans

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Heterogeneity in quantity and quality of resources provided in the urban matrix may mitigate adverse effects of urbanization inten..

Bringing nature back into cities

Luis Mata, Cristina E Ramalho, Jade Kennedy, Kirsten M Parris, Leonie Valentine, Maddison Miller, Sarah Bekessy, Sarrah Hurley, Zena Cumpston

Journal article  |  2020  |  People and Nature

Protecting nature is a fundamental aspect of local and Indigenous cultures that has more recently become an urban sustainability g..

Contaminant-induced behavioural changes in amphibians: A meta-analysis

Michael Sievers, Robin Hale, Kirsten M Parris, Steven D Melvin, Chantal M Lanctot, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental contamination contributes to the threatened status of many amphibian populations. Many contaminants alter behaviour ..

Optimizing habitat management for amphibians: From simple models to complex decisions

Michael P Scroggie, Kathy Preece, Emily Nicholson, Michael A McCarthy, Kirsten M Parris, Geoffrey W Heard

Journal article  |  2019  |  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation remain leading causes of amphibian declines across the globe. To mitigate these impact..

Review: Toward management of urban ponds for freshwater biodiversity

Beat Oertli, Kirsten M Parris

Journal article  |  2019  |  ECOSPHERE

Many cities around theworld are expanding and this trend in urbanization is expected to sharply increase over coming decades. At t..