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Below is a selection of our recent conservation-related publications. Our team is in bold.

**Pidd AM**, Schoeman DS, **Richardson AJ**, Scales KL (in press, 8/9/2025) Climate refugia could disappear from Australia’s marine protected areas by 2040. _Earth’s Future_

**Neubert S**, McGowan J, Metcalfe K, Hanson JO, **Buenafe KCV**, **Dabalà A**, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Possingham H, Stelzenmüller V, Ervin J, **Richardson AJ** (in press, 5/9/2025) Multiple-use spatial planning for sustainable development and conservation. _Trends in Ecology and Evolution_

**Blanluet A**, Game ET, **Neubert S**, **Everett JD**, Pollock K, Wolf NH, **Dunn DC**, **Richardson AJ** (2025) Drifting fish aggregation devices as a tool to study oceanic marine protected areas. _Fisheries Research_ 289 (107474). 9 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107474](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107474)

**Rohner CA**, **Richardson AJ**, García-Rodriguez E, Charles R, Batlle Morera A, Bortoluzzi J, Mouton TL, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Armstrong A, **Everett JD**, Bakiu R, Barash A, Bariche M, Başusta N, Bousquet C, Ćetković I, Giovos I, Guallart J, Milazzo M, Morey G, Naasan R, Spyridopoulou A, Niedermuller S, Serena F, Shakman E, Soldo A, Jabado RW (2025) Important Shark and Ray Areas can inform conservation planning in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. _iScience_ 28(8): 113192. 17 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113192](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113192)

**Buenafe KCV**, **Neubert S**, Scales KL, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Flower J, Suthers IM, Granados-Dieseldorff P, **Dabalà A**, **Esturas KJT**, Mercer J, **Richardson AJ** (2025) Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish. _Nature Communications_ 16(8146). 16 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63106-w](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63106-w)

Sequeira AMM et al. including **Richardson AJ** (2025) Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. _Science_ 388(6751): 1086-1097. [https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0239](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0239)


**Buenafe KCV**, **Dunn DC**, Metaxas A, **Everett, JD**, Schoeman DS, **Pidd A**, Brito-Morales I, Hanson JO, Kim SW, Scales KL, **Richardson AJ** (2025) Current approaches and future opportunities in designing climate-smart protected areas. _Nature Reviews in Biology_ [https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00041-0](https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00041-0)

**Richardson AJ**, **Buenafe KCV** (2025) A deep dive into climate connectivity. News & Views. _Nature Climate Change_. 2 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02253-w](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02253-w)

Giakoumi S, **Richardson AJ**, Doxa A, Moro S, Andrello M, Hanson JO, Hermoso V, Mazor T, McGowan J, Kujala H, Law E, Álvarez-Romero JG, Magris RA, Gissi E, Arafeh-Dalmau N, Metaxas A, Virtanen E, Ban NC, Runya RM, **Dunn DC**, Fraschetti S, Galsparsoro I, Smith RJ, Bastardie F, Stelzenmüller V, Possingham HP, Katsenevakis S (2024) Advances in systematic conservation planning concepts, tools and methods. _Trends in Ecology and Evolution_.16 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.002](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.002)

**Fleury AG**, O’Hara CC, Butt N, **Restrepo J**, Halpern BS, Klein CJ, Wenger A, Kuempel CD, Gaynor KM, **Bentley LK**, **Richardson AJ**, **Dunn DC** (in press, 13/6/2024) Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based vulnerability and impact model. _PLoS One_ 19(6). e0305950. 16 pp. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305950](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305950)

**Blanluet A**, Game E, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Lombard AT, **Richardson AJ** (2024). Evaluating ecological benefits of oceanic protected areas. _Trends in Ecology and Evolution_ 39(2): 175-187. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.003](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.003)

**Fourchault L**, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Hanson JO, **Buenafe KCV**, **Neubert S**, **Dabalà A**, **Richardson AJ** (2024) Generating affordable protection of high seas biodiversity through cross-sectoral spatial planning. _One Earth_ 7: 253-264. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.006](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.006)

**Dabalà A**, Dahdouh-Guebas F, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Lovelock CE, Hanson JO, **Buenafe KCV**, **Neubert S**, **Richardson AJ** (2023) Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services. _Nature Communications_. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41333-3](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41333-3)

**Buenafe KCV**, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Hanson JO, **Dabalà A**, **Neubert S**, **Richardson AJ** (2023) A metric-based framework for climate-smart spatial planning. _Ecological Applications_. [https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2852](https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2852)

Kot, CY, S.E. DeLand, A.-L. Harrison, A. Alberini, H. Blondin, M. Chory, J. Cleary, … **D.C. Dunn**, P.N. Halpin (2023) Synthesizing connectivity information from migratory marine species for area-based management. _Biological Conservation_. 110142. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110142](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110142)

Schoeman DS, Sen-Gupta A, Harrison CS, **Everett JD**, Brito-Morales I, Hannah L, Bopp L, Roehrdanz P, **Richardson AJ** (2023). Demystifying global climate models for use in the life sciences. _Trends in Ecology and Evolution._ [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.005](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.005)

Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Klein C, **Dunn DC**, **Everett JD**, García Molinos, Burrows MT, Dominguez RM, Possingham H, **Richardson AJ** (2022) Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas. _Nature Climate Change_ 12: 402-407. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01323-7](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01323-7)

Cinner, J.E., Thiault, L., Caldwell, I., Ben, J., Blanchard, J., Diedrich, A., Eddy, T., Gurney, G., Heneghan, R., Jagermeyer, J., Jiddawi, N., Kuange, J., Lahari, R., Mukminin, A., Novaglio, C., Raberisoa, A., Wamukota, A., **Everett, J.D.**, ... Richard Pollnac (2022) The potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries production in 72 tropical coastal communities. _Nature Communications_. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30991-4](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30991-4)

Kot, C.Y., S. Åkesson, J. Alfaro-Shigueto, D. F. Amorocho Llanos, M. Antonopoulou … **D.C. Dunn**, et al. (2022) Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: a tool for conservation prioritization. _Diversity & Distributions_. 28(4):810-829. [https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485](https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485)

Sullivan-Stack, J, O. Aburto-Oropeza, C.M. Brooks, R.B. Cabral, J.E. Caselle, F. Chan, J.E. Duffy, **D.C. Dunn**, et al. (2022) A Scientific Synthesis of Marine Protected Areas in the United States: Status and Recommendations. _Frontiers in Marine Science_. 9. [https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.849927](https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.849927)

Roberson, L., H. Beyer, C. O'Hara, J. Watson, **D.C. Dunn,** B. Halpern, C. Klein, et al. (2021) Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species. _Global Change Biology_. 27 (23):6206-6216 [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15844](https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15844)

Arafeh Dalmau N, Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Klein CJ, **Richardson AJ**, Possingham H (2021) Incorporating climate velocity in marine spatial prioritization. _Methods in Ecology and Evolution_ 12: 1969-1983. [https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13675](https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13675)

Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Burrows MT, Klein CJ, Kesner-Reyes K, **Richardson AJ** (2020) Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming. _Nature Climate Change_ 10: 576-581. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0773-5](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0773-5)

**Brito-Morales I**, Molinos JG, Schoeman DS, Burrows MT, Poloczanska ES, Brown CJ, Ferrier S, Harwood TD, Klein CJ, McDonald-Madden E, Moore PJ, Pandolfi JM, Watson JE, Wenger AS, **Richardson AJ** (2018) Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world. _Trends in Ecology and Evolution_ 33(6): 441-457. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.009](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.009)