Robert L. Pressey

James Cook University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

91h-index34.0kcitations299works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(95), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(93), Species Distribution and Climate Change(76), Marine and fisheries research(70), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(70)

Publications299 total

Accounting for the Importance of Ecosystem Services and Benefits to Local Communities in Marine Systematic Conservation Planning: It’s Not All About Fisheries
2025Open Access
Threatened fauna protections compromised by agricultural interests in Australia
Conservation Letters·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Designing an Extensive Conservation Reserve Network with Economic, Ecological and Spatial Criteria
Environmental Modeling & Assessment·2023· 1 cited
The Fisheries Co-Management Guidebook
2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Conservation Biology·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Participatory multi-stakeholder assessment of alternative development scenarios in contested landscapes
Sustainability Science·2021· 20 cited
The mismeasure of conservation
Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2021· 95 citedOpen Access
Methods for identifying spatially referenced conservation needs and opportunities
Biological Conservation·2021· 8 cited
Preliminary assessment of the potential changes in wellbeing of key interest groups in the Fitzroy river catchment under alternative development scenarios
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA)·2021Open Access
Preliminary assessment of the potential changes in wellbeing of key interest groups in the Fitzroy river catchment under alternative development scenarios
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA)·2021Open Access
Multi-objective planning in northern Australia: co-benefits and trade-offs between environmental, economic, and cultural outcomes:Final report to the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia)·2021· 5 cited
Biophysical and anthropogenic influences on the status of Tonga’s coral reefs and reef fish fishery
PLoS ONE·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements
Conservation Science and Practice·2020· 16 citedOpen Access
Representation does not necessarily reduce threats to biodiversity: Australia's Commonwealth marine protected area system, 2012–2018
Biological Conservation·2020· 14 citedOpen Access
Research reveals shocking detail on how Australia’s environmental scientists are being silenced
2020
Residual marine protected areas five years on: Are we still favouring ease of establishment over need for protection?
Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems·2020· 27 citedOpen Access
The relative conservation impact of strategies that prioritize biodiversity representation, threats, and protection costs
Conservation Science and Practice·2020· 15 citedOpen Access
The impact of terrestrial protected areas on vegetation extent and condition: a systematic review protocol
Environmental Evidence·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
Mitigating negative livelihood impacts of no-take MPAs on small-scale fishers
Biological Conservation·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia
Global Environmental Change·2020· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Hugh P. Possingham(10), Kerrie A. Wilson(7), Richard M. Cowling(6), Chris Margules(5), Thomas M. Brooks(4), Madeleine C. Bottrill(4), Natalie C. Ban(4), Ana S. L. Rodrigues(3), Sandy J. Andelman(3), Mohamed I. Bakarr(3), Luigi Boitani(3), Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca(3), Michael Hoffmann(3), Pablo A. Marquet(3), Wes Sechrest(3), Simon N. Stuart(3), Matthew Watts(3), Edward T. Game(3), Hedley S. Grantham(3), Morena Mills(3)