Sam Nicol

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

19h-index1.3kcitations107works2.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(19), Economic and Environmental Valuation(17), Species Distribution and Climate Change(17), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(15), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(14)

Publications107 total

Inference in a Factorial Hidden Semi-Markov Model with Variational EM
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2025Open Access
Optimal conservation of migratory monarch butterflies requires immediate international coordination
Current Biology·2025
River Deep, Basin Wide: An Ecosystem Component-Based Approach to Catchment Management
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Dynamic habitat modelling for water-dependent species in the Murray-Darling Basin
Ecological Indicators·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A method to predict connectivity for nomadic waterbird species from tracking data
Landscape Ecology·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds
Conservation Biology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
<scp>FlywayNet</scp> : A hidden <scp>semi‐Markov</scp> model for inferring the structure of migratory bird networks from count data
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species
Ecological Solutions and Evidence·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species"
2022
Author response for "&lt;scp&gt;FlywayNet&lt;/scp&gt; : A hidden &lt;scp&gt;semi‐Markov&lt;/scp&gt; model for inferring the structure of migratory bird networks from count data"
2022
Vote-processing rules for combining control recommendations from multiple models
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Author response for "&lt;scp&gt;FlywayNet&lt;/scp&gt; : A hidden &lt;scp&gt;semi‐Markov&lt;/scp&gt; model for inferring the structure of migratory bird networks from count data"
2022
MOMDPs: A Solution for Modelling Adaptive Management Problems
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence·2021· 66 citedOpen Access
A primer on partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A primer on Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs)"
2021Open Access
A Universal 2-state n-action Adaptive Management Solver
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A primer on Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs)"
2021
Evaluating the Ecological Benefits of Management Actions to Complement Environmental Flows in River Systems
Environmental Management·2021· 5 cited
Data files: A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species
Figshare·2021Open Access
Decision support for the Ecosystem-Based Management of a Range-Extending Species in a Global Marine Hotspot Presents Effective Strategies and Challenges
Ecosystems·2020· 5 cited
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Iadine Chadès(23), Tara G. Martin(8), Josie Carwardine(8), Jennifer Firn(7), Hugh P. Possingham(6), Danial Stratford(5), Ruscena Wiederholt(4), Brady J. Mattsson(4), Jay E. Diffendorfer(4), Wayne E. Thogmartin(4), Rocío Ponce‐Reyes(3), Andrew Reeson(3), Richard A. Fuller(3), Takuya Iwamura‏(3), Julia E. Earl(3), D. T. Tyler Flockhart(3), D. Ryan Norris(3), Belinda Walters(3), Darius J. Semmens(3), Adam Kerezsy(2)