Dr Alienor Chauvenet
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
Possingham Lab
Researcher biography
Alienor commenced at The University of Queensland as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in October 2014. She is a quantitative ecologist with a keen interest in optimal decision-making. Her research is about enhancing our knowledge and implementation of species conservation and management using state-of-the-art techniques. At present, her research focuses how to design Protected Areas under global environmental change, maximising their benefits and minimising costs, while ensuring that goals for biodiversity and habitats are reached. She is also interested in how translocations can be successfully used as a conservation tool under climate change; the impact of climate change on species population dynamics; and how to design better management programs for threatened species.
Publications
Book Chapters
Jones, Carl G., Cole, Nik C., Canessa, Stefano, Chauvenet, Aliénor L.M., Fogell, Deborah J. and Ewen, John G. (2018). Conserving island species: journey to recovery. Species conservation: lessons from islands. (pp. 255-290) edited by Jamieson A. Copsey, Simon A. Black, Jim J. Groombridge and Carl G. Jones. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139030243.011
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Canessa, Stefano and Ewen, John G. (2016). Setting objectives and defining the success of reintroductions. Reintroduction of fish and wildlife populations. (pp. 105-121) edited by David S. Jachowski, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Paul L. Angermeier and Rob Slotow. Oakland, CA, United States: University of California Press.
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Parlato, Elizabeth H., Gedir, Jay V. and Armstrong, Doug P. (2015). Advances in modelling projections for reintroduced populations. Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna. (pp. 91-103) edited by Doug P. Armstrong, Matthew W. Hayward, Dorian Moro and Philip J. Seddon. Clayton South, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Pubishing.
Seddon, Philip J., Moro, Dorian, Mitchell, Nicola, Chauvenet, Alienor L. M. and Mawson, Peter R. (2015). Proactive conservation or planned invasion? Past, current and future use of assisted colonisation. Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna. (pp. 105-126) edited by Armstrong, Doug P, Hayward, Matthew W, Moro, Dorian and Seddon, Philip J. Clayton South, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Pubishing.
Journal Articles
Adams, Vanessa M., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Stoudmann, Natasha, Gurney, Georgina G., Brockington, Dan and Kuempel, Caitlin D. (2023). Multiple-use protected areas are critical to equitable and effective conservation. One Earth, 6 (9), 1173-1189. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.08.011
Stark, Keila, Adams, Vanessa, Brown, Christopher J., Chauvenet, Alienor, Davis, Katrina, Game, Edward T., Halpern, Benjamin S., Lynham, John, Mappin, Bonnie, Selkoe, Kim, Watson, James E.M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Klein, Carissa J. (2022). Importance of equitable cost sharing in the Convention on Biological Diversity's protected area agenda. Conservation Biology, 36 (2) cobi.13812, e13812. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13812
Kuempel, Caitlin D., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Symes, William S. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2021). Predicted protected area downsizing impedes conservation progress across terrestrial ecoregions in the tropics and subtropics. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (11) e529, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/csp2.529
Martinez‐Harms, Maria Jose, Wilson, Kerrie A., Costa, Micheli D. P., Possingham, Hugh P., Gelcich, Stefan, Chauvenet, Alienor, Pliscoff, Patricio, Marquet, Pablo A. and Bryan, Brett A. (2021). Conservation planning for people and nature in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot. People and Nature, 3 (3) pan3.10200, 686-699. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10200
Bayraktarov, Elisa, Ehmke, Glenn, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Chauvenet, Alienor L., Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, McRae, Louise, Wintle, Brendan A., O'Connor, James, Driessen, Joris, Watmuff, James, Nguyen, Hoang Anh, Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John, Barnes, Megan, Morgain, Rachel, Guru, Siddeswara and Possingham, Hugh P. (2021). A threatened species index for Australian birds. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (2) e322. doi: 10.1111/csp2.322
Downey, Harriet, Amano, Tatsuya, Cadotte, Marc, Cook, Carly N., Cooke, Steven J., Haddaway, Neal R., Jones, Julia P. G., Littlewood, Nick, Walsh, Jessica C., Abrahams, Mark I., Adum, Gilbert, Akasaka, Munemitsu, Alves, Jose A., Antwis, Rachael E., Arellano, Eduardo C., Axmacher, Jan, Barclay, Holly, Batty, Lesley, Benítez‐López, Ana, Bennett, Joseph R., Berg, Maureen J., Bertolino, Sandro, Biggs, Duan, Bolam, Friederike C., Bray, Tim, Brook, Barry W., Bull, Joseph W., Burivalova, Zuzana, Cabeza, Mar ... Sutherland, William J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2 (1) e12032, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12032
Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Beger, Maria, Gallagher, Rachael V., Shanahan, Danielle F., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13643, 775-783. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13643
McGowan, Jennifer, Beaumont, Linda J., Smith, Robert J., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Harcourt, Robert, Atkinson, Scott C., Mittermeier, John C., Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel, Baumgartner, John B., Beattie, Andrew, Dudaniec, Rachael Y., Grenyer, Richard, Nipperess, David A., Stow, Adam and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 994, 994. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14554-z
Kuempel, Caitlin D., Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Adams, Vanessa M. (2020). Evidence-based guidelines for prioritizing investments to meet international conservation objectives. One Earth, 2 (1), 55-63. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.12.013
Mappin, Bonnie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Di Marco, Moreno, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Venter, Oscar, Halpern, Benjamin S., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E.M. (2019). Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target. Conservation Letters, 12 (4) e12646, e12646. doi: 10.1111/conl.12646
Garnett, S. T., Butchart, S. H. M., Baker, G. B., Bayraktarov, E., Buchanan, K. L., Burbidge, A. A., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christidis, L., Ehmke, G., Grace, M., Hoccom, D. G., Legge, S. M., Leiper, I., Lindenmayer, D. B., Loyn, R. H., Maron, M., McDonald, P., Menkhorst, P., Possingham, H. P., Radford, J., Reside, A. E., Watson, D. M., Watson, J. E. M., Wintle, B., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Geyle, H. M. (2019). Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds: metrics of progress. Conservation Biology, 33 (2), 456-468. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13220
Jantke, Kerstin, Kuempel, Caitlin D., McGowan, Jennifer, Chauvenet, Alienor L. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Metrics for evaluating representation target achievement in protected area networks. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (2), 170-175. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12853
Jantke, Kerstin, Jones, Kendall R., Allan, James R., Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Poor ecological representation by an expensive reserve system: evaluating 35 years of marine protected area expansion. Conservation Letters, 11 (6) e12584, e12584. doi: 10.1111/conl.12584
Bonebrake, Timothy C. , Brown, Christopher J. , Bell, Johann D. , Blanchard, Julia L. , Chauvenet, Alienor, Champion, Curtis, Chen, I-Ching, Clark, Timothy D. , Colwell, Robert K. , Danielsen, Finn, Dell, Anthony I. , Donelson, Jennifer M. , Evengard, Birgitta, Ferrier, Simon, Frusher, Stewart, Garcia, Raquel A. , Griffis, Roger B., Hobday, Alistair J. , Jarzyna, Marta A. , Lee, Emma, Lenoir, Jonathan, Linnetved, Hlif, Martin, Victoria Y. , Mccormack, Phillipa C. , Mcdonald, Jan, Mcdonald-Madden, Eve, Mitchell, Nicola, Mustonen, Tero, Pandolfi, John M. ... Pecl, Gretta T. (2018). Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science. Biological Reviews, 93 (1), 284-305. doi: 10.1111/brv.12344
Corrigan, Colleen, Bingham, Heather, Shi, Yichuan, Lewis, Edward, Chauvenet, Alienor and Kingston, Naomi (2018). Quantifying the contribution to biodiversity conservation of protected areas governed by indigenous peoples and local communities. Biological Conservation, 227, 403-412. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.007
Holden, Matthew H., Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor, Plein, Michaela, Stringer, Martin and Chades, Iadine (2017). Academic conferences urgently need environmental policies. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 (9), 1211-1212. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0296-2
Croft, Simon, Chauvenet, Alienor L. M. and Smith, Graham C. (2017). A systematic approach to estimate the distribution and total abundance of British mammals. PLoS One, 12 (6) e0176339, e0176339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176339
Pettorelli, Nathalie, Nagendra, Harini, Rocchini, Duccio, Rowcliffe, Marcus, Williams, Rob, Ahumada, Jorge, De Angelo, Carlos, Atzberger, Clement, Boyd, Doreen, Buchanan, Graeme, Chauvenet, Alienor, Disney, Mathias, Duncan, Clare, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Fernandez, Nestor, Haklay, Muki, He, Kate, Horning, Ned, Kelly, Natalie, de Klerk, Helen, Liu, Xuehua, Merchant, Nathan, Paruelo, José, Roy, Helen, Roy, Shovonlal, Ryan, Sadie, Sollmann, Rahel, Swenson, Jennifer and Wegmann, Martin (2017). Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation: three years on. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3 (2), 53-56. doi: 10.1002/rse2.53
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Gill, Robin M. A., Smith, Graham C., Ward, Alastair I. and Massei, Giovanna (2017). Quantifying the bias in density estimated from distance sampling and camera trapping of unmarked individuals. Ecological Modelling, 350, 79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.02.007
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Kuempel, Caitlin D., McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria and Possingham, Hugh P. (2017). Methods for calculating protection equality for conservation planning. PLoS One, 12 (2) e0171591, e0171591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171591
Kuempel, Caitlin D., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2016). Equitable representation of ecoregions is slowly improving despite strategic planning shortfalls. Conservation Letters, 9 (6), 422-428. doi: 10.1111/conl.12298
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M. and Barnes, Megan (2016). Expanding protected areas is not enough. Science, 353 (6299), 551-552. doi: 10.1126/science.aah3762
Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Collen, Ben, Chauvenet, Aliénor L. M. and Mace, Georgina M. (2016). Patterns of mammalian population decline inform conservation action. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (4), 1046-1054. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12659
Correia, David L. P., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Rowcliffe, J. Marcus and Ewen, John G. (2015). Targeted management buffers negative impacts of climate change on the hihi, a threatened New Zealand passerine. Biological Conservation, 192, 145-153. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.09.010
Roy, S. S., Chauvenet, A. L. M. and Robertson, P. A. (2015). Removal of American mink (Neovison vison) from the Uists, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Biological Invasions, 17 (10), 2811-2820. doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-0927-y
Duncan, Clare, Chauvenet, Aliénor L. M., Brown, Molly E. and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2014). Energy availability, spatio‐temporal variability and implications for animal ecology. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (3), 290-301. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12270
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Hutson, Anthony M., Smith, Graham C. and Aegerter, James N. (2014). Demographic variation in the U.K. serotine bat: filling gaps in knowledge for management. Ecology and Evolution, 4 (19), 3820-3829. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1174
Scott, Dawn M., Berg, Maureen J., Tolhurst, Bryony A., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Smith, Graham C., Neaves, Kelly, Lochhead, Jamie and Baker, Philip J. (2014). Changes in the distribution of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban areas in Great Britain: findings and limitations of a media-driven nationwide survey. PLoS One, 9 (6) e99059, e99059.1-e99059.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099059
Walker, L. K., Armstrong, D. P., Brekke, P., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Kilner, R. M. and Ewen, J. G. (2013). Giving hihi a helping hand: assessment of alternative rearing diets in food supplemented populations of an endangered bird. Animal Conservation, 16 (5), 538-545. doi: 10.1111/acv.12026
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Ewen, John G., Armstrong, Doug and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2013). EDITOR'S CHOICE: Saving the hihi under climate change: A case for assisted colonization. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50 (6), 1330-1340. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12150
Chauvenet, A. L. M., Ewen, J. G., Armstrong, D. P., Blackburn, T. M. and Pettorelli, N. (2013). Maximizing the success of assisted colonizations. Animal Conservation, 16 (2), 161-169. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00589.x
Duncan, Clare, Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., McRae, Louise M. and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2012). Predicting the Future Impact of Droughts on Ungulate Populations in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments. PLoS One, 7 (12), e51490-e51490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051490
English, Annie K., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Safi, Kamran and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2012). Reassessing the determinants of breeding synchrony in Ungulates. PLoS One, 7 (7), e41444-e41444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041444
Chauvenet, A. L. M., Ewen, J. G., Armstrong, D. P., Coulson, T., Blackburn, T. M., Adams, L., Walker, L. K. and Pettorelli, N. (2012). Does supplemental feeding affect the viability of translocated populations? The example of the hihi. Animal Conservation, 15 (4), 337-350. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00522.x
Pettorelli, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Duffy, James P., Cornforth, William A., Meillere, Alizee and Baillie, Jonathan E. M. (2012). Tracking the effect of climate change on ecosystem functioning using protected areas: Africa as a case study. Ecological Indicators, 20, 269-276. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.014
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Durant, Sarah M., Hilborn, Ray and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2011). Unintended consequences of conservation actions: Managing disease in complex ecosystems. PLoS One, 6 (12), e28671-e28671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028671
Chauvenet, Alienor and Baxter, Peter (2011). Which population gets priority? Should we abandon Sumatran tiger subpopulations to save the species?. Decision Point, 54, 8-10.
Chauvenet, Aliénor L. M., Baxter, Peter W. J., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Optimal allocation of conservation effort among subpopulations of a threatened species: How important is patch quality?. Ecological Applications, 20 (3), 789-797. doi: 10.1890/08-1749.1
Conference Paper
Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Watson, James E.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Davis, Katrina J., Mappin, Bonnie, Klein, Carissa J., Kuempel, Caitlin D. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). To achieve big wins for terrestrial conservation, prioritize protection of ecoregions closest to meeting targets. Cambridge, MA, United States: Cell Press. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.013
Newspaper Article
Garnett, Stephen, Chauvenet, Alienor, Reside, April, Wintle, Brendan, Lindenmayer, David, Watson, David M., Bayrakarov, Elisa, Geyle, Hayley, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Maron, Martine and Legge, Sarah (2018, 11 27). For the first time we’ve looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side The Conversation
Research Report
Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Reise, Judith, Kumpel, Noelle and Pettorelli, Nathalie (2015). Satellite-based Remote Sensing for Measuring the Earth’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services. London, United Kingdom: Zoological Society of London.