Dr Morena Mills

Clark, Matt, Pienkowski, Thomas, Jagadish, Arundhati, Archibald, Carla L., Gelcich, Stefan, Govan, Hugh, Naidoo, Robin, Romero-de-Diego, Cristina, Weeks, Rebecca and Mills, Morena (2024). Forecasting adoption with epidemiological models can enable adaptively scaling out conservation. One Earth, 7 (10), 1820-1832. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.08.017

Tedesco, Anazélia M., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Chazdon, Robin, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Archibald, Carla L., Pérez-Hämmerle, Katharina-Victoria, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Wilson, Kerrie A., Oliveira, Mariana, Correa, Diego F., Ota, Liz, Morrison, Tiffany H., Possingham, Hugh P., Mills, Morena, Santos, Fabiane C. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (7), 643-653. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.007

Davis, Katrina J., Alfaro‐Shigueto, Joanna, Arlidge, William N.S., Burton, Michael, Mangel, Jeffrey C., Mills, Morena, Milner‐Gulland, E.J., Palma‐Duque, José, Romero‐de‐Diego, Cristina and Gelcich, Stefan (2021). Local disconnects in global discourses—The unintended consequences of marine mammal protection on small‐scale fishers. Conservation Letters, 14 (6) e12835. doi: 10.1111/conl.12835

Romero‐de‐Diego, Cristina, Dean, Angela, Jagadish, Arundhati, Witt, Bradd, Mascia, Michael B. and Mills, Morena (2021). Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (7) e438. doi: 10.1111/csp2.438

McCormick, Hannah, Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Mills, Morena and Davis, Katrina (2021). Using a residency index to estimate the economic value of coastal habitat provisioning services for commercially important fish species. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (5) e363. doi: 10.1111/csp2.363

Archibald, Carla L., Barnes, Megan D., Tulloch, Ayesha I.T., Fitzsimons, James A., Morrison, Tiffany H., Mills, Morena and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2020). Differences among protected area governance types matter for conserving vegetation communities at-risk of loss and fragmentation. Biological Conservation, 247 108533, 108533. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108533

Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Crouzeilles, Renato, Iribarrem, Alvaro, Barros, Felipe, de Siqueira, Marinez Ferreira, Sánchez-Tapia, Andrea, Balmford, Andrew, Sansevero, Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto, Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin, Broadbent, Eben North, Chazdon, Robin L., Filho, Ary Oliveira, Gardner, Toby A., Gordon, Ascelin, Latawiec, Agnieszka, Loyola, Rafael, Metzger, Jean Paul, Mills, Morena, Possingham, Hugh P., Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Scaramuzza, Carlos Alberto de Mattos, Scarano, Fabio Rubio, Tambosi, Leandro and Uriarte, Maria (2020). Author Correction: Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2019), 3, 1, (62-70), 10.1038/s41559-018-0743-8). Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (5), 765-765. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1211-9

Catalano, Allison S., Lyons-White, Joss, Mills, Morena M. and Knight, Andrew T. (2019). Learning from published project failures in conservation. Biological Conservation, 238 108223, 108223. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108223

Mills, Morena, Bode, Michael, Mascia, Michael B., Weeks, Rebecca, Gelcich, Stefan, Dudley, Nigel, Govan, Hugh, Archibald, Carla L., Romero-de-Diego, Cristina, Holden, Matthew, Biggs, Duan, Glew, Louise, Naidoo, Robin and Possingham, Hugh P. (2019). How conservation initiatives go to scale. Nature Sustainability, 2 (10), 935-940. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0384-1

Kidd, Lindall R., Garrard, Georgia E., Bekessy, Sarah A., Mills, Morena, Camilleri, Adrian R., Fidler, Fiona, Fielding, Kelly S., Gordon, Ascelin, Gregg, Emily A., Kusmanoff, Alexander M., Louis, Winnifred, Moon, Katie, Robinson, Jenny A., Selinske, Matthew J., Shanahan, Danielle and Adams, Vanessa M. (2019). Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature. Biological Conservation, 236, 92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.020

Adams, Vanessa M., Mills, Morena, Weeks, Rebecca, Segan, Daniel B., Pressey, Robert L., Gurney, Georgina G., Groves, Craig, Davis, Frank W. and Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G. (2019). Implementation strategies for systematic conservation planning. Ambio, 48 (2), 139-152. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1067-2

Biggs, Duan, Ban, Natalie C., Castilla, Juan Carlos, Gelcich, Stefan, Mills, Morena, Gandiwa, Edson, Etienne, Michel, Knight, Andrew T., Marquet, Pablo A. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2019). Insights on fostering the emergence of robust conservation actions from Zimbabwe's CAMPFIRE program. Global Ecology and Conservation, 17 e00538, e00538. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00538

Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Mills, Morena, Adams, Vanessa M., Gurney, Georgina G., Pressey, Robert L., Weeks, Rebecca, Ban, Natalie C., Cheok, Jessica, Davies, Tammy E., Day, Jon C., Hamel, Mélanie A., Leslie, Heather M., Magris, Rafael A. and Storlie, Collin J. (2018). Research advances and gaps in marine planning: towards a global database in systematic conservation planning. Biological Conservation, 227, 369-382. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.027

Salazar, Gabrielle, Mills, Morena and Veríssimo, Diogo (2018). Qualitative impact evaluation of a social marketing campaign for conservation. Conservation Biology, 33 (3), 634-644. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13218

Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McGowan, Jennifer, Mills, Morena, Beger, Maria, Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Charles, Anthony, Christie, Patrick, Fox, Matthew, Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo, Gelcich, Stefan, Guidetti, Paolo, Mackelworth, Peter, Maina, Joseph M., McCook, Laurence, Micheli, Fiorenza, Morgan, Lance E., Mumby, Peter J., Reyes, Laura M., White, Alan, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Revisiting "success" and "failure" of marine protected areas: a conservation scientist perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 (JUN) 223. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00223

Duarte de Paula Costa, Micheli, Mills, Morena, Richardson, Anthony J., Fuller, Richard A., Muelbert, José H. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Efficiently enforcing artisanal fisheries to protect estuarine biodiversity. Ecological Applications, 28 (6), 1450-1458. doi: 10.1002/eap.1744

Mascia, Michael B. and Mills, Morena (2018). When conservation goes viral: the diffusion of innovative biodiversity conservation policies and practices. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12442, e12442. doi: 10.1111/conl.12442

Guerrero, Angela M., Bennett, Nathan J., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carter, Neil, Gill, David, Mills, Morena, Ives, Christopher D., Selinske, Matthew J., Larrosa, Cecilia, Bekessy, Sarah, Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser A., Travers, Henry, Wyborn, Carina A. and Nuno, Ana (2018). Achieving the promise of integration in social-ecological research: a review and prospectus. Ecology and Society, 23 (3) art38. doi: 10.5751/ES-10232-230338

Saunders, Megan, Bode, Michael, Atkinson, Scott, Klein, Carissa, Metaxas, Anna, Beher, Jutta, Beger, Maria, Mills, Morena, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Tulloch, Vivitskaia and Possingham, Hugh (2017). Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems. PLoS Biology, 15 (9) e2001886, e2001886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001886

Simoes, Eliane, de Sousa Junior, Wilson C., de Freitas, Debora M., Mills, Morena, Iwama, Allan Y., Goncalves, Isabel, Olivato, Debora and Fidelman, Pedro (2017). Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the north coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Regional Environmental Change, 17 (6), 1739-1750. doi: 10.1007/s10113-017-1133-5

Magris, Rafael A., Pressey, Robert L., Mills, Morena, Vila-Nova, Daniele A. and Floeter, Sergio (2017). Integrated conservation planning for coral reefs: designing conservation zones for multiple conservation objectives in spatial prioritisation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 11, 53-68. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.05.002

Teixeira, João B., Moura, Rodrigo L., Mills, Morena, Klein, Carissa, Brown, Christopher J., Adams, Vanessa M., Grantham, Hedley, Watts, Matthew, Faria, Deborah, Amado-Filho, Gilberto M., Bastos, Alex C., Lourival, Reinaldo and Possingham, Hugh P. (2017). A habitat-based approach to predict impacts of marine protected areas on fishers. Conservation Biology, 32 (5), 1096-1106. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12974

Latawiec, Agnieszka E., Crouzeilles, Renato, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Rodrigues, Ricardo R., Sansevero, Jeronimo B., dos Santos, Juliana Silveira, Mills, Morena, Nave, Andre Gustavo and Strassburg, Bernardo B. (2016). Natural regeneration and biodiversity: a global meta-analysis and implications for spatial planning. Biotropica, 48 (6), 844-855. doi: 10.1111/btp.12386

Mills, Morena, Leon, Javier X., Saunders, Megan I., Bell, Justine, Liu, Yan, O’Mara, Julian, Lovelock, Catherine E., Mumby, Peter J., Phinn, Stuart, Possingham, Hugh P., Tulloch, Vigitskaia, Mutafoglu, Konar, Morrison, Tiffany, Callaghan, David, Baldock, Tom, Klein, Carissa and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2016). Reconciling development and conservation under coastal squeeze from rising sea-level. Conservation Letters, 9 (5), 361-368. doi: 10.1111/conl.12213

Bayraktarov, Elisa, Saunders, Megan I., Abdullah, Sabah, Mills, Morena, Beher, Jutta, Possingham, Hugh P., Mumby, Peter J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2016). The cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration. Ecological Applications, 26 (4), 1055-1074. doi: 10.1890/15-1077

Mills, Morena, Mutafoglu, Konar, Adams, Vanessa M., Archibald, Carla, Bell, Justine and Leon, Javier X. (2016). Perceived and projected flood risk and adaptation in coastal Southeast Queensland, Australia. Climatic Change, 136 (3-4), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10584-016-1644-y

Crouzeilles, Renato, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Mills, Morena, Grelle, Carlos E. V. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Incorporating habitat availability into systematic planning for restoration: A species-specific approach for Atlantic Forest mammals. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (9), 1027-1037. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12349

Horigue, Vera, Pressey, Robert L., Mills, Morena, Brotankova, Jana, Cabral, Reniel and Andrefouet, Serge (2015). Benefits and Challenges of Scaling Up Expansion of Marine Protected Area Networks in the Verde Island Passage, Central Philippines. PLoS One, 10 (8) e0135789, e0135789-e0135789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135789

Mills, Morena, Weeks, Rebecca, Pressey, Robert L., Gleason, Mary G., Eisma-Osorio, Rose-Liza, Lombard, Amanda T., Harris, Jean M., Killmer, Annette B., White, Alan and Morrison, Tiffany H (2015). Real-world progress in overcoming the challenges of adaptive spatial planning in marine protected areas. Biological Conservation, 181, 54-63. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.028

Moon, Katie, Adams, Vanessa M., Januchowski-Hartley, Stephanie R., Polyakov, Maksym, Mills, Morena, Biggs, Duan, Knight, Andrew T., Game, Edward T. and Raymond, Christopher M. (2014). A multidisciplinary conceptualization of conservation opportunity. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1484-1496. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12408

Lechner, A. M., Raymond, C. M., Adams, V. M., Polyakov, M., Gordon, A., Rhodes, J. R., Mills, M., Stein, A., Ives, C. D. and Lefroy, E. C. (2014). Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1497-1511. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12409

Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Tulloch, Vivitskaia J. D., Evans, Megan C. and Mills, Morena (2014). The Value of Using Feasibility Models in Systematic Conservation Planning to Predict Landholder Management Uptake. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1462-1473. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12403

Bell, Justine, Saunders, Megan I., Leon, Javier X., Mills, Morena, Kythreotis, Andrew, Phinn, Stuart, Mumby, Peter J., Lovelock, Catherine E., Hoegh-Huldberg, Ove and Morrison, T. H. (2014). Maps, laws and planning policy: working with biophysical and spatial uncertainty in the case of sea level rise. Environmental Science and Policy, 44, 247-257. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.07.018

Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a

Mills, Morena, Nicol, Sam, Wells, Jessie A., Lahoz-Monfort, José J., Wintle, Brendan, Bode, Michael, Wardrop, Martin, Walshe, Terry, Probert, William J. M., Runge, Michael C., Possingham, Hugh P. and McDonald Madden, Eve (2014). Minimizing the cost of keeping options open for conservation in a changing climate. Conservation Biology, 28 (3), 646-653. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12238

Mills, Morena, Alvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Vance-Borland, Ken, Cohen, Philippa, Pressey, Robert L., Guerrero, Angela M. and Ernstson, Henrik (2014). Linking regional planning and local action: towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning. Biological Conservation, 169, 6-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.015

Bode, Michael, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Mills, Morena, Venter, Oscar and Ando, Amy W. (2014). A conservation planning approach to mitigate the impacts of leakage from protected area networks. Conservation Biology, 29 (3), 765-774. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12434

Mills, Morena, Pressey, Robert L., Ban, Natalie C., Foale, Simon, Aswani, Shankar and Knight, Andrew T. (2013). Understanding characteristics that define the feasibility of conservation actions in a common pool marine resource governance system. Conservation Letters, 6 (6), 418-429. doi: 10.1111/conl.12025

Butt, N., Beyer, H. L., Bennett, J. R., Biggs, D., Maggini, R., Mills, M., Renwick, A. R., Seabrook, L. M. and Possingham, H. P. (2013). Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction. Science, 342 (6157), 425-426. doi: 10.1126/science.1237261

Pressey, Robert L., Mills, Morena, Weeks, Rebecca and Day, Jon C. (2013). The plan of the day: managing the dynamic transition from regional conservation designs to local conservation actions. Biological Conservation, 166, 155-169. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.025

Magris, R. A., Mills, M., Fuentes, M. M. P. B. and Pressey, R. L. (2013). Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil. Natureza & Conservacao, 11 (1), 81-87. doi: 10.4322/natcon.2013.013

van de Geer, Casper, Mills, Morena, Adams, Vanessa M., Pressey, Robert L. and McPhee, Daryl (2013). Impacts of the Moreton Bay Marine Park rezoning on commercial fishermen. Marine Policy, 39 (1), 248-256. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.11.006

Ban, Natalie C., Mills, Morena, Tam, Jordan, Hicks, Christina C., Klain, Sarah, Stoeckl, Natalie, Bottrill, Madeleine C., Levine, Jordan, Pressey, Robert L., Satterfield, Terre and Chan, Kai M. A. (2013). A social-ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11 (4), 194-202. doi: 10.1890/110205

Bottrill, Madeleine, Mills, Morena, Pressey, Robert L., Game, Edward T. and Groves, Craig (2012). Evaluating perceived benefits of ecoregional assessments. Conservation Biology, 26 (5), 851-861. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01898.x

Mills, Morena, Adams, Vanessa M., Pressey, Robert L., Ban, Natalie C. and Jupiter, Stacy D. (2012). Where do national and local conservation actions meet? Simulating the expansion of ad hoc and systematic approaches to conservation into the future in Fiji. Conservation Letters, 5 (5), 387-398. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00258.x

Cohen, Philippa J., Evans, Louisa S. and Mills, Morena (2012). Social networks supporting governance of coastal ecosystems in Solomon Islands. Conservation Letters, 5 (5), 376-386. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00255.x

Ban, Natalie C., Cinner, Joshua E., Adams, Vanessa M., Mills, Morena, Almany, Glenn R., Ban, Stephen S., Mccook, Laurence J. and White, Alan (2012). Recasting shortfalls of marine protected areas as opportunities through adaptive management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22 (2), 262-271. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2224

Mills, Morena, Jupiter, Stacy D., Pressey, Robert L., Ban, Natalie C. and Comley, James (2011). Incorporating effectiveness of community-based management in a national marine gap analysis for Fiji. Conservation Biology, 25 (6), 1155-1164. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01749.x

Ban, Natalie C., Adams, Vanessa M., Almany, Glenn R., Ban, Stephen, Cinner, Josh E., McCook, Laurence J., Mills, Morena, Pressey, Robert L. and White, Alan (2011). Designing, implementing and managing marine protected areas: Emerging trends and opportunities for coral reef nations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408 (1-2), 21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.023

Mills, Morena, Rasch, Ron, Siebeck, Ulrike E. and Collin, Shaun P. (2011). Exogenous material in the inner ear of the adult Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Elasmbranchii). The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 294 (3), 373-378. doi: 10.1002/ar.21338

Stoeckl, Natalie, Hicks, Christina C., Mills, Morena, Fabricius, Katharina, Esparon, Michelle, Kroon, Frederieke, Kaur, Kamaljit and Costanza, Robert (2011). The economic value of ecosystem services in the Great Barrier Reef: our state of knowledge. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1219, 113-133. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05892.x

Adams, Vanessa M., Mills, Morena, Jupiter, Stacy D. and Pressey, Robert L. (2011). Improving social acceptability of marine protected area networks: A method for estimating opportunity costs to multiple gear types in both fished and currently unfished areas. Biological Conservation, 144 (1), 350-361. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.012

McCook, Laurence J., Ayling, Tony, Cappo, Mike, Choat, J. Howard, Evans, Richard D., De Freitas, Debora M., Heupel, Michelle, Hughes, Terry P., Jones, Geoffrey P., Mapstone, Bruce, Marsh, Helene, Mills, Morena, Molloy, Fergus J., Pitcher, C. Roland, Pressey, Robert L., Russ, Garry R., Sutton, Stephen, Sweatman, Hugh, Tobin, Renae, Wachenfeld, David R. and Williamson, David H. (2010). Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: a globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (43), 18278-18285. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909335107

Mills, Morena, Pressey, Robert L., Weeks, Rebecca, Foale, Simon and Ban, Natalie C. (2010). A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle. Conservation Letters, 3 (5), 291-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00134.x

Evangelista, Carla, Mills, Morena, Siebeck, Ulrike E and Collin, Shaun C (2010). A comparison of the external morphology of the membranous inner ear in elasmobranchs. Journal of Morphology, 271 (4), 483-495. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10812

Almany, G. R., Connolly, S. R., Heath, D. D., Hogan, J. D., Jones, G. P., McCook, L. J., Mills, M., Pressey, R. L. and Williamson, D. H. (2009). Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 28 (2), 339-351. doi: 10.1007/s00338-009-0484-x

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