Professor Eve McDonald-Madden
ARC Future Fellow
School of the Environment
Eve is a world leader in environmental decision science. She is a recipient of the L’Oréal for Women in Science Award, three ARC Fellowships, a UQ Foundations for Research Excellence Award, a Women in Technology Rising Star award and was a recent finalist in the Eureka Prizes. Using novel techniques from fields such as manufacturing sciences, artificial intelligence research and economics, her lab hopes to improve decision-making in the face of social and ecological complexity that is inherent, but often ignored, in environmental problems. She has two young boys, one who is obsessed with Lego and one who is constantly jumping on the trampoline. View Eve's webpage.
Researcher biography
Qualifications
PhD – The University of Queensland
Diploma in The Sciences (Mathematics and Statistics) – University of New England
Bachelor of Science (Hons) – The University of Melbourne
Professional Associations
The Society for Conservation Biology
Visiting Scientist – CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Background
I am an ARC Research Fellow working on environmental decision-making in complex systems. I have a background in environmental management, decision science and applied mathematics. My research has focused on the application of novel techniques from artificial intelligence and operations research to conservation decision-making including climate adaptation and ecosystem management.
Publications
Book Chapter
Martin, J. K., Handasyde, K. A., Wright, C. J., McDonald-Madden, E. and Reside, A. (2004). Aspects of the ecology of the bobuck Trichosurus caninus in the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria. The biology of Australian possums and gliders. (pp. 484-489) edited by Ross Goldingay and Stephen M. Jackson. Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons .
Journal Articles
Hudgins, Emma J., Hanson, Jeffrey O., MacQuarrie, Chris J. K., Yemshanov, Denys, Baker, Christopher M., Chadès, Iadine, Holden, Matthew H., McDonald‐Madden, Eve and Bennett, Joseph R. (2024). Spread management priorities to limit emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) impacts on United States street trees. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (3) e13087. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13087
Ward, Michelle, Rout, Tracy M., Possingham, Hugh P., Stewart, Romola, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Clark, Thomas G., Kindler, Gareth S., Valentine, Leonie E., Macmillan, Ellen, Maitz, Natalya, Haskin, Elouise and Watson, James E. M. (2024). A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery. One Earth, 7 (2), 186-198. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.009
Spillias, Scott, Cottrell, Richard S., Layton, Cayne, O’Brien, Katherine R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2024). Having our kelp and eating it too: Minimising trade-offs from seaweed farming. Journal of Cleaner Production, 448 141150, 141150. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141150
Abeysinghe, Nisansala, O'Bryan, Christopher J., Guerrero, Angela M., Rhodes, Jonathan R. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2023). Unravelling how collaboration impacts success of invasive species management. People and Nature, 5 (6), 2093-2106. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10544
Abeysinghe, Nisansala, Guerrero, Angela M., Rhodes, Jonathan R., McDonald-Madden, Eve and O'Bryan, Christopher J. (2023). How success is evaluated in collaborative invasive species management: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Management, 348 119272, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119272
Sonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Bull, Joseph W., Giljum, Stefan, Luckeneder, Sebastian, Maus, Victor, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Northey, Stephen A., Sánchez, Luis E., Valenta, Rick, Visconti, Piero, Werner, Tim T. and Watson, James E. M. (2023). How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (35) e2307006120, 1-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307006120
O'Bryan, Christopher J., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Osunkoya, Olusegun O., Lundie-Jenkins, Geoff, Mudiyanselage, Nisansala Abeysinghe, Sydes, Travis, Calvert, Moya, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Bode, Michael (2023). Setting conservation priorities in multi-actor systems. BioScience, 73 (7), 522-532. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad046
Rout, Tracy M., Jackson, Stephen M., Adam, Dalene, Diggins, Jacqui, McDonald‐Madden, Eve, Mitchell, Nicola J. and Walshe, Terry V. (2023). Decision analysis for the planning and assessment of ex situ management: an application to the endangered mahogany glider. Austral Ecology, 48 (4), 803-821. doi: 10.1111/aec.13310
López-Cubillos, Sofía, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Mayfield, Margaret M. and Runting, Rebecca K. (2023). Optimal restoration for pollination services increases forest cover while doubling agricultural profits. PLOS Biology, 21 (5) e3002107, e3002107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002107
Willacy, Rosalie, Flakus, Samantha, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Legge, Sarah (2023). Investigating the impact of black rats (Rattus rattus) on the endemic and threatened avifauna of Christmas Island. Wildlife Research, 51 (1). doi: 10.1071/wr22068
Castonguay, Adam C., Polasky, Stephen, Holden, Matthew H., Herrero, Mario, Chang, Jinfeng, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Godde, Cecile, Lee, Katie, Bryan, Brett A., Gerber, James, Game, Edward T. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2023). MOO-GAPS: A multi-objective optimization model for global animal production and sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 396 136440, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136440
Spillias, Scott, Valin, Hugo, Batka, Miroslav, Sperling, Frank, Havlík, Petr, Leclère, David, Cottrell, Richard S., O’Brien, Katherine R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2023). Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming. Nature Sustainability, 6 (4), 380-390. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01043-y
Spillias, Scott, Kelly, Rachel, Cottrell, Richard S., O’Brien, Katherine R., Im, Ran-Young, Kim, Ji Yoon, Lei, Chuan, Leung, Rainbow W. S., Matsuba, Misako, Reis, Juliana Albano, Sato, Yoichi, Sempert, Kai and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2023). The empirical evidence for the social-ecological impacts of seaweed farming. PLoS Sustainability and Transformation, 2 (2) e0000042, 1-23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000042
Castonguay, Adam C., Polasky, Stephen, H. Holden, Matthew, Herrero, Mario, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Godde, Cecile, Chang, Jinfeng, Gerber, James, Witt, G. Bradd, Game, Edward T., A. Bryan, Brett, Wintle, Brendan, Lee, Katie, Bal, Payal and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2023). Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production. Nature Sustainability, 6 (3), 284-294. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01017-0
Spillias, Scott, Cottrell, Richard S., Kelly, Rachel, O’Brien, Katherine R., Adams, John, Bellgrove, Alecia, Kelly, Bronagh, Kilpatrick, Carley, Layton, Cayne, Macleod, Catriona, Roberts, Shane, Stringer, Damien and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2022). Expert perceptions of seaweed farming for sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 368 133052, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133052
Monsalve-Bravo, Gloria M., Lawson, Brodie A. J., Drovandi, Christopher, Burrage, Kevin, Brown, Kevin S, Baker, Christopher M., Vollert, Sarah A., Mengersen, Kerrie, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Adams, Matthew P. (2022). Analysis of sloppiness in model simulations: unveiling parameter uncertainty when mathematical models are fitted to data. Science Advances, 8 (38) eabm5952, 1-19. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm5952
López-Cubillos, Sofia, Runting, Rebecca K., Suárez-Castro, Andrés F., Williams, Brooke A., Armenteras, Dolors, Manuel Ochoa-Quintero, Jose and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2022). Spatial prioritization to achieve the triple bottom line in payment for ecosystem services design. Ecosystem Services, 55 101424, 101424. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101424
Plein, Michaela, O'Brien, Katherine R., Holden, Matthew H., Adams, Matthew P., Baker, Christopher M., Bean, Nigel G., Sisson, Scott A., Bode, Michael, Mengersen, Kerrie L. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2022). Modeling total predation to avoid perverse outcomes from cat control in a data‐poor island ecosystem. Conservation Biology, 36 (5) e13916. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13916
Hemming, Victoria, Camaclang, Abbey E., Adams, Megan S., Burgman, Mark, Carbeck, Katherine, Carwardine, Josie, Chadès, Iadine, Chalifour, Lia, Converse, Sarah J., Davidson, Lindsay N. K., Garrard, Georgia E., Finn, Riley, Fleri, Jesse R., Huard, Jacqueline, Mayfield, Helen J., Madden, Eve McDonald, Naujokaitis‐Lewis, Ilona, Possingham, Hugh P., Rumpff, Libby, Runge, Michael C., Stewart, Daniel, Tulloch, Vivitskaia J. D., Walshe, Terry and Martin, Tara G. (2022). An introduction to decision science for conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (1) e13868, e13868. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13868
O’Bryan, Christopher J., Patton, Nicholas R., Hone, Jim, Lewis, Jesse S., Berdejo‐Espinola, Violeta, Risch, Derek R., Holden, Matthew H. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2021). Invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) as a human‐mediated source of soil carbon emissions: Uncertainties and future directions. Global Change Biology, 28 (3), e1-e3. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15992
O’Bryan, Christopher J., Patton, Nicholas R., Hone, Jim, Lewis, Jesse S., Berdejo‐Espinola, Violeta, Risch, Derek R., Holden, Matthew H. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2021). Unrecognized threat to global soil carbon by a widespread invasive species. Global Change Biology, 28 (3) gcb.15769, 1-6. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15769
López-Cubillos, Sofía, Runting, Rebecca K., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Mcdonald-Madden, Eve (2021). Catalytic potential of pollination services to reconcile conservation and agricultural production: a spatial optimization framework. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (6) 064098, 064098. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac07d4
Xiao, Hui, Chadès, Iadine, Hill, Narelle, Murray, Nicholas, Fuller, Richard A. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2021). Conserving migratory species while safeguarding ecosystem services. Ecological Modelling, 442 109442, 109442. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109442
Bal, Payal, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Carwardine, Josie, Legge, Sarah, Tulloch, Ayesha, Game, Edward, Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2021). How to choose a cost‐effective indicator to trigger conservation decisions?. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (3) 2041-210X.13532, 520-529. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13532
Kopittke, Peter M., Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Carrillo, Yolima, Cavagnaro, Timothy R., Chen, Deli, Chen, Qing-Lin, Román Dobarco, Mercedes, Dijkstra, Feike A., Field, Damien J., Grundy, Michael J., He, Ji-Zheng, Hoyle, Frances C., Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid, Lam, Shu Kee, Marschner, Petra, Martinez, Cristina, McBratney, Alex B., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Menzies, Neal W., Mosley, Luke M., Mueller, Carsten W., Murphy, Daniel V., Nielsen, Uffe N., O’Donnell, Anthony G., Pendall, Elise, Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Rumpel, Cornelia, Young, Iain M. and Minasny, Budiman (2021). Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (23), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2021.2024484
Xie, Zunyi, Game, Edward T., Hobbs, Richard J., Pannell, David J., Phinn, Stuart R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Conservation opportunities on uncontested lands. Nature Sustainability, 3 (1), 9-15. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0433-9
Spillias, Scott, Kareiva, Peter, Ruckelshaus, Mary and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability. Nature Climate Change, 10 (11), 974-976. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00939-x
Han, Yi, Kristensen, Nadiah P., Buckley, Yvonne M., Maple, Dion J., West, Judith and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Predicting the ecosystem-wide impacts of eradication with limited information using a qualitative modelling approach. Ecological Modelling, 430 109122, 109122. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109122
O'Bryan, Christopher J., Braczkowski, Alexander R., Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Conservation epidemiology of predators and scavengers to reduce zoonotic risk. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (8), e304-e305. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30166-2
Xie, Zunyi, Phinn, Stuart R., Game, Edward T., Pannell, David J., Hobbs, Richard J., Briggs, Peter R., Beutel, Terrence S., Holloway, Christopher and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Corrigendum to “Using Landsat observations (1988–2017) and Google Earth Engine to detect vegetation cover changes in rangelands - A first step towards identifying degraded lands for conservation” [Remote Sens. Environ. 232 (2019), 111317] (Remote Sensing of Environment (2019) 232, (S0034425719303360), (10.1016/j.rse.2019.111317)). Remote Sensing of Environment, 241 111737, 111737. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111737
O'Bryan, Christopher J., Allan, James R., Holden, Matthew, Sanderson, Christopher, Venter, Oscar, Di Marco, Moreno, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Watson, James E.M. (2020). Intense human pressure is widespread across terrestrial vertebrate ranges. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21 e00882, e00882. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00882
Adams, Matthew P., Sisson, Scott A., Helmstedt, Kate J., Baker, Christopher M., Michaela Plein, Holden, Matthew H., Holloway, Jacinta, Mengersen, Kerrie L. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Informing management decisions for ecological networks, using dynamic models calibrated to noisy time-series data. Ecology Letters, 23 (4) ele.13465, 607-619. doi: 10.1111/ele.13465
Adams, Matthew P., Koh, Edwin J. Y., Vilas, Maria P., Collier, Catherine J., Lambert, Victoria M., Sisson, Scott A., Quiroz, Matias, McDonald-Madden, Eve, McKenzie, Len J. and O'Brien, Katherine R. (2020). Predicting seagrass decline due to cumulative stressors. Environmental Modelling and Software, 130 104717, 104717. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104717
Xie, Zunyi, Phinn, Stuart R., Game, Edward T., Pannell, David J., Hobbs, Richard J., Briggs, Peter R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2019). Using Landsat observations (1988–2017) and Google Earth Engine to detect vegetation cover changes in rangelands - A first step towards identifying degraded lands for conservation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232 111317, 111317. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111317
Xie, Zunyi, Huete, Alfredo, Cleverly, James, Phinn, Stuart, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Cao, Yanping and Qin, Fen (2019). Multi-climate mode interactions drive hydrological and vegetation responses to hydroclimatic extremes in Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 231 111270, 111270. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111270
López-Cubillos, Sofía, Suárez-Castro, Felipe, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Biggs, Duan, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Gutierrez-Chacón, Catalina and Runting, Rebecca K. (2019). Colombia short on political will to protect pollinators. Nature, 573 (7773), 196-196. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02680-8
Xiao, Hui, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Sabbadin, Régis, Peyrard, Nathalie, Dee, Laura E. and Chadès, Iadine (2019). The value of understanding feedbacks from ecosystem functions to species for managing ecosystems. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3901, 3901. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11890-7
Kristensen, Nadiah P., Chisholm, Ryan A. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2019). Dealing with high uncertainty in qualitative network models using Boolean analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (7), 1048-1061. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13179
Baker, Christopher M., Bode, Michael, Dexter, Nick, Lindenmayer, David B., Foster, Claire, MacGregor, Christopher, Plein, Michaela and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2019). A novel approach to assessing the ecosystem-wide impacts of reintroductions. Ecological Applications, 29 (1) e01811, e01811. doi: 10.1002/eap.1811
Holden, Matthew H., Biggs, Duan, Brink, Henry, Bal, Payal, Rhodes, Jonathan and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Increase anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products?: a framework to guide strategic conservation investments. Conservation Letters, 12 (3) e12618, e12618. doi: 10.1111/conl.12618
Bal, Payal, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Addison, Prue F. E., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2018). Selecting indicator species for biodiversity management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (10), 589-598. doi: 10.1002/fee.1972
Xiao, Hui, Dee, Laura E., Chades, Iadine, Peyrard, Nathalie, Sabbadin, Regis, Stringer, Martin and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Win-wins for biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation depend on the trophic levels of the species providing services. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (5), 2160-2170. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13192
Pannell, David J., Alston, Julian M., Jeffrey, Scott, Buckley, Yvonne M., Vesk, Peter, Rhodes, Jonathan R., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Nally, Simon, Goucher, Garry and Thamo, Tas (2018). Policy-oriented environmental research: what is it worth?. Environmental Science and Policy, 86, 64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.05.005
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Environmental decisions and the work/life environment: a story of how the edge brought prioritisation to the fore. Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (3), 256-260. doi: 10.1071/PC18043
Bal, Payal, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Chades, Iadine, Carwardine, Josie, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2018). Quantifying the value of monitoring species in multi-species, multi-threat systems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (7), 1706-1717. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13037
Brito-Morales, Isaac, García Molinos, Jorge, Schoeman, David S., Burrows, Michael T., Poloczanska, Elvira S., Brown, Christopher J., Ferrier, Simon, Harwood, Tom D., Klein, Carissa J., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Moore, Pippa J., Pandolfi, John M., Watson, James E. M., Wenger, Amelia S. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2018). Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33 (6), 441-457. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.009
Pesendorfer, Mario B., Baker, Christopher M., Stringer, Martin, Mcdonald-Madden, Eve, Bode, Michael, Mceachern, A. Kathryn, Morrison, Scott A. and Sillett, T. Scott (2018). Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: Scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (3), 1185-1194. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13041
O'Bryan, Christopher J., Braczkowski, Alexander R., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Carter, Neil H., Watson, James E. M. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Author correction: The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (5), 911-911. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0527-1
McDonald, Jane A., Helmstedt, Kate J., Bode, Michael, Coutts, Shaun, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Improving private land conservation with outcome-based biodiversity payments. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (3), 1476-1485. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13071
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
O’Bryan, Christopher J., Braczkowski, Alexander R., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Carter, Neil H., Watson, James E. M. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (2), 229-236. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0421-2
Biggs, Duan, Holden, Matthew H., Braczkowski, Alex, Cook, Carly N., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Phelps, Jacob, Scholes, Robert J., Smith, Robert J., Underwood, Fiona M., Adams, Vanessa M., Allan, James, Brink, H., Cooney, R., Gao, Y., Hutton, J., Macdonald-Madden, Eve, Maron, Martine, Redford, Kent H., Sutherland, William J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2017). Breaking the deadlock on ivory. Science, 358 (6369), 1378-1381. doi: 10.1126/science.aan5215
Holden, Matthew H. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2017). Conservation from the grave: human burials to fund the conservation of threatened species. Conservation Letters, 11 (1) e12421, e12421. doi: 10.1111/conl.12421
Holden, Matthew H. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2017). High prices for rare species can drive large populations extinct: the anthropogenic Allee effect revisited. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 429, 170-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.06.019
Moore, Alana L., Walker, Leila, Runge, Michael C., McDonald-Madden, Eve and McCarthy, Michael A. (2017). Two-step adaptive management for choosing between two management actions. Ecological Applications, 27 (4), 1210-1222. doi: 10.1002/eap.1515
Dee, Laura E., Allesina, Stefano, Bonn, Aletta, Eklof, Anna, Gaines, Steven D., Hines, Jes, Jacob, Ute, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Possingham, Hugh, Schroter, Matthias and Thompson, Ross M. (2017). Operationalizing network theory for ecosystem service assessments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (2), 118-130. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.10.011
Watson, James E. M., Jones, Kendall R., Fuller, Richard A., Di Marco, Moreno, Segan, Daniel B., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Allan, James R., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Venter, Oscar (2016). Persistent disparities between recent rates of habitat conversion and protection and implications for future global conservation targets. Conservation Letters, 9 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1111/conl.12295
Runge, Michael C., Stroeve, Julienne C., Barrett, Andrew P. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2016). Detecting failure of climate predictions. Nature Climate Change, 6 (9), 861-864. doi: 10.1038/nclimate3041
Southwell, Darren M., Rhodes, Jonathan R., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Nicol, Sam, Helmstedt, Kate J. and McCarthy, Michael A. (2016). Abiotic and biotic interactions determine whether increased colonization is beneficial or detrimental to metapopulation management. Theoretical Population Biology, 109, 44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2016.02.001
McDonald-Madden, E., Sabbadin, R., Game, E.T., Baxter, P.W.J., Chades, I. and Possingham, H.P. (2016). Using food-web theory to conserve ecosystems. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 10245, 10245. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10245
Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Tulloch, Ayesha, Visconti, Piero, Halpern, Benjamin S., Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Auerbach, Nancy A., Barnes, Megan, Beger, Maria, Chadès, Iadine, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Murray, Nicholas J., Ringma, Jeremy and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13 (2), 91-99. doi: 10.1890/140022
Maxwell, Sean L., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Runge, Michael C., Possingham, Hugh P., Ng, Chooi Fei and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2015). How much is new information worth? Evaluating the financial benefit of resolving management uncertainty. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12373
Game, Edward T., Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2014). Conservation in a wicked complex world; challenges and solutions. Conservation Letters, 7 (3), 271-277. doi: 10.1111/conl.12050
McDonald-Madden, Eve and Game, Eddie (2014). Conservation in a wicked world. Decision Point (77), 9-9.
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
Ponce-Reyes, Rocío, Clegg, Sonya M., Carvalho, Silvia B., Mcdonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2014). Geographical surrogates of genetic variation for selecting island populations for conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 20 (6), 640-651. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12195
Guisan, Antoine, Tingley, Reid, Baumgartner, John B., Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Sutcliffe, Patricia R., Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Regan, Tracey J., Brotons, Lluis, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal, Martin, Tara G., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Maggini, Ramona, Setterfield, Samantha A., Elith, Jane, Schwartz, Mark W., Wintle, Brendan A., Broennimann, Olivier, Austin, Mike, Ferrier, Simon, Kearney, Michael R., Possingham, Hugh P. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2013). Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions. Ecology Letters, 16 (12), 1424-1435. doi: 10.1111/ele.12189
Game, Edward T., Fitzsimons, James A., Lipsett-Moore, Geoff and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2013). Subjective risk assessment for planning conservation projects. Environmental Research Letters, 8 (4) 045027, 045027.1-045027.12. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045027
Rout, Tracy M., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Martin, Tara G., Mitchell, Nicola J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Armstrong, Doug P. (2013). How to decide whether to move species threatened by climate change. PloS One, 8 (10) e75814, e75814.1-e75814.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075814
McDonald-Madden, Eve and Game, Edward T. (2013). Infusing structure into environmental management decisions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28 (5), 258-259. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.01.003
Lunt, Ian D., Byrne, Margaret, Hellmann, Jessica J., Mitchell, Nicola J., Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward, Matt W., Martin, Tara G., McDonald-Maddden, Eve, Williams, Stephen E. and Zander, Kerstin K. (2013). Using assisted colonisation to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystem function under climate change. Biological Conservation, 157, 172-177. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.034
Martin, Tara G., Nally, Simon, Burbidge, Andrew A., Arnall, Sophie, Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward, Matt W., Lumsden, Linda F., Menkhorst, Peter, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2012). Acting fast helps avoid extinction. Conservation Letters, 5 (4), 274-280. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00239.x
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2012). Logical way to stretch the conservation dollar further. Ecos: towards a sustainable future
McDonald-Madden, Eve and Martin, Tara (2011). Relocating species in a changing climate: timing a radical last resort. Decision Point, 53, 3-5.
Barr, Lissa M., Pressey, Robert L., Fuller, Richard A., Segan, Daniel B., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). A new way to measure the world's protected area coverage. PLoS One, 6 (9) e24707, e24707-1-e24707-3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024707
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2011). To monitor or not to monitor: and when doesn't it count. Decision Point, 52, 4-7.
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Runge, Michael C., Possingham, Hugh P. and Martin, Tara G. (2011). Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1 (5), 261-265. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1170
Jones, Julia P. G., Collen, Ben, Atkinson, Giles, Baxter, Peter W. J., Bubb, Philip, Illian, Janine B., Katzner, Todd E., Keane, Aidan, Loh, Jonathan, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Nicholson, Emily, Pereira, Henrique M., Possingham, Hugh, Pullin, Andrew S., Rodrigues, Ana S. L., Ruiz-Gutierrez, Viviana, Sommerville, Matthew and Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2011). The why, what, and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond the 2010 target. Conservation Biology, 25 (6), 450-457. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01605.x
Probert, Wjm, Hauser, CE, McDonald-Madden, E, Runge, MC, Baxter, PWJ and Possingham, HP (2011). Managing and learning with multiple models: Objectives and optimization algorithms. Biological Conservation, 144 (4), 1237-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.031
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Chadès, Iadine, McCarthy, Michael A., Linkie, Matthew and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Allocating conservation resources between areas where persistence of a species is uncertain. Ecological Applications, 21 (3), 844-858. doi: 10.1890/09-2075.1
Keith, David A., Martin, Tara G., McDonald-Madden, Eve and Walters, Carl (2011). Uncertainty and adaptive management for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation, 144 (4), 1175-1178. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.022
Martin, Tara G. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2011). Relocating species to ensure survival in a changing climate. Issues Magazine
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Baxter, Peter W.J., Fuller, Richard A., Martin, Tara G., Game, Edward T., Montambault, Jensen and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Should we implement monitoring or research for conservation?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26 (3), 108-109. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.005
Burbidge A.A., Byrne M., Coates D., Garnett S.T., Harris S., Hayward M.W., Martin T.G., McDonald-Madden E., Mitchell N.J., Nally S. and Setterfield S.A. (2011). Is Australia ready for Assisted Colonization? Policy changes required to facilitate translocations under climate change. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (3), 259-269. doi: 10.1071/PC110259
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Baxter, Peter W.J., Fuller, Richard A., Martin, Tara G., Game, Edward T, Montambault, Jensen and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Monitoring does not always count. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25 (10), 547-550. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.07.002
Grantham, Hedley, Bode, Michael, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Game, Edward T., Knight, Andrew T. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Effective conservation planning requires learning and adaptation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8 (8), 431-437. doi: 10.1890/080151
McDonald-Madden, E, Probert, WJM, Hauser, CE, Runge, MC, Possingham, HP, Jones, ME, Moore, JL, Rout, TM, Vesk, PA and Wintle, BA (2010). Active adaptive conservation of threatened species in the face of uncertainty. Ecological Applications, 20 (5), 1476-1489. doi: 10.1890/09-0647.1
Fuller, Richard, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Wilson, Kerrie. A, Carwrdine, Josie, Grantham, Hedley, Watson, James. E, Klein, Carissa. J, Green, David. C and Possingham, Hugh. P (2010). Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes. Nature, 466 (7304), 365-367. doi: 10.1038/nature09180
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
Game, ET, Bode, M, McDonald-Madden, E, Grantham, HS and Possingham, HP (2009). Dynamic marine protected areas can improve the resilience of coral reef systems. Ecology Letters, 12 (12), 1336-1346. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01384.x
Bottrill, M. C., Joseph, L. N., Carwardine, J., Bode, M., Cook, C., Game, E. T., Grantham, H., Kark, S., Linke, S., McDonald-Madden, E., Pressey, R. L., Walker, S., Wilson, K. A. and Possingham, H. P. (2009). Finite conservation funds mean triage is unavoidable. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24 (4), 183-184. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.11.007
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2009). The need for speed. Should I buy or wait: acquiring land for conservation in a dynamic property market. Decision Point, 26, 8-9.
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2009). Measuring true conservation progress: injecting a little 'honesty' into environmental reporting. Decision Point, 25, 4-5.
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Gordon, Ascelin, Wintle, Brendan A., Walker, Susan, Grantham, Hedley, Carvalho, Silvia, Bottrill, Madeleine, Joseph, Liana, Ponce, Rocio, Stewart, Romola and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Environment:”True” conservation progress. Science, 323 (5910), 43-44. doi: 10.1126/science.1164342
Game, Edward T., McDonald-Madden, E., Puotinen, M. L. and Possingham, H. (2008). Should We Protect the Strong or the Weak? Risk, Resilience, and the Selection of Marine Protected Areas. Conservation Biology, 22 (6), 1619-1629. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01037.x
Bottrill, Madeleine C., Joseph, Liana N., Carwardine, Josie, Bode, Michael, Cook, Carly, Game, Edward T., Grantham, Hedley, Kark, Salit, Linke, Simon, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Pressey, Robert L., Walker, Susan, Wilson, Kerrie A. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2008). Is conservation triage just smart decision making?. Trends In Ecology & Evolution, 23 (12), 649-654. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.007
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Baxter, Peter W. J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2008). Making robust decisions for conservation with restricted money and knowledge. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45 (6), 1630-1638. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01553.x
McDonald-Madden, E., Bode, M., Game, E.T., Grantham, H. and Possingham, H. (2008). The need for speed: informed land acquisitions for conservation in a dynamic property market. Ecology Letters, 11 (11), 1169-1177. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01226.x
McDonald-Madden, Eve and Probert, William (2008). Managing an emergent disease: the dilemma of short-term conservation vs longer team learning. Decision Point, 22, 4-5.
Chades, Iadine, McDonald-Madden, Eve, McCarthy, Michael A., Wintle, Brendan, Linkie, Matthew and Possingham, Hugh P. (2008). When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 105 (37), 13936-13940. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0805265105
McDonald-Madden, E., Baxter, P.W.J. and Possingham, H. (2008). Subpopulation triage: How to allocate conservation effort among populations. Conservation Biology, 22 (3), 656-665. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00918.x
McDonald-Madden, Eve (2008). The curses to decision making in conservation. Decision Point (16), 6-7.
Reddiex, Ben, Forsyth, David M., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Einoder, Luke D., Griffioen, Peter A., Chick, Ryan R. and Robley, Alan J. (2006). Control of pest mammals for biodiversity protection in Australia. I. Patterns of control and monitoring. Wildlife Research, 33 (8), 691-709. doi: 10.1071/WR05102
Forsyth, DM, Scroggie, MP and McDonald-Maddena, E (2006). Accuracy and precision of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flyout counts. Wildlife Research, 33 (1), 57-65. doi: 10.1071/WR05029
McDonald-Madden, E., Schreiber, E. S. G., Forsyth, D. M., Choquenot, D. and Clancy, T. F. (2005). Factors affecting Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus: Pteropodidae) foraging in the Melbourne metropolitan area, Australia. Austral Ecology, 30 (5), 600-608. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01492.x
McDonald-Madden, Eve, Elgar, Mark A. and Handasyde, Kathrine A. (2004). Responses to threat by female bobucks, Trichosurus caninus, during different stages of offspring development. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56 (4), 322-327. doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0799-0
McDonald-Madden, E. and Coulson, G (2002). A population study of Eastern Grey Kangaroos Macropus giganteus at Tower Hill State Game Reserve, south-western Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist, 119, 252-258.
Mcdonald-Madden, Eve, Akers, Lian K., Brenner, Deena J., Howell, Sarah, Patullo, Blair W. and Elgar, Mark A. (2000). Possums in the park: efficient foraging under the risk of predation or of competition?. Australian Journal of Zoology, 48 (2), 155-160. doi: 10.1071/ZO99061
Conference Papers
McDonald-Madden, E., Baxter, P. W. J. and Possingham, H. P. (2011). Robust conservation decision-making. First International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis and Management (ICVRAM 2011); and Fifth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Anaylsis (ISUMA), Hyattsville, Maryland, United States, 11-13 April 2011. Reston, VA United States: ASCE. doi: 10.1061/41170(400)115
Probert, W.J.M., McDonald-Madden, E., Hauser, C.E., Baxter, P.W.J. and Possingham, H.P. (2009). Knowledge gain or system benefit in environmental decision making?. 18 World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia, 13-17July 2009. Canberra, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.
Cordwell, S. A. W., McDonald-Madden, E., Baxter, P. W. J. and Possingham, H. P. (2007). Predator management in a two-patch system. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Land, Water & Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Christchurch, 10-13 Dec 2007. New Zealand: The modelling and simulation society of Australia and New Zealand Inc..
McDonald-Madden, E., Chades, I, McCarthy, M. A., Wintle, B. and Possingham, H. P. (2007). Should I spread my risk or concentrate my efforts: Is triage of a subpopulation ever the best decision?. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Land, Water & Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Christchurch, 10-13 Dec 2007. ACT, Camberra: The modelling and simulation society of Australia and New Zealand Inc..
Data Collection
Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage, Nisansala, McDonald-Madden, Eve and O'Bryan, Christopher (2023). Survey data for Unravelling how collaboration impacts success of invasive species management. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/07591a8
Newspaper Articles
O'Bryan, Christopher, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Watson, James and Carter, Neil (2018, 04 23). Helping farmers and reducing car crashes: the surprising benefits of predators The Conversation
Rout, T., Armstrong, D., McDonald-Madden, E., Possingham, H., Mitchell, N. and Martin, T. (2013, 10 17). Should we move species threatened by climate change? The Conversation
Department Technical Reports
Hobday, A., Ling, S., Holbrook, N., Caputi, N., McDonald-Madden, E., McDonald, J. and Munday, P. (2016). National climate change adaptation research plan: marine biodiversity-consultation draft for review. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University.