Dr Molly Grace

I am the Task Force Coordinator for the IUCN Green List of Species, which will be a new set of metrics for assessing successful conservation. Currently, conservation success is measured in terms of the outcome we wish to avoid (extinction) rather than the outcome we wish to achieve: the recovery of populations carrying out their ecological roles throughout their indigenous range. The Green List will provide objective criteria to assess progress toward full species recovery. Previously, my research focus was in road ecology, specifically the effects of roads on behaviour of wildlife and humans.

Stephenson, PJ, C Workman, M Grace, B Long. In press. Testing the IUCN Green List of Species: Lessons Learned Across Multiple Taxa. Oryx.
Grace, M, HR Akçakaya, E Bennett, C Hilton-Taylor, B Long, EJ Milner-Gulland, R Young, M Hoffmann. 2019. Using historical and paleoecological data to inform ambitious species recovery targets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0297.
Akçakaya, HR, A Rodrigues, D Keith, EJ Milner-Gulland, EW Sanderson, S Hedges, D Mallon, M Grace, B Long, E Meijaard, PJ Stephenson. 2019. Assessing ecological function in the context of species recovery. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13425
PJ Stephenson, M Grace, HR Akçakaya, ASL Rodrigues, B Long, DP Mallon, E Meijaard, JP Rodriguez, RP Young, TM Brooks, C Hilton-Taylor. 2019.
Defining the indigenous ranges of species to account for geographic and taxonomic variation in the history of human impacts: reply to Sanderson 2019. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13400.
Garnett, S, S Butchart, B Baker, E Bayraktarov, K Buchanan, A Burbidge, A Chauvenet, L Christidis, G Ehmke, M Grace, D Hoccom, S Legge, I Leiper, D Lindenmayer, R Loyn, M Maron, P McDonald, P Menkhorst, H Possingham, J Radford, A Reside, D Watson, J Watson, B Wintle, J Woinarski, H Geyle. 2018. Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats and their application to Australian birds. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi13220.
Akcakaya, R, E Bennett, T Brooks, M Grace, A Heath, S Hedges, C Hilton-Taylor, M Hoffmann, D Keith, B Long, DP Mallon, EJ Milner-Gulland, ASL Rodrigues, JP Rodriguez, PJ Stephenson, S Stuart, R Young. (2018). Quantifying Species Recovery and Conservation Success: a practical framework for expanding the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13112. Open Access.
Grace, MK, RF Noss (2018). Evidence for selective avoidance of traffic noise by anuran amphibians. Animal Conservation, 21(2018): 343–351. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12400.
Grace, MK, DJ Smith, RF Noss (2017). Reducing the threat of wildlife-vehicle collisions during peak tourism periods using a Roadside Animal Detection System. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 109: 55-61.
Grace, MK, DJ Smith, RF Noss (2017). Roadside Abundance of Anurans within a Community Correlates with Reproductive Investment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5: 65.
Grace, MK, DJ Smith, RF Noss (2015). Testing alternative designs for a roadside animal detection system using a driving simulator. Nature Conservation, 11: 61.
Grace, MK, RC Anderson (2015). No frequency shift in the “D” notes of Carolina chickadee calls in response to traffic noise. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(2): 253-263.

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