QUT - Academic profiles - Dr Jessica Rowland

Jess is a conservation biologist focused on ecosystem conservation, monitoring, and assessment. Her research spans understanding risks to ecosystems, evaluating the effectiveness of conservation actions and the recovery status of ecosystems, and monitoring ecosystem trends to inform environmental policy and management at local to global scales.

Pronouns: she / her

jessica.rowland@qut.edu.au

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Personal details

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Deakin University)

Professional memberships and associations

Society of Conservation Biology, International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on Ecosystem Management

Publications

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2024

Nicholson, E., Andrade, A., Brooks, T. M., Driver, A., Ferrer-Paris, J. R., Grantham, H., Gudka, M., Keith, D. A., Kontula, T., Lindgaard, A., Londono-Murcia, M. C., Murray, N., Raunio, A., Rowland, J. A., Sievers, M., Skowno, A. L., Stevenson, S. L., Valderrabano, M., Vernon, C. M., Zager, I. & Obura, D. (2024). Roles of the Red List of Ecosystems in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(4), 614–621. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255652
(2024). Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (version 2.0). (2024). IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255748
Vazquez-Ramirez, J., Verrall, B., Newling, E., Wevill, T., Pickering, C., Green, K., Rowland, J. A. & Venn, S. (2024). Soil seed banks reveal the legacy of shifting plant assemblages in late-lying alpine snowpatch communities. Alpine Botany. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255749

2023

Rowland, J. A., Moore, J. L. & Walsh, J. C. (2023). How expert insight into alpine peatland conservation complements global scientific evidence. Conservation Biology, Article e14081, 37(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255657
Rowland, J. A., Walsh, J. C., Beitzel, M., Brawata, R., Brown, D., Chalmers, L., Evans, L., Eyles, K., Gibbs, R., Grover, S., Grundy, S., Harris, R. M. B., Haywood, S., Hilton, M., Hope, G., Keaney, B., Keatley, M., Keith, D. A., Lawrence, R., Lutz, M. L., MacDonald, T., MacPhee, E., McLean, N., Powell, S., Robledo-Ruiz, D. A., Sato, C. F., Schroder, M., Silvester, E., Tolsma, A., Western, A. W., Whinam, J., White, M., Wild, A., Williams, R. J., Wright, G., Young, W. & Moore, J. L. (2023). Setting research priorities for effective management of a threatened ecosystem: Australian alpine and subalpine peatland. Conservation Science and Practice, Article e12891, 5(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255658
Rowland, J. A., Nicholson, E., Ferrer-Paris, J., Keith, D., Murray, N., Sato, C., Toth, A., Tolsma, A., Venn, S., Asmüssen, M., Pliscoff, P., Zambrana-Torrelio, C., Lester, R. & Regan, T. (2023). Assessing risk of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate. EcoEvoRxiv.

2022

Keith, D. A., Ferrer-Paris, J. R., Nicholson, E., Bishop, M. J., Polidoro, B. A., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Tozer, M. G., Nel, J. L., Mac Nally, R., Gregr, E. J., Watermeyer, K. E., Essl, F., Faber-Langendoen, D., Franklin, J., Lehmann, C. E. R., Etter, A., Roux, D. J., Stark, J. S., Rowland, J. A., Brummitt, N. A., Fernandez-Arcaya, U. C., Suthers, I. M., Wiser, S. K., Donohue, I., Jackson, L. J., Pennington, R. T., Iliffe, T. M., Gerovasileiou, V., Giller, P., Robson, B. J., Pettorelli, N., Andrade, A., Lindgaard, A., Tahvanainen, T., Terauds, A., Chadwick, M. A., Murray, N. J., Moat, J., Pliscoff, P., Zager, I. & Kingsford, R. T. (2022). A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems. Nature, 610(7932), 513–518. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255794
Dickerson, A. L., Rowland, J. A., Trama, A. J. E., Wraith-Franck, D. M. & Hall, M. L. (2022). Male and female Australian magpie-larks respond differently to variation in song frequency (pitch). Ethology, 128(2), 174–182. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255661
Rowland, J. A., Cochrane, P., Nicholson, E., Davey, K., Wilson, J., Watson, J. & Stasak, B. (2022). Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Workshop: Australia - Workshop Report and Analysis (Version 1). Australian Committee for IUCN Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256385

2021

Nicholson, E., Watermeyer, K. E., Rowland, J. A., Sato, C. F., Stevenson, S. L., Andrade, A., Brooks, T. M., Burgess, N. D., Cheng, S. T., Grantham, H. S., Hill, S. L., Keith, D. A., Maron, M., Metzke, D., Murray, N. J., Nelson, C. R., Obura, D., Plumptre, A., Skowno, A. L. & Watson, J. E. M. (2021). Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5(10), 1338–1349. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255653
Rowland, J. A., Bracey, C., Moore, J. L., Cook, C. N., Bragge, P. & Walsh, J. C. (2021). Effectiveness of conservation interventions globally for degraded peatlands in cool-climate regions. Biological Conservation, 263. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255745
Rowland, J. A., Bland, L. M., James, S. & Nicholson, E. (2021). A guide to representing variability and uncertainty in biodiversity indicators. Conservation Biology, 35(5), 1669–1682. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255746
Burgass, M. J., Larrosa, C., Tittensor, D. P., Arlidge, W. N. S., Caceres, H., Camaclang, A., Hampton, S., McLaverty, C., Nicholson, E., Muposhi, V. K., Pinto, C. M., Rowland, J. A., Stevenson, S. L., Watermeyer, K. E. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2021). Three Key considerations for biodiversity conservation in multilateral agreements. Conservation Letters, Article e12764, 14(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255660

2020

Rowland, J. A., Bland, L. M., Keith, D. A., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Burgman, M. A., Etter, A., Ferrer-Paris, J. R., Miller, R. M., Skowno, A. L. & Nicholson, E. (2020). Ecosystem indices to support global biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters, Article e12680, 13(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255659
Rowland, J. A., Lee, C. K. F., Bland, L. M. & Nicholson, E. (2020). Testing the performance of ecosystem indices for biodiversity monitoring. Ecological Indicators, Article 106453, 116. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255924

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Dr Jessica Rowland

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