Dr Jennifer Silcock
Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
+61 7 3896 9547
Journal Articles
Fraser, H., Legge, S. M., Garnett, S. T., Geyle, H., Silcock, J., Nou, T., Collingwood, T., Cameron, K. A., Fraser, F., Mulcahy, A., Walker, G. and Woinarski, J. C.Z. (2022). Application of expert elicitation to estimate population trajectories for species prioritized in Australia's first threatened species strategy. Biological Conservation, 274 109731, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109731
Ward, Michelle, Carwardine, Josie, Yong, Chuan J., Watson, James E. M., Silcock, Jennifer, Taylor, Gary S., Lintermans, Mark, Gillespie, Graeme R., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John, Tingley, Reid, Fensham, Rod J., Hoskin, Conrad J., Hines, Harry B., Roberts, J. Dale, Kennard, Mark J., Harvey, Mark S., Chapple, David G. and Reside, April E. (2021). A national‐scale dataset for threats impacting Australia’s imperiled flora and fauna. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (17) ece3.7920, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7920
Fensham, R. J., Doyle, T., Habermehl, M. A., Laffineur, B. and Silcock, J. L. (2021). Hydrogeological assessment of springs in the south-central Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 29 (4), 1501-1515. doi: 10.1007/s10040-021-02335-x
Westaway, Michael C., Williams, Douglas, Lowe, Kelsey, Wright, Nathan J., Kerkhove, Ray, Silcock, Jennifer, Gorringe, Joshua, Miszkiewicz, Justina, Wood, Rachel, Adams, Richard, Manne, Tiina, Adams, Shaun, Miscamble, Tony, Stout, Justin, Wrobel, Gabriel D., Kemp, Justine, Hendry, Brooke, Gorringe, Max, Gorringe, Betty, Lander, Keiron, Gorringe, Shawnee, Andrews, Ian and Collard, Mark (2021). Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland. Antiquity, 95 (382), 1-18. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.31
Silcock, Jennifer L., Tischler, Max K. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2020). Oases at the gates of hell: hydrogeology, cultural history and ecology of the Mulligan River springs, far western Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 126, 91-108.
Woinarski, J. C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J. L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: the number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation, 239 108261, 108261. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261
Silcock, Jennifer L. and Fensham, Rod J. (2019). Degraded or just dusty? Examining ecological change in arid lands. Bioscience, 69 (7), 508-522. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz054
Fensham, Roderick J., Laffineur, Boris, Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Silcock, Jennifer L. (2019). Rare plant species do not occupy water-remote refuges in arid environments subject to livestock grazing. Ecological Applications, 29 (5) e01911, e01911. doi: 10.1002/eap.1911
Silcock, J. L., Fairfax, R. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2019). Feral fuchsia eating: long-term decline of a palatable shrub in grazed rangelands. Journal of Arid Environments, 163, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.006
Wright, Boyd R., Albrecht, David E., Silcock, Jennifer L., Hunter, John and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). Mechanisms behind persistence of a fire-sensitive alternative stable state system in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. Oecologia, 191 (1), 165-175. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04474-1
Silcock, J. L., Field, A. R., Walsh, N. G. and Fensham, R. J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx, 54 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0030605318001357
Silcock, J. L. (2018). Aboriginal translocations: the intentional propagation and dispersal of plants in Aboriginal Australia. Journal of Ethnobiology, 38 (3), 390-405. doi: 10.2993/0278-0771-38.3.390
Perez-Garcia, Francisco J., Akhani, Hossein, Parsons, Robert F., Silcock, Jennifer L., Kurt, Latif, Oezdeniz, Ebru, Spampinato, Giovanni, Musarella, Carmelo M., Salmeron-Sanchez, Esteban, Sola, Fernando, Merlo, Maria E., Martinez-Hernandez, Fabian, Mendoza-Fernandez, Antonio J., Garrido-Becerra, Juan A. and Mota, Juan F. (2018). A first inventory of gypsum flora in the Palearctic and Australia. Mediterranean Botany, 39 (1), 35-49. doi: 10.5209/MBOT.59428
Fensham, R. J., Laffineur, B. and Silcock, J. L. (2018). In the wake of bulldozers: identifying threatened species in a habitat decimated by rapid clearance. Biological Conservation, 219, 28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.008
Silcock, J. L. and Fensham, R. J. (2018). Using evidence of decline and extinction risk to identify priority regions, habitats and threats for plant conservation in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 66 (7), 541-555. doi: 10.1071/BT18056
Kearney, Stephen G., Cawardine, Josie, Reside, April E., Fisher, Diana O., Maron, Martine, Doherty, Tim S., Legge, Sarah, Silcock, Jennifer, Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan A. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). The threats to Australia's imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response. Pacific Conservation Biology, 25 (3), 231-244. doi: 10.1071/PC18024
Murphy, Stephen A., Paltridge, Rachel, Silcock, Jennifer, Murphy, Rachel, Kutt, Alex S. and Read, John (2018). Understanding and managing the threats to Night Parrots in south-western Queensland. Emu, 118 (1), 135-145. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1388744
Silcock, J. L., Drimer, J., Fraser, J. and Fensham, R. J. (2017). Inability of fire to control vegetation dynamics in low-productivity mulga (Acacia aneura)-dominated communities of eastern Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 26 (10), 896-905. doi: 10.1071/WF17011
Murphy, Stephen A., Silcock, Jennifer, Murphy, Rachel, Reid, Julian and Austin, Jeremy J. (2017). Movements and habitat use of the night parrot Pezoporus occidentalis in south-western Queensland. Austral Ecology, 42 (7), 858-868. doi: 10.1111/aec.12508
Reside, April E., Beher, Jutta, Cosgrove, Anita , Evans, Megan C., Seabrook, Leonie, Silcock, Jennifer L., Wenger, Amelia S. and Maron, Martine (2017). Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland. Pacific Conservation Biology, 23 (3), 219-230. doi: 10.1071/PC17001
Fensham, Roderick J., Butler, Donald W., Laffineur, Boris, Macdermott, Harry J., Morgan, John W. and Silcock, Jennifer L. (2017). Subtropical native grasslands may not require fire, mowing or grazing to maintain native-plant diversity. Australian Journal of Botany, 65 (2), 95-102. doi: 10.1071/BT16170
Murphy, Stephen A., Austin, Jeremy J., Murphy, Rachel K., Silcock, Jennifer, Joseph, Leo, Garnett, Stephen T., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Watson, James E.M. and Burbidge, Allan H. (2017). Observations on breeding Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) in western Queensland. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 117 (2), 107-113. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1292404
Silcock, J. L., Witt, G. B. and Fensham, R. J. (2016). A 150-year fire history of mulga (Acacia aneura F. Muell. ex Benth.)dominated vegetation in semiarid Queensland, Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 38 (38), 391-415. doi: 10.1071/RJ15109
Silcock, Jennifer L., Macdermott, Harry, Laffineur, Boris and Fensham, Roderick J. (2016). Obscure oases: natural, cultural and historical geography of western Queensland's Tertiary sandstone springs. Geographical Research, 54 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12175
Fensham, R. J., Silcock, J. L., Powell, O. and Habermehl, M. A. (2015). In Search of Lost Springs: A Protocol for Locating Active and Inactive Springs. Groundwater, 54 (3), 374-383. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12375
Silcock, J. L., Healy, A. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2015). Lost in time and space: re-assessment of conservation status in an arid-zone flora through targeted field survey. Australian Journal of Botany, 62 (8), 674-688. doi: 10.1071/BT14279
Powell, Owen, Silcock, Jennifer and Fensham, Rod (2015). Oases to Oblivion: The Rapid Demise of Springs in the South-Eastern Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Groundwater, 53 (1), 171-178. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12147
Silcock, Jennifer L. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2014). Specialized and stranded: Habitat and biogeographical history determine the rarity of plant species in a semi-arid mountain range. Journal of Biogeography, 41 (12), 2332-2343. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12374
Fensham, R. J., Silcock, J. L. and Firn, J. (2014). Managed livestock grazing is compatible with the maintenance of plant diversity in semidesert grasslands.. Ecological Applications, 24 (3), 503-517. doi: 10.1890/13-0492.1
Silcock, J. L., Piddocke, T. P. and Fensham, R. J. (2013). Illuminating the dawn of pastoralism: Evaluating the record of European explorers to inform landscape change. Biological Conservation, 159, 321-331. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.030
Silcock, Jenny L. and Fensham, Rod J. (2013). Arid vegetation in disequilibrium with livestock grazing: evidence from long-term exclosures. Austral Ecology, 38 (1), 57-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02374.x
Silcock, J. L., Tischler, M. and Smith, M. A. (2012). Quantifying the Mulligan River Pituri, Duboisia hopwoodii ((F. Muell.) F.Muell.) (Solanaceae), trade of Central Australia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 10, 37-44.
Fensham, R. J., Silcock, J. L. and Dwyer, J. M. (2011). Plant species richness responses to grazing protection and degradation history in a low productivity landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science, 22 (6), 997-1008. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01305.x
Fensham, R. J., Silcock, J. L., Kerezsy, A. and Ponder, W. (2011). Four desert waters: Setting arid zone wetland conservation priorities through understanding patterns of endemism. Biological Conservation, 144 (10), 2459-2467. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.024
Silcock, J. L., Fensham, R. J. and Martin, T. G. (2011). Assessing rarity and threat in an arid-zone flora. Australian Journal of Botany, 59 (4), 336-350. doi: 10.1071/BT10318
Silcock, Jenny and Page, Manda (2007). Melaleuca densispicata in Currawinya National Park, South-West Queensland: ecology and preliminary implications for management of a rare plant species. Ecological Management and Restoration, 8 (2), 145-147. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00353.x
Biggs, A., Fensham, R. J. and Silcock, J. (2007). Vegetation-soil relations in a highly sodic landscape, Yelarbon, Southern Queensland. Cunninghamia, 10 (2), 273-284.
Dataset Collection
Silcock, J. L. and Fensham, R. J. (2019). red_hot_flora_list. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.329
Thesis
Silcock, Jennifer Lesley (2015). Degraded or just dusty?: 150 years of ecological change in inland eastern Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.234
Data Collections
Silcock, Jennifer, Fairfax, Russell and Fensham, Rod (2021). Feral fuchsia eating. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/b2b7d2a
Silcock, Jennifer, Simmons, Laura, Monks, Leonie, Dillon, Rebecca and Coates, David (2021). Australian Plant Translocation Database. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/7e458ed