Jeremy Russell-Smith

Research Director, Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research

Jeremy Russell-Smith has over 35 years of experience researching savanna fire ecology, carbon market, ecosystem services, and associated livelihood opportunities for land managers and Indigenous (Aboriginal) communities in northern Australia and neighbouring countries. Over the past 20 years he has been involved with ongoing development of Australian Government-sanctioned savanna burning greenhouse gas emissions abatement, and associated carbon sequestration, methods in northern Australia. Registered commercial projects currently occur over 25% of Australia’s 1.2M km2 northern savannas. He is currently involved with the development of similar methodological approaches for application in southern African savannas. From 2014 he has been the lead researcher for a suite of projects undertaken under the ‘Northern Hub’ of Australia’s Bushfires and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNHCRC), focused on ‘building capacity in north Australian remote Indigenous communities’. A key output of that work was recently published by Taylor and Francis, Sustainable land sector development in northern Australia: Indigenous rights, aspirations, and cultural responsibilities. He gained a PhD in 1986 from the Australian National University, Canberra. Currently he holds the position of Professor of Fire Ecology at Charles Darwin University, Darwin.

Contact Information:

+61 447200 927

jeremy.russell-smith@cdu.edu.au

Publications

Books, Book chapters & Special issues

Archer R, Russell-Smith J, Kerins S, Costanza R, Edwards A, Sangha K (2019) Change and continuity: the North Australia cultural landscape. In: Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia: Indigenous rights, aspirations, and cultural responsibilities. Russell-Smith J, James G, Pedersen H, Sangha K (Eds), pp. 9-34. CRC Press, Boca Raton USA.

Batista EKL, Russell-Smith J, Figueira JEC (2018) Post fire practices and new steps towards an effective fire management approach in the Brazilian savannas. In: Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018. University of Coimbra Press, Portugal.

Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J, Maier SW (2015) Measuring and mapping fire in the tropical savannas. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 169-184. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Edwards, A. C. and J. Russell-Smith (2009). Chapter 9. Ecological thresholds and the status of fire sensitive vegetation in western Arnhem Land, northern Australia: implications for management. Culture, ecology and economy of Fire Management in north Australian savannas: rekindling the WURRK tradition. J. Russell-Smith, P. Whitehead and P. Cooke. Collingwood, CSIRO Publishing.

Lynch D, Cuff N, Russell-Smith J (2015) Vegetation fuel type classification for lower rainfall savanna burning abatement projects. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 73-96. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (Eds) (2015) Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne

Russell-Smith J, Bristow M, Brocklehurst P, Cook GD, Cuff N, Edwards AC, Fisher R, Hutley LB, Jacklyn P, James G, Legge S, Liedloff AC, Lynch D, Maier S, Meyer CP, Monagle C, Murphy BP, Oliveira S, Whitehead PJ, Yates CP (2015) Where to from here? In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 329-346. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Russell-Smith J, James G, Pedersen H, Sangha K (Eds) (2019) Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia: Indigenous rights, aspirations, and cultural responsibilities. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Russell-Smith J, McCaw L, Leavesley A (2020) Adaptive prescribed burning in Australia for the early 21st Century—context, status, challenges. International Journal of Wildland Fire 29: 305-313.

Russell-Smith J, Murphy BP (2020) Contemporary fire management in Australia’s fire-prone northern savannas. In: Wildland fire science: concepts and applications. (Eds Fernandes P, Rego F, Morgan P, Hoffman C), in press. Springer, USA.

Russell-Smith J, Sangha KK, Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Edwards A (2019) Towards a sustainable diversified land sector economy for North Australia. In: Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia: Indigenous rights, aspirations, and cultural responsibilities. Russell-Smith J, James G, Pedersen H, Sangha K (Eds). pp. 85-132. CRC Press, Boca Raton USA.

Russell-Smith J, Whitehead P (2015) Reimagining fire management in fire-prone north Australia. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 1-22. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Russell-Smith J, Yates CP, Evans J, Meyer CP, Edwards AC (2015) Application of a lower rainfall savanna burning emissions abatement methodology. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 219-234. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Russell-Smith, J., A. C. Edwards, J. C. Z. Woinarski, J. McCartney, S. Kerin, S. Winderlich, B. P. Murphy and F. Watt (2009). An assessment of the first ten years of the three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield, Nitmiluk) fire regime and biodiversity monitoring. Culture, ecology and economy of Fire Management in north Australian savannas: rekindling the WURRK tradition. J. Russell-Smith, P. Whitehead and P. Cooke. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing.

Russell-Smith, J., A. C. Edwards, J. C. Z. Woinarski, J. McCartney, S. Kerin, S. Winderlich, B. P. Murphy and F. A. Watt (2009). Chapter 10. Fire and biodiversity monitoring for conservation managers: a 10 year assessment of the ‘Three Parks’ (Kakadu, Litchfield, Nitmiluk) program. Culture, ecology and economy of Fire Management in north Australian savannas: rekindling the WURRK tradition. J. Russell-Smith, P. Whitehead and P. Cooke. Collingwood, CSIRO Publishing.

Russell-Smith, J., A. Edwards, J. Woinarski, A. Fisher, B. Murphy, M. Lawes, B. Crase and N. Thurgate (2014). North Australian tropical savannas: The three parks savanna fire-effects plot network. Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate and A. Lowe. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing: 335-378.

Russell-Smith, J., B. P. Murphy, M. C. P. Meyer, G. D. Cook, S. W. Maier, A. C. Edwards, J. Schatz and P. Brocklehurst (2009). Chapter 13. Improving estimates of savanna burning emissions for greenhouse gas accounting in northern Australia: limitations, challenges and applications. Culture, ecology and economy of Fire Management in north Australian savannas: rekindling the WURRK tradition. J. Russell-Smith, P. Whitehead and P. Cooke. Collingwood, CSIRO Publishing.

Welch JR, LeCompte JK, Butz RL, Steward AM, Russell-Smith J (2018) Anthropogenic Fire History, Ecology, and Management in Fire-Prone Landscapes: An Intercontinental Review. In Cynthia T. Fowler and James R. Welch, editors. Fire Otherwise: Ethnobiology of Burning for a Changing World. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press.

Whitehead PJ, Russell-Smith J, Yates CP (2015) Fire patterns in north Australian savannas: extending the reach of incentives for savanna fire emissions abatement. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 23-56. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Yates CP, Russell-Smith J, Murphy BP, Desailly M, Evans J, Legge S, Lewis F, Lynch D, Edwards AC (2015) Fuel accumulation, consumption and fire patchiness in the lower rainfall savanna region. In: Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. Murphy BP, Edwards AC, Meyer CP, Russell-Smith J (eds), pp. 115-132. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Journal Articles

Batista E, Russell-Smith J, Franca H, Figueira J (2018) Conflicts between fire suppression policies and biodiversity conservation management in fire-prone savannah ecosystems: the example of Canastra National Park, Brazil. Journal of Environmental Management 205: 40-49.

Beringer. J., Hutley, L.B., Abramson, D., Arndt, S.K., Bristow, M., Briggs, P., Bristow, M., Canadell, J.G., Cernusak, L.A., Eamus, D., Edwards, A.C., Evans, B.J., Fest, B., Goergen, K., Grover, S.P., Hacker, J., Haverd, V., Kanniah, K., Livesley, S.J., Lynch, A., Maier, S., Moore, C., Raupach, M., Russell-Smith, J., Scheiter, S., Tapper, N.J., Uotila, P. 2015. Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape. Global Change Biology 21, 62-81.

Burns EL, Tennant P, Dickman CR, Gillespie G, Green PT, Hoffmann A, Keith DA, Lindenmayer DB, Metcalfe DJ, Morgan JW, Russell-Smith J, Wardle GM (2018) Creating successful ecological monitoring: insights and lessons from the Long-Term Ecological Research Network. Australian Zoologist 39: 755-769.

Chambers I, Roberts J, Cribb J, Russell-Smith J, Hewson J, Poulter J, Gordon IJ (2020) Australia 2030 -Developing a strategic planning framework for transition to a sustainable, resilient and prosperous future. Sustainability, in revision

Chambers I, Russell-Smith J, Costanza R, Cribb J, Kerins S, George M, James G, Pedersen H, Lane P, Christopherson P, Ansell J, Sangha K (2018) Australia’s north, Australia’s future: A vision and strategies focused on sustainable economic, ecological and social wellbeing for northern Australia. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 5:615-640.

Chambers, I., Roberts, J., Urbaniak, S., Gibson, D., Durant, G., Cerini, B., Maulloo, A., Applasawmy, B.K., Barrett, R., Nelson, C., Robson, H., Sangha, K.K., Russell-Smith, J., Flintoff, K., Buchholz, J., Smith, M.S., Gordon, I.J., 2019. Education for Sustainable Development: A Study in Adolescent Perception Changes Towards Sustainability Following a Strategic Planning-Based Intervention—The Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet Program. Sustainability 11, 5817.

Clarke PJ, Lawes, MJ, Murphy BP, Russell-Smith J, Nano CEM, Bradstock R, Enright NJ, Fontaine JB, Gosper CR, Radford I, Midgley JJ, Gunton RM (2015) A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 534: 31-42.

Eames T, Russell-Smith J, Yates C, Edwards A, Vernooij R, van derWerf GR, Ribeiro N, Steinbruch F (2020) Instantaneous pre-fire biomass and fuel load measurements from multi-spectral UAV mapping in southern African savannas. Fire, in review.

Edwards AC, Archer R, De Bruyn P, Evans J, Lewis B, Vigilante T, Whyte S, Yibarbuk D, Russell-Smith J (2020) Fire regimes in transition: incentivising fire management in fire-prone Australian savannas. Journal of Environmental Management, submitted.

Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J, Maier S (2018) Assessing the impacts of severe fires in north Australian savannas. Remote Sensing of Environment 206: 287-299.

Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J, Meyer CP (2015) Contemporary fire regime risks to key ecological assets and processes in north Australian savannas. International Journal of Wildland Fire

Edwards, A. C. and J. Russell-Smith (2009). “Ecological thresholds and the status of fire-sensitive vegetation in western Arnhem Land, northern Australia: implications for management.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 18(2): 127-146.

Edwards, A. C., S. W. Maier, L. B. Hutley, R. J. Williams and J. Russell-Smith (2013). “Spectral analysis of fire severity in north Australian tropical savannas.” Remote Sensing of Environment 136(0): 56-65.

Edwards, A., P. Hauser, M. Anderson, J. McCartney, M. Armstrong, R. Thackway, G. Allan, C. Hempel and J. Russell-Smith (2001). “A tale of two parks: contemporary fire regimes of Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks, monsoonal northern Australia.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 10: 79 – 89.

Edwards, A., P. Jacklyn, R. Fisher, A. Joseph, J. Russell-Smith, D. Lynch, C. Yates, J. Evans and K. K. Sangha (in press). “An assessment of the evidence that payments for ecosystem services are improving fire regimes in north Australia.”

Edwards, A., R. Kennett, O. Price, J. Russell-Smith, G. Spiers and J. Woinarski (2003). “Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: an example from Kakadu National Park.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 12(3-4): 427-440.

Evans J, Russell-Smith J (2020) Delivering effective savanna fire management for defined biodiversity conservation outcomes: an Arnhem Land case study. International Journal of Wildland Fire 29: 386-400.

Fisher, R., Bobanuba, W. E., Rawambaku, A., Hill, G. J., & Russell-Smith, J. (2006). Remote sensing of fire regimes in semi-arid Nusa Tenggara Timur, eastern Indonesia: current patterns, future prospects. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 15(3), 307-317.

Fisher, R., Vigilante, T., Yates, C., & Russell-Smith, J. (2003). Patterns of landscape fire and predicted vegetation response in the North Kimberley region of Western Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 12(4), 369-379.

Freeman J, Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J (2017) Fire-driven decline of endemic Allosyncarpia monsoon forests in northern Australia. Forests 8, 481

Gardener, M. R., B. T. Lynch, P. K. Latz, D. E. Albrecht, I. D. Cowie, K. Brennan, C. Nano, A. C. Edwards, A. W. Duguid, C. Brock and J. Russell-Smith (2007). “A landscape scale assessment of the distribution of the fire-sensitive flora of the Northern Territory, Australia.” Journal of Biogeography.

Greenville AC, Burns E, Diskman CR, Keith DA, Lindenmayer DB, Morgan JW, Heinze D, Mansergh I, Gillespie GR, Einoder L, Fisher A, Russell-Smith J, Metcalfe DJ, Green PT, Hoffmann AA, Wardle GM (2018) Biodiversity responds differently to increasing climatic extremes in grassland, savanna and forest biomes. Science of the Total Environment 634:382-393.

LawesMJ, MurphyBP, FisherA, WoinarskiJCZ, EdwardsAC, Russell-Smith J (2015) Small mammals decline with increasing fire extent in northern Australia: evidence from long-term monitoring in Kakadu National Park. International Journal of Wildland Fire. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24: 712-722.

Lynch AJ, Thackway R, Specht A, Beggs P, Brisbane S, Burns E, Byrne M, Capon SJ, Casanova M, Clarke PA, Davies J, Dovers S, Dwyer R, Ens E, Fisher D, Flanigan M, Garnier E, Guru S, Kilminster K, Locke J, MacNally R, McMahon K, Mitchell P, Pierson J, Rodgers E, Russell-Smith J, Udy J, Waycott M (2015) The contribution, role and value of transdisciplinary synthesis for ecosystem science, policy and management. Science of the Total Environment 534: 173-184.

Lynch D, Russell-Smith J, Evans J, Yates CP, Edwards AC (2018) Incentivising fire management in Pindan (Acacia shrubland): a proposed vegetation fuel type for Australia’s savanna burning greenhouse gas emissions abatement methodology. Ecological Management & Restoration 19:230-238.

Maier, S. W., J. Russell-Smith, A. C. Edwards and C. Yates (2013). “Sensitivity of the MODIS fire detection algorithm (MOD14) in the savanna region of the Northern Territory, Australia.” ISPRS journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 76: 11-16.

Morley P, Russell-Smith J, Sangha KK, Sutton S, Sithole B (2016) Evaluating resilience in two remote Indigenous Australian communities. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 31: 44-50.

Moura LC, Scariot AO, Schmidt IB, Beatty R, Russell-Smith J (2019) The legacy of colonial fire management policies on traditional livelihoods and ecological sustainability in savannas: impacts, consequences, new directions. Journal of Environmental Management 232:600-606.

Murphy BP, Cochrane M, Russell-Smith J (2015) Prescribed burning protects endangered tropical heathlands of the Arnhem Plateau, northern Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 980-991.

Oliveira S, Campagnolo M, Price OP, Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J, Pereira JMOC. 2015. Ecological implications of fine-scale fire patchiness and severity in tropical savannas of northern Australia. Fire Ecology, 11

Oliveira S, Maier SW, Pereira JMOC, Russell-Smith J (2015) Seasonal differences in fire activity and intensity in tropical savannas of northern Australia using remote sensing measurements of fire radiative power. International Journal of Wildland Fire

Price, O. F., A. C. Edwards and J. Russell-Smith (2007). “Efficacy of permanent firebreaks and aerial prescribed burning in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 16(3): 295-307.

Price, O., A. Edwards, G. Connors, J. Woinarski, G. Ryan, A. Turner and J. Russell-Smith (2005). “Fire heterogeneity in Kakadu National Park, 1980-2000.” Wildlife Research 32(5): 425-433.

Price, O., J. Russell-Smith and A. C. Edwards (2003). “Fine-scale patchiness of different fire intensities in sandstone heath vegetation in northern Australia.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 12(2): 227-236.

Ralaingita MI, Ennis G, Russell-Smith J, Sangha KK, Razanakoto T (2020) The Kere of Madagascar: A qualitative exploration of community experiences and perspectives. Ecology & Society, submitted.

Russell-Smith J (2016) Fire management business in Australia’s tropical savannas: Lighting the way for a new ecosystem services model for the north? Ecological Management & Restoration 17: 4-7.

Russell-Smith J (2016) The path to sustainable development in North Australia. Solutions 7: 10-15.

Russell-Smith J, Edwards AC, Sangha K, Yates CP, Gardener M (2020) Challenges for prescribed fire management in Australia’s fire-prone rangelands – the example of the Northern Territory. International Journal of Wildland Fire 29: 339-353.

Russell-Smith J, Evans J, Edwards AC, Simms A (2017) Assessing ecological performance thresholds in fire-prone Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Ecosphere 7

Russell-SmithJ, EvansJ, MacDermott H, BrocklehurstP, SchatzJ, LynchD, YatesC, EdwardsA (2019) Tree recruitment dynamics in fire-prone eucalypt savanna. Ecosphere 10(3):1-21, e02649.

Russell-Smith J, Lindenmayer DB, Kubiszewski I, Green P, Costanza R, Campbell CA (2015) Moving beyond evidence-free policy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13: 441-448

Russell-Smith J, Moura LC, Yates CP, Beatty R, Mafoko J, Johnston S (2020) Market-based options for supporting sustainable fire management of fire-prone Cerrado (savanna) remnant landscapes. Biodiversidade Brasiliense, in press

Russell-Smith J, Murphy BP, Lawes MJ (2015) Both fire size and frequency matter—a response to Griffiths et al. Biological Conservation

Russell-Smith J, Sangha KK (2018) Emerging opportunities for developing a diversified land sector economy in Australia’s northern savannas. The Rangeland Journal 40:315-330.

Russell-Smith J, Sangha KK (2019) Beneficial land sector change in far northern Australia is required and possible—a refutation of McLean and Holmes (2019). The Rangeland Journal 41:363-369.

Russell-Smith J, Yates C, Vernooij R, Eames T, van der Werf G, Edwards A, Beatty, Lekoko O, Mafoko J, Monagle C, Johnston S (2020) Opportunities and challenges for savanna burning emissions reduction in southern Africa. Global Environmental Change, submitted.

Russell-Smith J, Yates CP, Edwards AC, Murphy BP, Whitehead PJ, Lawes MJ. 2015. Deriving multiple benefits from carbon market-based savanna burning projects: an Australian example. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143426Russell-Smith, J. and A. C. Edwards (2006). “Seasonality and fire severity in savanna landscapes of monsoonal northern Australia.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 15(4): 541-550.

Russell-Smith, J. and A. Edwards (2015). “Savanna Fire Management Project: 2014-15 Annual Report to the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.” Occasional Paper Series DCBR 2015/09.

Russell-Smith, J., A. C. Edwards and G. D. Cook (2003). “Reliability of biomass burning estimates from savanna fires: Biomass burning in northern Australia during the 1999 Biomass Burning and Lightning Experiment B field campaign.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 108(D3): 9-1 – 9-12.

Russell-Smith, J., A. C. Edwards and O. F. Price (2012). “Simplifying the savanna: the trajectory of fire-sensitive vegetation mosaics in northern Australia.” Journal of Biogeography 39: 1303-1317.

Russell-Smith, J., B. P. Murphy, C. P. Meyer, G. D. Cook, S. Maier, A. C. Edwards, J. Schatz and P. Brocklehurst (2009). “Improving estimates of savanna burning emissions for greenhouse accounting in northern Australia: limitations, challenges, applications.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 18(1): 1-18.

Russell-Smith, J., C. Yates, A. Edwards, G. E. Allan, G. D. Cook, P. Cooke, R. Craig, B. Heath and R. Smith (2003). “Contemporary fire regimes of northern Australia, 1997-2001: change since Aboriginal occupancy, challenges for sustainable management.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 12(3-4): 283-297.

Russell-Smith, J., G. D. Cook, P. M. Cooke, A. C. Edwards, M. Lendrum, C. P. Meyer and P. J. Whitehead (2013). “Managing fire regimes in north Australian savannas: applying Aboriginal approaches to contemporary global problems.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(s1): e55-e63.

Russell-Smith, J., P. J. Stanton, A. C. Edwards and P. J. Whitehead (2004). “Rain forest invasion of eucalypt-dominated woodland savanna, Iron Range, north-eastern Australia: II. Rates of landscape change.” Journal of Biogeography 31(8): 1305-1316.

Russell‐Smith, J., J. Evans, A. C. Edwards and A. Simms (2017). “Assessing ecological performance thresholds in fire‐prone Kakadu National Park, northern Australia.” Ecosphere 8(7).

Russell‐Smith, J., P. J. Stanton, P. J. Whitehead and A. Edwards (2004). “Rain forest invasion of eucalypt‐dominated woodland savanna, Iron Range, north‐eastern Australia: I. Successional processes.” Journal of Biogeography 31(8): 1293-1303.

Sangha KK, Edwards AC, Russell-Smith J (2019) Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 34: 62-71.

Sangha KK, Evans J, Edwards A, Russell-Smith J (2019) Measuring environmental losses from natural disasters: a case study of costing bushfires in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 34: 31-39.

Sangha KK, Evans J, Edwards AC, Fisher R, Yates CP, Russell-Smith J, Costanza R (2020) Assessing the value of ecosystem services from prescribed fire management in Australian tropical savannas. Ecosystem Services, submitted

Sangha KK, Gerritsen R, Russell-Smith J (2019) Repurposing government expenditure for enhancing Indigenous well-being in Australia: A scenario analysis for a new paradigm. Economic Analysis and Policy 63: 75-91.

Sangha KK, Russell-Smith J (2016) An integrated framework to value ecosystem services from Indigenous estates in northern Australia. Conservation and Society 15: 255-269.

Sangha KK, Russell-Smith J, Costanza R (2019) Mainstreaming indigenous and local communities’ connection with nature for policy decision-making. Global Ecology and Conservation 19: e00668

Sangha KK, Russell-Smith J, Evans J, Edwards AC (2020) Methodological approaches and challenges to assess environmental losses from natural disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 101619

Sangha KK, Russell-Smith J, Evans J, Edwards AC, Surjan A (2020) Assessing the real costs of natural hazard -induced disasters. Natural Hazards, submitted

Sangha KK, Russell-Smith J, Morrison SC, Costanza R, Edwards AC (2017) Challenges for valuing ecosystem services from an Indigenous estate in northern Australia. Ecosystem Services 25: 167-178.

Sangha, K. and Russell-Smith, J. (2017) Towards an Indigenous Ecosystem Services Valuation Framework: A North Australian Example. Conservation and Society 15: 255-69.

Sangha, K. K., B. Sithole, H. Hunter-Xenie, C. Daniels, D. Yibarbuk, G. James, C. Michael, J. G. A. C. Edwards and J. Russell-Smith (2017). “Empowering Remote Indigenous Communities in Natural Disaster Prone Northern Australia.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 35(3): 137-153.

Sangha, K. K., Russell-Smith, J., & Costanza, R. (2019). Mainstreaming indigenous and local communities’ connections with nature for policy decision-making. Global Ecology and Conservation, 19, e00668.

Sangha, K.K., Russell-Smith, J., Evans, J., Edwards, A., 2020. Methodological approaches and challenges to assess the environmental losses from natural disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 49, 101619.

Shirai, T., D. R. Blake, S. Meinardi, F. S. Rowland, J. Russell-Smith, A. Edwards, Y. Kondo, M. Koike, K. Kita, T. Machida, N. Takegawa, N. Nishi, S. Kawakami and T. Ogawa (2003). “Emission estimates of selected volatile organic compounds from tropical savanna burning in northern Australia.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 108(D3): BIB 10-11 – BIB 10-14.

WhiteheadPJ, MurphyBP, EvansJ, Lynch D, Yates CP, Edwards AC, MacDermott H, Watt F, Russell-Smith J (2020) Turnover of standing and fallen dead trees in north Australian savannas: issues for fire management. Ecosphere, submitted.

WhiteheadPJ, MurphyBP, EvansJ, YatesCP, EdwardsAC, MacDermottHJ, LynchDC, Russell-SmithJ (2020) Recruitment, growth and mortality of trees in Australian savannas: predicting effects of fire management on tree biomass. Ecological Monographs, in revision

Williams, R. J., L. B. Hutley, G. D. Cook, J. Russell-Smith, A. Edwards and X. Y. Chen (2004). “Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of mesic savannas in the Northern Territory, Australia: approaches, uncertainties and potential impacts of fire.” Functional Plant Biology 31(5): 415-422.

YatesCP, MacDermottH, EvansJ, Murphy BP, Russell-Smith J (2020) Seasonal fine fuel and coarse woody debris dynamics in north Australian savannas. International Journal of Wildland Fire, in press.

Yates, C. P., A. C. Edwards and J. Russell-Smith (2008). “Big fires and their ecological impacts in Australian savannas: size and frequency matters.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 768-781.