Journal Articles
Twomey, Alice J., Hyman, Jayden, Indraswari, Karlina, Kotz, Maximilian, Morgans, Courtney L. and Bairos-Novak, Kevin R. (2025). From silos to solutions: navigating transdisciplinary conservation research for early career researchers. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 23 (1), 26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.pecon.2024.12.002
Lo, Michaela G.Y., Morgans, Courtney L., Santika, Truly, Mumbunan, Sonny, Winarni, Nurul, Supriatna, Jatna, Voigt, Maria, Davies, Zoe G. and Struebig, Matthew J. (2024). Nickel mining reduced forest cover in Indonesia but had mixed outcomes for well-being. One Earth, 7 (11), 2019-2033. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.10.010
Morgans, Courtney Leslie, Jago, Sophie, Andayani, Noviar, Linkie, Matthew, Lo, Michaela G. Y., Mumbunan, Sonny, St. John, Freya A. V., Supriatna, Jatna, Voigt, Maria, Winarni, Nurul L., Santika, Truly and Struebig, Matthew J. (2024). Improving well‐being and reducing deforestation in Indonesia's protected areas. Conservation Letters, 17 (3) e13010, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/conl.13010
Fosch, Ariadna, Ferraz de Arruda, Guilherme, Aleta, Alberto, Descals, Adrià, Gaveau, David, Morgans, Courtney, Santika, Truly, Struebig, Matthew J., Meijaard, Erik and Moreno, Yamir (2023). Replanting unproductive palm oil with smallholder plantations can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Sumatra, Indonesia. Communications Earth and Environment, 4 (1) 378, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01037-4
Williams, Brooke A., Morgans, Courtney and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2023). Beyond protected areas for koala conservation. Science, 379 (6638), 1197-1197. doi: 10.1126/science.adh4128
Spencer, Katie L., Deere, Nicolas J., Aini, Muhammad, Avriandy, Ryan, Campbell-Smith, Gail, Cheyne, Susan M., Gaveau, David L.A., Humle, Tatyana, Hutabarat, Joseph, Loken, Brent, Macdonald, David W., Marshall, Andrew J., Morgans, Courtney, Rayadin, Yaya, Sanchez, Karmele L., Spehar, Stephanie, Suanto,, Sugardjito, Jito, Wittmer, Heiko U., Supriatna, Jatna and Struebig, Matthew J. (2023). Implications of large-scale infrastructure development for biodiversity in Indonesian Borneo. Science of the Total Environment, 866 161075, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161075
Santika, Truly, Sherman, Julie, Voigt, Maria, Ancrenaz, Marc, Wich, Serge A., Wilson, Kerrie A., Possingham, Hugh, Massingham, Emily, Seaman, Dave J.I., Ashbury, Alison M., Azvi, Taufiq S., Banes, Graham L., Barrow, Elizabeth J., Burslem, David F.R.P., Delgado, Robert A., Erman, Andi, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Goossens, Benoit, Houghton, Max, Indrawan, Tito P., Jaya, Ricko L., Kanamori, Tomoko, Knott, Cheryl D., Leiman, Ashley, Liswanto, Darmawan, Mach, Martin, Marshall, Andrew J., Martin, Julien G.A., Midora, Lelyana ... Meijaard, Erik (2022). Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans. Current Biology, 32 (8), 1754-1763. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.051
Santika, Truly, Wilson, Kerrie A., Law, Elizabeth A., St John, Freya A. V., Carlson, Kimberly M., Gibbs, Holly, Morgans, Courtney L., Ancrenaz, Marc, Meijaard, Erik and Struebig, Matthew J. (2021). Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia. Nature Sustainability, 4 (2), 109-119. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-00630-1
Guerrero, A. M., Barnes, M., Bodin, O., Chades, I., Davis, K. J., Iftekhar, M. S., Morgans, C. and Wilson, K. A. (2020). Key considerations and challenges in the application of social-network research for environmental decision making. Conservation Biology, 34 (3) cobi.13461, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13461
Vimal, Ruppert and Morgans, Courtney (2020). Using knowledge mapping to rethink the gap between science and action. Conservation Biology, 34 (6) cobi.13563, 1433-1443. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13563
Morgans, Courtney L., Santika, Truly, Meijaard, Erik, Ancrenaz, Marc and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2019). Cost-benefit based prioritisation of orangutan conservation actions in Indonesian Borneo. Biological Conservation, 238 108236, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108236
Morgans, Courtney L., Meijaard, Erik, Santika, Truly, Law, Elizabeth, Budiharta, Sugeng, Ancrenaz, Marc and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification in delivering multiple sustainability objectives. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (6) 064032, 064032. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac6f4
Young, Juliette C., Rose, David C., Mumby, Hannah S., Benitez-Capistros, Francisco, Derrick, Christina J., Finch, Tom, Garcia, Carolina, Home, Chandrima, Marwaha, Esha, Morgans, Courtney, Parkinson, Stephen, Shah, Jay, Wilson, Kerrie A. and Mukherjee, Nibedita (2018). A methodological guide to using and reporting on interviews in conservation science research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (1), 10-19. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12828
Morgans, Courtney L., Guerrero, Angela M., Ancrenaz, Marc, Meijaard, Erik and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2017). Not more, but strategic collaboration needed to conserve Borneo's orangutan. Global Ecology and Conservation, 11, 236-246. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.07.004
Morgans, Courtney L., Cooke, Georgina M. and Ord, Terry J. (2014). How populations differentiate despite gene flow: sexual and natural selection drive phenotypic divergence within a land fish, the Pacific leaping blenny. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1) 97, 1-20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-97
Morgans, Courtney L. and Ord, Terry J. (2013). Natural selection in novel environments: predation selects for background matching in the body colour of a land fish. Animal Behaviour, 86 (6), 1241-1249. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.027
Thesis
Morgans, Courtney (2019). Conservation strategy evaluation. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.724