Most of my research is quantitative field ecology in the big natural playground of Queensland. I do ecology because I want to help avoid extinction and better manage Australia’s natural resources, and also because discovery is extremely enjoyable. In 2010 I am working with co-workers on editing of Ludwig Leichhardt’s diaries, woody vegetation dynamics, artesian desert springs, grazing dynamics in the arid zone, the role of fire in savannas and establishing a large project to facilitate ecosystem restoration within an emerging carbon economy. I have far more ideas than capacity to fulfil them, so welcome committed post-grads to discuss potential projects.
Research themes:
Artesian springs
Artesian springs are isolated oases in a sea of arid-lands containing weird and wonderful endemic creatures including snails, crustacea, plants and fish. The springs provide a focus for research relating to their hydrological function, conservation, optimum management and biogeographic history.
Woody vegetation dynamics
The processes that drive changes in woody plant abundance, including drought-induced dieback, fire, woody plant expansion, aka woody thickening, invasive scrub, woody plant encroachment have been a focus of attention. The issue has been addressed through systematic survey, field and nursery experiments, physiological studies and with systematic use of the historic record, including aerial photography, old survey charts and explorers notes.
Arid-zone grazing
A review of water-remote grazing effects prompted a program of work that will utilise long–term grazing exclosures, water-remote gradients and the ecology of rare plants to build a deeper understanding of grazing in arid landscapes.
Integrating the carbon economy into conservation
This arena provides a broad scope to examine the dynamics of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, extend our understanding of biodiversity in Australia, and to understand the trade-offs between managing for carbon and for biodiversity
Journal Article: Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect the world's oases
Fensham, Roderick J., Adinehvand, Rouhollah, Babidge, Sally, Cantonati, Marco, Currell, Matthew, Daniele, Linda, Elci, Alper, Galassi, Diana M. P., de la Hera Portillo, África, Hamad, Salah, Han, Dongmei, Jawadi, Hussain Ali, Jotheri, Jaafar, Laffineur, Boris, Mohammad, Alsharifa Hind, Naqinezhad, Alireza, Navidtalab, Amin, Nicoll, Kathleen, Odeh, Taleb, Re, Viviana, Sanjuan, Bernard, Souza, Valeria, Stevens, Lawrence E., Tekere, Memory, Tshibalo, Ernest, Silcock, Jennifer, Webb, John, van Wyk, Braam, Zamanpoore, Mehrdad and Villholth, Karen G. (2023). Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect the world's oases. Science of The Total Environment, 887 163936, 163936. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163936
Journal Article: Extraordinary concentrations of local endemism associated with arid-land springs
Fensham, Roderick J., Ponder, Winston F., Souza, Valeria and Stevens, Lawrence E. (2023). Extraordinary concentrations of local endemism associated with arid-land springs. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11 1143378. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1143378
Conference Publication: Advances in the Knowledge of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark in the Framework of the UNESCO IGCP-730 Project
de la Hera-Portillo, África, Chamizo-Borreguero, Manuela, Ghanem, Marwan, López-Gutiérrez, Julio, Moreno-Merino, Luis, Sánchez-Fabián, Jose Ángel, Salman, Karmah, Laftouhi, Nour-Eddine, Fensham, Rod, Mohammad, Alsharifa Hind, Rodríguez, Elena Galindo, Lledó, Mª Mar Corral, Choulli, Badia and Abdel-Gawad, Fagr Kh. (2023). Advances in the Knowledge of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark in the Framework of the UNESCO IGCP-730 Project. Basel Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/ecws-7-14313
(2022–2026) Curtin University
(2021–2024) Flinders University
Springs monitoring in relation to bore capping
(2020–2022) DC Solutions Ltd
Restoration of Australian Subtropical Grasslands
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Phylogeny and biogeography of the Microneurae section of Acacia
Doctor Philosophy
(2021) Doctor Philosophy
ACE Guide to eucalypts Brisbane
Fensham, Roderick (2021). ACE Guide to eucalypts Brisbane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: ACE Publishing.
The Leichhardt diaries: early travels in Australia during 1842-1844
Darragh, Thomas A. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2013). The Leichhardt diaries: early travels in Australia during 1842-1844. South Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Museum.
Talking Fire: Burning for pastoral management in the Desert Uplands
Fensham, R. and Fairfax, R. (2007). Talking Fire: Burning for pastoral management in the Desert Uplands. Barcaldine, QLD: Desert Uplands Build-up and Development Strategy Committee.
The ecological integrity of spring ecosystems: a global review
Stevens, Lawrence E., Aly, Anwar A., Arpin, Sarah M., Apostolova, Iva, Ashley, Gail M., Barba, Paulo Quadri, Barquín, Jose, Beauger, Aude, Benaabidate, Lahcen, Bhat, Sami Ullah, Bouchaou, Lhoussaine, Cantonati, Marco, Carroll, Teresa M., Death, Russell, Dwire, Kathleen A., Felippe, Miguel Fernandes, Fensham, Roderick J., Fryar, Alan E., Garsaball, Roger Pascual i, Gjoni, Vojsava, Glazier, Douglas S., Goldscheider, Nico, Gurrieri, Joseph T., Guðmundsdóttir, Ragnhildur, Guzman, Atzalan Rodriguez, Hájek, Michal, Hassel, Kristian, Heartsill-Scalley, Tamara, Herce, Jaume Solé i ... Voldoire, Olivier (2022). The ecological integrity of spring ecosystems: a global review. Imperiled: the encyclopedia of conservation. (pp. 436-451) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00111-2
Fire regimes in Australian tropical savanna: perspectives paradigms and paradoxes
Fensham, Rod (2012). Fire regimes in Australian tropical savanna: perspectives paradigms and paradoxes. Flammable Australia: fire regimes, biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world. (pp. 172-194) edited by Ross A Bradstock, A Malcolm Gill and Richard J Williams. Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Fensham, Rod (2010). Artesian Springs. Desert channels: The impulse to conserve. (pp. 144-159) edited by Libby Robin, Chris Dickman and Mandy Martin. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Fensham, Rod (2006). Grasslands. Ecology: an Australian Perspective. (pp. 484-498) edited by Peter Attiwill and Barbara Wilson. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press.
Fensham, Rod (2003). Grasslands. Ecology : an Australian perspective. (pp. 247-262) edited by Attiwill, Peter and Wilson, B. South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press.
Fensham, R. J. (2002). Part of a Cycle. Savanna Burning: Understanding and using fire in northern Australia. (pp. 38-38) Darwin: Tropical Savanna CRC.
Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect the world's oases
Fensham, Roderick J., Adinehvand, Rouhollah, Babidge, Sally, Cantonati, Marco, Currell, Matthew, Daniele, Linda, Elci, Alper, Galassi, Diana M. P., de la Hera Portillo, África, Hamad, Salah, Han, Dongmei, Jawadi, Hussain Ali, Jotheri, Jaafar, Laffineur, Boris, Mohammad, Alsharifa Hind, Naqinezhad, Alireza, Navidtalab, Amin, Nicoll, Kathleen, Odeh, Taleb, Re, Viviana, Sanjuan, Bernard, Souza, Valeria, Stevens, Lawrence E., Tekere, Memory, Tshibalo, Ernest, Silcock, Jennifer, Webb, John, van Wyk, Braam, Zamanpoore, Mehrdad and Villholth, Karen G. (2023). Fellowship of the Spring: an initiative to document and protect the world's oases. Science of The Total Environment, 887 163936, 163936. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163936
Extraordinary concentrations of local endemism associated with arid-land springs
Fensham, Roderick J., Ponder, Winston F., Souza, Valeria and Stevens, Lawrence E. (2023). Extraordinary concentrations of local endemism associated with arid-land springs. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11 1143378. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1143378
Lebbink, Gabrielle and Fensham, Rod (2023). The ‘lawnification’ of Australia’s eastern grassy woodlands: the past, current and likely future spread of an invasive perennial grass, Bothriochloa pertusa. Biological Invasions, 25 (6), 1779-1794. doi: 10.1007/s10530-023-03010-w
de la Hera-Portillo, África, López-Gutiérrez, Julio, Moreno-Merino, Luis, Llorente-Isidro, Miguel, Fensham, Rod, Fernández, Mario, Ghanem, Marwan, Salman, Karmah, Sánchez-Fabián, Jose Ángel, Gallego-Rojas, Nicolás, Corral, Mª Mar, Galindo, Elena, Chamizo-Borreguero, Manuela and Laftouhi, Nour-Eddine (2023). Geodiversity of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark: hydrogeological significance of groundwater and landscape interaction and conceptual model of functioning. Resources, 12 (1) 14, 1-32. doi: 10.3390/resources12010014
The ecology, evolution and management of mast reproduction in Australian plants
Wright, Boyd R., Franklin, Donald C. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2022). The ecology, evolution and management of mast reproduction in Australian plants. Australian Journal of Botany, 70 (8), 509-530. doi: 10.1071/bt22043
Response of spring wetlands to restored aquifer pressure in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia
Fensham, R. J. and Laffineur, B. (2022). Response of spring wetlands to restored aquifer pressure in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 612 128152, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128152
Osazuwa, Omofomwan Kingsley, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham, Roderick John (2022). How important is fire-induced disturbance in the maintenance of a threatened perennial forb, Solanum papaverifolium?. Australian Journal of Botany, 70 (5), 335-343. doi: 10.1071/bt21146
‘Invasion debt’ after extensive land-use change: an example from eastern Australia
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John M. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2022). ‘Invasion debt’ after extensive land-use change: an example from eastern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (Pt B) 114051, 114051. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114051
Blackwood, Edward M. J., Rangers, Karajarri, Bayley, Sam, Bijlani, Hamsini, Fensham, Rod J., Lindsay, Malcolm, Noakes, Ewan, Wemyss, Jackie and Legge, Sarah (2022). Pirra Jungku: comparison of traditional and contemporary fire practices on Karajarri Country, Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 23 (S1), 83-92. doi: 10.1111/emr.12527
Fensham, Roderick (2022). Rumphius and Eucalyptus. Historical Records of Australian Science, 33 (1), 23-27. doi: 10.1071/HR21009
Osazuwa, Omofomwan Kingsley, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham John, Roderick (2021). Passive regeneration of subtropical grassland vegetation in a chronosequence of ex‐cultivated fields in Australia. Applied Vegetation Science, 24 (4) e12630. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12630
Modelling climatic suitability for myrtle rust with a widespread host species
Meiklejohn, Natalie A., Staples, Timothy L. and Fensham, Rod J. (2021). Modelling climatic suitability for myrtle rust with a widespread host species. Biological Invasions, 24 (3), 831-844. doi: 10.1007/s10530-021-02689-z
Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease
Fensham, Roderick J. and Radford-Smith, Julian (2021). Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease. Biological Conservation, 261 109276, 109276. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109276
Red List assessment of widespread and long-lived species
Fensham, Roderick J. (2021). Red List assessment of widespread and long-lived species. Oryx, 56 (4), 1-6. doi: 10.1017/s0030605320001325
A national‐scale dataset for threats impacting Australia’s imperiled flora and fauna
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
Wright, Boyd R., Laffineur, Boris, Royé, Dominic, Armstrong, Graeme and Fensham, Roderick J. (2021). Rainfall-linked megafires as innate fire regime elements in arid Australian spinifex (Triodia spp.) grasslands. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 666241. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.666241
Hydrogeological assessment of springs in the south-central Great Artesian Basin of Australia
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
Plant species associations with alkaline environments associated with artesian spring wetlands
Fensham, R. J., Laffineur, B. and Shand, P. (2021). Plant species associations with alkaline environments associated with artesian spring wetlands. Plant and Soil, 464 (1-2), 199-208. doi: 10.1007/s11104-021-04903-2
Dispersal and recruitment limitations in secondary forests
Palma, Ana C., Goosem, Miriam, Fensham, Roderick J., Goosem, Steve, Preece, Noel D., Stevenson, Pablo R. and Laurance, Susan G. W. (2021). Dispersal and recruitment limitations in secondary forests. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (1) e12975, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12975
Wright, Boyd R., Latz, Peter K., Albrecht, David E. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2021). Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) eradication in arid central Australia enhances native plant diversity and increases seed resources for granivores. Applied Vegetation Science, 24 (1) e12533, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12533
Leichhardt's ethnobotany for the eucalypts of south-east Queensland
Fensham, Roderick J. (2021). Leichhardt's ethnobotany for the eucalypts of south-east Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, 69 (4), 185-214. doi: 10.1071/bt21007
Managed livestock grazing for conservation outcomes in a Queensland fragmented landscape
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham, Rod John (2021). Managed livestock grazing for conservation outcomes in a Queensland fragmented landscape. Ecological Management and Restoration, 22 (1), 5-9. doi: 10.1111/emr.12460
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John M. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2020). An invasive grass species has both local and broad‐scale impacts on diversity: potential mechanisms and implications. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (1) jvs.12972. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12972
Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality
Batllori, Enric, Lloret, Francisco, Aakala, Tuomas, Anderegg, William R.L., Aynekulu, Ermias, Bendixsen, Devin P., Bentouati, Abdallah, Bigler, Christof, Burk, C. John, Camarero, J. Julio, Colangelo, Michele, Coop, Jonathan D., Fensham, Roderick, Floyd, M. Lisa, Galiano, Lucía, Ganey, Joseph L., Gonzalez, Patrick, Jacobsen, Anna L., Kane, Jeffrey Michael, Kitzberger, Thomas, Linares, Juan C., Marchetti, Suzanne B., Matusick, George, Michaelia, Michael, Navarro-Cerrillo, Rafael M., Pratt, Robert Brandon, Redmond, Miranda D., Rigling, Andreas, Ripullone, Francesco ... Zeeman, Ben (2020). Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (47), 29720-29729. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002314117
Mogilski, Michelle, Fensham, Rod and Firn, Jennifer (2020). Effects of local environmental heterogeneity and provenance selection on two direct seeded eucalypt forest species. Restoration Ecology, 28 (6) rec.13255, 1348-1356. doi: 10.1111/rec.13255
Rossini, Renee A., Fensham, Roderick J. and H. Walter, Gimme (2020). Different species requirements within a heterogeneous spring complex affects patch occupancy of threatened snails in Australian desert springs. Water, 12 (10) 2942, 2942-22. doi: 10.3390/w12102942
Urgent plea for global protection of springs
Cantonati, Marco, Fensham, Roderick J., Stevens, Lawrence E., Gerecke, Reinhard, Glazier, Douglas S., Goldscheider, Nico, Knight, Robert L., Richardson, John S., Springer, Abraham E. and Tockner, Klement (2020). Urgent plea for global protection of springs. Conservation Biology, 35 (1) cobi.13576, 378-382. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13576
Fensham, R. J., Laffineur, B. and McVeigh, M. (2020). Assessing the conservation status of tree species declining in productive landscapes: the case of Eucalyptus argophloia. Australian Journal of Botany, 68 (2), 119-126. doi: 10.1071/bt20016
Dryland communities find little refuge from grazing due to long-term changes in water availability
Healy, Al, Tulloch, Ayesha I.T. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2020). Dryland communities find little refuge from grazing due to long-term changes in water availability. Journal of Arid Environments, 176 104098, 104098. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104098
Rarity or decline: key concepts for the Red List of Australian eucalypts
Fensham, R. J., Laffineur, B., Collingwood, T. D., Beech, E., Bell, S., Hopper, S. D., Phillips, G., Rivers, M. C., Walsh, N. and White, M. (2020). Rarity or decline: key concepts for the Red List of Australian eucalypts. Biological Conservation, 243 108455, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108455
Imminent Extinction of Australian Myrtaceae by Fungal Disease
Fensham, Roderick J., Carnegie, Angus J., Laffineur, Boris, Makinson, Robert O., Pegg, Geoff S. and Wills, Jarrah (2020). Imminent Extinction of Australian Myrtaceae by Fungal Disease. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (7), 554-557. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.03.012
Silcock, Jennifer L, Tischler, Max K and Fensham, Roderick John (2020). Oases at the Gates of Hell: Hydrogeology, Cultural History and Ecology of the Mulligan River Springs, Far Western Queensland. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 126, 91-107. doi: 10.5962/p.357839
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.
Baker, Andrew G., Catterall, Claudia, Benkendorff, Kirsten and Fensham, Rod J. (2020). Rainforest expansion reduces understorey plant diversity and density in open forest of eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, 45 (5), 557-571. doi: 10.1111/aec.12871
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
Degraded or just dusty? Examining ecological change in arid lands
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
Fahey, Patrick S., Fensham, Roderick J., Laffineur, Boris and Cook, Lyn G. (2019). Chloris circumfontinalis (Poaceae): A recently discovered species from the saline scalds surrounding artesian springs in north-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 32 (1), 228-242. doi: 10.1071/SB18017
Feral fuchsia eating: long-term decline of a palatable shrub in grazed rangelands
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
To what extent is drought-induced tree mortality a natural phenomenon?
Fensham, Roderick J., Laffineur, Boris and Allen, Craig D. (2019). To what extent is drought-induced tree mortality a natural phenomenon?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (3), 365-373. doi: 10.1111/geb.12858
Fensham, Rod J., Beveridge, Jamie A. and Forster, Paul I. (2019). Brachychiton guymeri J.A. Bever., Fensham & P.I. Forst. (Sterculiaceae), a new species from north Queensland. Austrobaileya, 10 (3), 443-457.
Fensham, Roderick John, Beveridge, Jamie A, Forster, Paul I. and Beveridge, Jamie A (2019). Brachychiton guymeri J.A.Bever., Fensham and P.I.Forst. (Sterculiaceae), a new species from north Queensland. Austrobaileya: A Journal of Plant Systematics, 10 (3), 443-457. doi: 10.5962/p.299916
Defining the native and naturalised flora for the Australian continent
Fensham, R. J. and Laffineur, B. (2019). Defining the native and naturalised flora for the Australian continent. Australian Journal of Botany, 67 (1), 55-69. doi: 10.1071/BT18168
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
Fensham, Roderick J., Halford, Jason, Hansen, Chris, Laffineur, Boris and Williams, Billie (2019). Threatened species in a threatened ecosystem: the conservation status of four Solanum species in the face of ongoing habitat loss. Oryx, 53 (03), 439-449. doi: 10.1017/S0030605318001266
To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora
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
Rossini, R. A., Fensham, R. J., Stewart-Koster, B., Gotch, T. and Kennard, M. J. (2018). Biogeographical patterns of endemic diversity and its conservation in Australia's artesian desert springs. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (9), 1199-1216. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12757
Vegetation responses to fire history and soil properties in grazed semi-arid tropical savanna
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Fensham, Rod and Cowley, Robyn (2018). Vegetation responses to fire history and soil properties in grazed semi-arid tropical savanna. Rangeland Journal, 40 (3), 271-285. doi: 10.1071/RJ17075
Immigrant and native? The case of the swamp foxtail Cenchrus purpurascens in Australia
Toon, A., Sacre, E., Fensham, R. J. and Cook, L. G. (2018). Immigrant and native? The case of the swamp foxtail Cenchrus purpurascens in Australia. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (8), 1169-1181. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12751
In the wake of bulldozers: identifying threatened species in a habitat decimated by rapid clearance
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
Wright, Boyd R and Fensham, Roderick J (2017). Fire timing in relation to masting: an important determinant of post-fire recruitment success for the obligate-seeding arid zone soft spinifex (Triodia pungens). Annals of botany, 121 (1), 119-128. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx136
Rossini, Renee A., Tibbetts, Hannah L., Fensham, Roderick J. and Walter, Gimme H. (2017). Can environmental tolerances explain convergent patterns of distribution in endemic spring snails from opposite sides of the Australian arid zone?. Aquatic Ecology, 51 (4), 605-624. doi: 10.1007/s10452-017-9639-y
Rossini, Renee A., Fensham, Rod J. and Walter, Gimme H. (2017). Spatiotemporal variance of environmental conditions in Australian artesian springs affects the distribution and abundance of six endemic snail species. Aquatic Ecology, 51 (4), 511-529. doi: 10.1007/s10452-017-9633-4
Wright, Boyd R. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2017). Fire after a mast year triggers mass recruitment of slender mulga (Acacia aptaneura), a desert shrub with heat-stimulated germination. American Journal of Botany, 104 (10), 1474-1483. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1700008
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
Fensham, Roderick J. , Freeman, Michelle E. , Laffineur, Boris, Macdermott, Harry, Prior, Lynda D. and Werner, Patricia A. (2017). Variable rainfall has a greater effect than fire on the demography of the dominant tree in a semi-arid Eucalyptus savanna. Austral Ecology, 42 (7), 772-782. doi: 10.1111/aec.12495
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
Vegetation, fire and soil feedbacks of dynamic boundaries between rainforest, savanna and grassland
MacDermott, Harry J. , Fensham, Roderick J. , Hua, Quan and Bowman, David M. J. S. (2017). Vegetation, fire and soil feedbacks of dynamic boundaries between rainforest, savanna and grassland. Austral Ecology, 42 (2), 154-164. doi: 10.1111/aec.12415
Jump, Alistair S. , Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Greenwood, Sarah, Allen, Craig D. , Kitzberger, Thomas, Fensham, Rod, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi and Lloret, Francisco (2017). Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback. Global Change Biology, 23 (9), 3742-3757. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13636
Greenwood, Sarah, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi, Lloret, Francisco, Kitzberger, Thomas, Allen, Craig D., Fensham, Rod, Laughlin, Daniel C., Kattge, Jens, Bonisch, Gerhard, Kraft, Nathan J. B. and Jump, Alistair S. (2017). Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area. Ecology Letters, 20 (4), 539-553. doi: 10.1111/ele.12748
Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Alhusseini, Tamera I., Bedford, Felicity E., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Burton, Victoria J., Chng, Charlotte W. T., Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Emerson, Susan R., Gao, Di, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, Pask-Hale, Gwilym D., Pynegar, Edwin L. ... Purvis, Andy (2017). The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (1), 145-188. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
Wright, Boyd R. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2016). Relationships between fire severity and recruitment in arid grassland dominated by the obligate-seeding soft spinifex (Triodia pungens). International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25 (12), 1264-1272. doi: 10.1071/WF16052
Soil types influence predictions of soil carbon stock recovery in tropical secondary forests
Paz, Claudia Pandolfo, Goosem, Miriam, Bird, Michael, Preece, Noel, Goosem, Steve, Fensham, Rod and Laurance, Susan (2016). Soil types influence predictions of soil carbon stock recovery in tropical secondary forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 376, 74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.007
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
Boer, Matthias M., Bowman, David M. J. S., Murphy, Brett P., Cary, Geoffrey J., Cochrane, Mark A., Fensham, Roderick J., Krawchuk, Meg A., Price, Owen F., Resco De Dios, Victor, Williams, Richard J. and Bradstock, Ross A. (2016). Future changes in climatic water balance determine potential for transformational shifts in Australian fire regimes. Environmental Research Letters, 11 (6) 065002, 065002. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/065002
Characteristics of the Psidium cattleianum invasion of secondary rainforests
Tng, David Y. P., Goosem, Miriam W., Paz, Claudia P., Preece, Noel D., Goosem, Stephen, Fensham, Roderick J. and Laurance, Susan G. W. (2016). Characteristics of the Psidium cattleianum invasion of secondary rainforests. Austral Ecology, 41 (4), 350-360. doi: 10.1111/aec.12319
An ecoclimatic framework for evaluating the resilience of vegetation to water deficit
Mitchell, Patrick J., O'Grady, Anthony P., Pinkard, Elizabeth A., Brodribb, Timothy J., Arndt, Stefan K., Blackman, Chris J., Duursma, Remko A., Fensham, Rod J., Hilbert, David W., Nitschke, Craig R., Norris, Jaymie, Roxburgh, Stephen H., Ruthrof, Katinka X. and Tissue, David T. (2016). An ecoclimatic framework for evaluating the resilience of vegetation to water deficit. Global Change Biology, 22 (5), 1677-1689. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13177
Goosem, Miriam, Paz, Claudia, Fensham, Rod, Preece, Noel, Goosem, Stephen and Laurance, Susan G. W. (2016). Forest age and isolation affect the rate of recovery of plant species diversity and community composition in secondary rain forests in tropical Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27 (3), 504-514. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12376
Changes over 46years in plant community structure in a cleared brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) forest
Johnson, Robert W., Mcdonald, William J., Fensham, Roderick J., Mcalpine, Clive A. and Lawes, Michael J. (2016). Changes over 46years in plant community structure in a cleared brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) forest. Austral Ecology, 41 (6), 644-656. doi: 10.1111/aec.12354
Passive restoration of subtropical grassland after abandonment of cultivation
Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W., Fairfax, Russell J., Quintin, Amy R. and Dwyer, John M. (2016). Passive restoration of subtropical grassland after abandonment of cultivation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (1), 274-283. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12551
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
Rossini, R. A., Fensham, R. J. and Walter, G. H. (2016). Determining optimal sampling strategies for monitoring threatened endemic macro-invertebrates in Australia's artesian springs. Marine and Freshwater Research, 67 (5), 653-665. doi: 10.1071/MF15023
Powell, Owen and Fensham, Rod (2015). The history and fate of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer springs in the oasis depressions of the Western Desert, Egypt. Hydrogeology Journal, 24 (2), 395-406. doi: 10.1007/s10040-015-1335-1
In Search of Lost Springs: A Protocol for Locating Active and Inactive Springs
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
How does clay constrain woody biomass in drylands?
Fensham, Roderick J., Butler, Don W. and Foley, Jenny (2015). How does clay constrain woody biomass in drylands?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (8), 950-958. doi: 10.1111/geb.12319
Dominant tree species are at risk from exaggerated drought under climate change
Fensham, Roderick J., Fraser, Josie, Macdermott, Harry J. and Firn, Jenifer (2015). Dominant tree species are at risk from exaggerated drought under climate change. Global Change Biology, 21 (10), 3777-3785. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12981
Martin, Tara G., Murphy, Helen, Liedloff, Adam, Thomas, Colette, Chades, Iadine, Cook, Garry, Fensham, Rod, McIvor, John and van Klinken, Rieks D. (2015). Buffel grass and climate change: a framework for projecting invasive species distributions when data are scarce. Biological Invasions, 17 (11), 3197-3210. doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-0945-9
Evans, Megan C., Carwardine, Josie, Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W., Wilson, Kerrie A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Martin, Tara G. (2015). Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Environmental Science and Policy, 50, 114-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.02.003
Fensham, Roderick J, Wang, Jian and Kilgour, Cameron (2015). The relative impacts of grazing, fire and invasion by buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) on the floristic composition of a rangeland savanna ecosystem. Rangeland Journal, 37 (3), 227-237. doi: 10.1071/RJ14097
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
Nicol, Sam, Haynes, Trevor B., Fensham, Rod and Kerezsy, Adam (2015). Quantifying the impact of Gambusia holbrooki on the extinction risk of the critically endangered red-finned blue-eye. Ecosphere, 6 (3) 41, 1-18. doi: 10.1890/ES14-00412.1
Drought and resprouting plants
Zeppel, Melanie J.B., Harrison, Sandy P., Adams, Henry D., Kelley, Douglas I., Li, Guangqi, Tissue, David T., Dawson, Todd E., Fensham, Rod, Medlyn, Belinda E., Palmer, Anthony, West, Adam G. and Mcdowell, Nate G. (2015). Drought and resprouting plants. New Phytologist, 206 (2), 583-589. doi: 10.1111/nph.13205
Oases to Oblivion: The Rapid Demise of Springs in the South-Eastern Great Artesian Basin, Australia
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
Will Acacia secondary forest become rainforest in the Australian wet tropics?
Yeo, W. L. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2014). Will Acacia secondary forest become rainforest in the Australian wet tropics?. Forest Ecology and Management, 331, 208-217. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.015
Butler, Sarah, McAlpine, Clive, Fensham, Rod and House, Alan (2014). Climate and exotic pasture area in landscape determines invasion of forest fragments by two invasive grasses. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (1), 114-123. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12160
Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents
Lehmann, Caroline E. R., Anderson, T. Michael, Sankaran, Mahesh, Higgins, Steven I., Archibald, Sally, Hoffmann, William A., Hanan, Niall P., Williams, Richard J., Fensham, Roderick J., Felfili, Jeanine, Hutley, Lindsay B., Ratnam, Jayashree, San Jose, Jose, Montes, Ruben, Franklin, Don, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Ryan, Casey M., Durigan, Giselda, Hiernaux, Pierre, Haidar, Ricardo, Bowman, David M. J. S. and Bond, William J. (2014). Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents. Science, 343 (6170), 548-552. doi: 10.1126/science.1247355
Aborigine-managed forest, savanna and grassland: Biome switching in montane eastern Australia
Butler, Don W., Fensham, Roderick J., Murphy, Brett P., Haberle, Simon G., Bury, Sarah J. and Bowman, David M. J. S. (2014). Aborigine-managed forest, savanna and grassland: Biome switching in montane eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 41 (8), 1492-1505. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12306
Fensham, Roderick J., Bouchard, David L., Catterall, Carla P. and Dwyer, John M. (2014). Do local moisture stress responses across tree species reflect dry limits of their geographic ranges?. Austral Ecology, 39 (5), 612-618. doi: 10.1111/aec.12125
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
Halford, J. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2014). Vegetation and environmental relations of ephemeral subtropical wetlands in central Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 62 (6), 499-510. doi: 10.1071/BT14115
Indigenous Use of Spinifex Resin for Hafting in North-Eastern Australia
Powell, Owen, Fensham, Roderick J. and Memmott, Paul (2013). Indigenous Use of Spinifex Resin for Hafting in North-Eastern Australia. Economic Botany, 67 (3), 210-224. doi: 10.1007/s12231-013-9238-3
Fire regimes of Australia: a pyrogeographic model system
Murphy, Brett P., Bradstock, Ross A., Boer, Matthias M., Carter, John, Cary, Geoffrey J., Cochrane, Mark A., Fensham, Roderick J., Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Williamson, Grant J. and Bowman, David M. J. S. (2013). Fire regimes of Australia: a pyrogeographic model system. Journal of Biogeography, 40 (6), 1048-1058. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12065
For the sake of science: Ludwig Leichhardt as botanist and ecologist
Fensham, R. J. (2013). For the sake of science: Ludwig Leichhardt as botanist and ecologist. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Culture Series, 7 (2), 599-620.
Ludwig Leichhardt and the significance of the extinct Australian megafauna
Fensham, Roderick J. and Price, Gilbert J. (2013). Ludwig Leichhardt and the significance of the extinct Australian megafauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Culture Series, 7 (2), 621-632.
Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses
Bowman, David M. J. S., Murphy, Brett P., Boer, Matthias M., Bradstock, Ross A., Cary, Geoffrey J., Cochrane, Mark A., Fensham, Roderick J., Krawchuk, Meg A., Price, Owen F. and Williams, Richard J. (2013). Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11 (2), 66-68. doi: 10.1890/13.WB.005
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
Arid vegetation in disequilibrium with livestock grazing: evidence from long-term exclosures
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
Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris
Fensham, Rod J., Donald, Sam and Dwyer, John M. (2013). Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50 (1), 138-146. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12009
Kerezsy, Adam and Fensham, Rod (2013). Conservation of the endangered red-finned blue-eye, Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis, and control of alien eastern gambusia, Gambusia holbrooki, in a spring wetland complex. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64 (9), 851-863. doi: 10.1071/MF12236
The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australia
Fensham, Roderick J. (2012). The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australia. Australian Geographer, 43 (3), 325-327. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2012.706210
Potential aboveground biomass in drought-prone forest used for rangeland pastoralism
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Dwyer, J. M. (2012). Potential aboveground biomass in drought-prone forest used for rangeland pastoralism. Ecological Applications, 22 (3), 894-908. doi: 10.1890/11-1123.1
The effect of clearing on plant composition in mulga (Acacia aneura) dry forest, Australia
Fensham, R. J., Dwyer, J. M., Eyre, T. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Wang, J. (2012). The effect of clearing on plant composition in mulga (Acacia aneura) dry forest, Australia. Austral Ecology, 37 (2), 183-192. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02261.x
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
When is a 'forest' a savanna, and why does it matter?
Ratnam, Jayashree, Bond, William J., Fensham, Rod J., Hoffmann, William A., Archibald, Sally, Lehmann, Caroline E. R., Anderson, Michael T., Higgins, Steven I. and Sankaran, Mahesh (2011). When is a 'forest' a savanna, and why does it matter?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 (5), 653-660. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00634.x
Assessing rarity and threat in an arid-zone flora
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
Origins of a morphological cline between Eucalyptus melanophloia and Eucalyptus whitei
Holman, James E., Hughes, Jane M. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2011). Origins of a morphological cline between Eucalyptus melanophloia and Eucalyptus whitei. Australian Journal of Botany, 59 (3), 244-252. doi: 10.1071/BT10209
Fensham, Roderick J., Powell, Owen and Horne, James (2011). Rail survey plans to remote sensing: Vegetation change in the Mulga Lands of eastern Australia and its implications for land use. Rangeland Journal, 33 (3), 229-238. doi: 10.1071/RJ11007
Lucas, R., Armston, J., Fairfax, R., Fensham, R., Accad, A., Carreiras, J., Kelley, J., Bunting, P., Clewley, D., Bray, S., Metcalfe, D., Dwyer, J., Bowen, M., Eyre, T., Laidlaw, M. and Shimada, M. (2010). An evaluation of the ALOS PALSAR L-band backscatter—Above ground biomass relationship Queensland, Australia: Impacts of surface moisture condition and vegetation structure. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3 (4, Part 2), 576-593. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2086436
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Agricultural legacy, climate, and soil influence the restoration and carbon potential of woody regrowth in Australia. Ecological Applications, 20 (7), 1838-1850. doi: 10.1890/09-1690.1
Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David B., Bennett, Andrew F., Bode, Michael, Bradstock, Ross A., Cary, Geoffrey J., Clarke, Michael F., Dexter, Nick, Fensham, Rod, Friend, Gordon, Gill, Malcolm, James, Stewart, Kay, Geoff, Keith, David A., MacGregor, Christopher, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Salt, David, Watson, James E. M., Williams, Richard J. and York, Alan (2010). Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them. Biological Conservation, 143 (9), 1928-1939. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.026
Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David B., Bennett, Andrew F., Bode, Michael, Bradstock, Ross A., Cary, Geoffrey J., Clarke, Michael F., Dexter, Nick, Fensham, Rod, Friend, Gordon, Gill, Malcolm, James, Stuart, Kay, Geoff, Keith, David A., MacGregor, Chris, Possingham, Hugh P., Russel-Smith, Jeremy, Salt, David, Watson, James E. M., Williams, Dick and York, Alan (2010). Resolving conflicts in fire management using decision theory: Asset-protection versus biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters, 3 (4), 215-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00115.x
Effect of woody vegetation clearing on nutrient and carbon relations of semi-arid dystrophic savanna
Schmidt, Susanne, Lamble, Rebecca E., Fensham, Rod J. and Siddique, Ilyas (2010). Effect of woody vegetation clearing on nutrient and carbon relations of semi-arid dystrophic savanna. Plant and Soil, 331 (1-2), 79-90. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0233-5
Neighbourhood effects influence drought-induced mortality of savanna trees in Australia
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J., Fairfax, Russell J. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Neighbourhood effects influence drought-induced mortality of savanna trees in Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science, 21 (3), 573-585. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01167.x
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Restoration thinning accelerates structural development and carbon sequestration in an endangered Australian ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47 (3), 681-691. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01775.x
Characteristics of coral cay soils at Coringa-Herald coral sea Islands
Batianoff, George N., Naylor, Gillian C., Fensham, Rod and Neldner, John (2010). Characteristics of coral cay soils at Coringa-Herald coral sea Islands. Pacific Science, 64 (2), 335-347. doi: 10.2984/64.2.335
Vegetation responses to the first 20 years of cattle grazing in an Australian desert
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Dwyer, J. M. (2010). Vegetation responses to the first 20 years of cattle grazing in an Australian desert. Ecology, 91 (3), 681-692. doi: 10.1890/08-2356.1
Fensham, Rod, Allen, Craig. D, Macalady, Alison. K, Chechouni, Haroun, Bachelet, Dominique, McDowell, Nate, Vennetier, Michel, Kitzberger, Thomas, Rigling, Andreas, Breshears, David, Hogg, E. H, Gonzalez, Patrick, Zhang, Zhen, Castro, Jorge, Demidova, Natalia, Lim, Jong-Hwan, Allard, Gillian, Running, Steven, Semerci, Akkin and Cobb, Neil (2010). A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 259 (4), 660-684. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.001
Can bare ground cover server as a surrogate for plant biodiversity in grazed tropical woodlands?
McCosker, Juliana, Rolfe, John and Fensham, Rod (2009). Can bare ground cover server as a surrogate for plant biodiversity in grazed tropical woodlands?. Rangeland Journal, 31 (1), 103-109. doi: 10.1071/RJ08041
Effects of multiple fires on tree invasion in montane grasslands
Fairfax, R, Fensham, R, Butler, D, Quinn, K, Sigley, B and Holman, J (2009). Effects of multiple fires on tree invasion in montane grasslands. Landscape Ecology, 24 (10), 1363-1373. doi: 10.1007/s10980-009-9388-y
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2009). Carbon for conservation: Assessing the potential for win-win investment in an extensive Australian regrowth ecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 134 (1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.003
Carbon accumulation through ecosystem recovery
Fensham, R. J. and Guymer, G. P. (2009). Carbon accumulation through ecosystem recovery. Environmental Science and Policy, 12 (3), 367-372. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.12.002
Drought-induced tree death in savanna
Fensham, RJ, Fairfax, RJ and Ward, DP (2009). Drought-induced tree death in savanna. Global Change Biology, 15 (2), 380-387. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01718.x
An experimental study of fire and moisture stress on the survivorship of savanna eucalypt seedlings
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Buckley, Y. M. (2008). An experimental study of fire and moisture stress on the survivorship of savanna eucalypt seedlings. Australian Journal of Botany, 56 (8), 693-697. doi: 10.1071/BT08152
Water-remoteness for grazing relief in Australian arid-lands
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2008). Water-remoteness for grazing relief in Australian arid-lands. Biological Conservation, 141 (6), 1447-1460. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.016
A protocol for assessing applications to selectively clear vegetation in Australia
Fensham, R. J. (2008). A protocol for assessing applications to selectively clear vegetation in Australia. Land Use Policy, 25 (2), 249-258. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.07.001
What influences farmers to keep trees?: a case study from the Brigalow Belt, Queensland, Australia
Seabrook, Leonie, McAlpine, Clive and Fensham, Rod (2008). What influences farmers to keep trees?: a case study from the Brigalow Belt, Queensland, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning, 84 (3-4), 266-281. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.08.006
Edgbaston Station: A ‘terrible place’ teeming with life
Fensham, Rod (2008). Edgbaston Station: A ‘terrible place’ teeming with life. Bush Heritage News, 1-3.
Leichhardt's maps: 100 years of change in vegetation structure in inland Queensland
Fensham, R. J. (2008). Leichhardt's maps: 100 years of change in vegetation structure in inland Queensland. Journal of Biogeography, 35 (1), 141-156. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01777.x
Fensham, Roderick J., Bray, Steven G. and Fairfax, Russell J. (2007). Evaluation of aerial photography for predicting trends in structural attributes of Australian woodland including comparison with ground-based monitoring data. Journal of Environmental Management, 83 (4), 392--401. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.03.013
Hannah, D., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Catterall, C. P., McCosker, J. C., Thurgate, N. Y. and Fensham, R. J. (2007). Impacts of clearing, fragmentation and disturbance on the bird fauna of Eucalypt savanna woodlands in central Queensland, Australia. Austral Ecology, 32 (3), 261-276. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01683.x
(Book Review) Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50 000 year history
Fensham, R. J. (2007). (Book Review) Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50 000 year history. Pacific Conservation Biology, 13 (4), 304-305.
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Kenkel, N. (2007). Drought-related tree death of savanna eucalypts: Species susceptibility, soil conditions and root architecture full access. Journal of vegetation science, 18 (1), 71-80. doi: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[71:DTDOSE]2.0.CO;2
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2007). Effect of photoscale, interpreter bias and land type on woody crown-cover estimates from aerial photography. Australian Journal of Botany, 55 (4), 457-463. doi: 10.1071/BT05211
Fensham, Rod (2007). Rare as a red-finned blue-eye. Wildlife Australia, 44, 16-21.
Recovery of the red-finned blue-eye: an endangered fish from springs of the Great Artesian Basin
Fairfax, R., Fensham, R., Wager, R., Brooks, S., Webb, A. and Unmack , P. (2007). Recovery of the red-finned blue-eye: an endangered fish from springs of the Great Artesian Basin. Wildlife Research, 34 (2), 156-166. doi: 10.1071/WR06086
Seabrook, Leonie, McAlpine, Clive and Fensham, Rod (2007). Spatial and temporal analysis of vegetation change in agricultural landscapes: A case study of two brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) landscapes in Queensland, Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 120 (2-4), 211-228. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.09.005
Vegetation-soil relations in a highly sodic landscape, Yelarbon, Southern Queensland
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.
Butler, Don William, Fairfax , Russell James and Fensham, Roderick John (2006). Impacts of Tree Invasion on Floristic Composition of Subtropical Grasslands on the Bunya Mountains, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 54 (3), 261-270. doi: 10.1071/BT05070
Can burning restrict eucalypt invasion on grassy balds? .
Fensham, R, J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2006). Can burning restrict eucalypt invasion on grassy balds? .. Austral ecology, 31 (3), 317-325. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01560.x
Seabrook, Leonie, McAlpine, Clive and Fensham, Rod (2006). Cattle, crops and clearing: Regional drivers of landscape change in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland, Australia, 1840-2004. Landscape and Urban Planning, 78 (4), 373-385. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.11.007
Fensham, R. J., Bean, A.R., Dowe, J. L. and Dunlop, C. R. (2006). This disastrous event staggered me: Reconstructing the botany of Ludwig Leichhardt on the expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, 1844-45. Cunninghamia, 9 (4), 451-506.
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2005). Preliminary assessment of gidgee (Acacia cambagei) woodland thickening in the Longreach district, Queensland. Rangeland Journal, 27 (2), 159-168. doi: 10.1071/RJ05013
Monitoring standing dead wood for carbon accounting in tropical savanna
Fensham, R. J. (2005). Monitoring standing dead wood for carbon accounting in tropical savanna. Australian Journal of Botany, 53 (7), 631-638. doi: 10.1071/BT04109
Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Archer, S. R. (2005). Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna. The journal of ecology, 93 (3), 596-606. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00998.x
Re-establishing the endangered grassland herb Trioncinia retroflexa (Asteraceae)
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2005). Re-establishing the endangered grassland herb Trioncinia retroflexa (Asteraceae). Pacific Conservation Biology, 11 (2), 128-135.
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Sharpe, P. R. (2004). Spring wetlands in seasonally arid Queensland: floristics, environmental relations, classification and conservation values. Australian Journal of Botany, 52 (5), 583-595. doi: 10.1071/BT03171
Fensham, R. J. and Price, R. J. (2004). Ranking spring wetlands in the Great Artesian Basin of Australia using endemicity and isolation of plant species. Biological Conservation, 119 (1), 41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.019
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2004). Erratum: Assessing woody vegetation cover change in north-west Australian savanna using aerial photography (International Journal of Wildland Fire (2003) 12: 3-4 (359-367)). International Journal of Wildland Fire, 13 (1) doi: 10.1071/WF03022_CO
Spatial pattern of dry rainforest colonizing unburnt Eucalyptus savanna
Fensham, R. J. and Butler, D. W. (2004). Spatial pattern of dry rainforest colonizing unburnt Eucalyptus savanna. Austral Ecology, 29 (2), 121-128. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2003.01318.x
Vegetation patterns in permanent spring wetlands of arid Australia
Fensham, Rod (2004). Vegetation patterns in permanent spring wetlands of arid Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 52 (6), 719-728. doi: 10.1071/BT04043
A morphological cline in Eucalyptus: a genetic perspective
Holman, J. E., Hughes, J. M. and Fensham, R. J. (2003). A morphological cline in Eucalyptus: a genetic perspective. Molecular Ecology, 12 (11), 3013-3025. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01970.x
Spring wetlands of the Great Artesian Basin, Queensland, Australia
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2003). Spring wetlands of the Great Artesian Basin, Queensland, Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 11 (5), 343-362. doi: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000005532.95598.e4
Effects of fire and drought in a tropical eucalypt savanna colonized by rain forest
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J., Butler, D. W. and Bowman, D. M. J. S. (2003). Effects of fire and drought in a tropical eucalypt savanna colonized by rain forest. Journal of Biogeography, 30 (9), 1405-1414. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00934.x
Fensham, Roderick J. and Fairfax, Russell J. (2003). A land management history for central Queensland, Australia as determined from land-holder questionnaire and aerial photography. Journal of environmental management, 68 (4), 409-420. doi: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00110-5
Assessing woody vegetation cover change in north-west Australian savanna using aerial photography
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2003). Assessing woody vegetation cover change in north-west Australian savanna using aerial photography. The International journal of wildland fire, 12 (4), 359-367. doi: 10.1071/WF03022
Fensham, Rod (2003). Gift of the GAB. OUTBACK, 30, 27-29.
Great Artesian Basin Spring in Southern Queensland 1911-2000
Fensham, Rod and Fairfax, R. J. (2003). Great Artesian Basin Spring in Southern Queensland 1911-2000. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 49 (part 1), 285-293.
Fensham, Roderick John, Choy, Sama J. Low, Fairfax, Russell James and Cavallaro, Paul C. (2003). Modelling trends in woody vegetation structure in semi-arid Australia as determined from aerial photography. Journal of Environmental Management, 68 (4), 421-436. doi: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00111-7
Fairfax, R. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2002). In the footsteps of J. Alfred Griffiths: a cataclysmic history of Great Artesian Basin springs in Queensland. Australian Geographic Studies, 40 (2), 210-230. doi: 10.1111/1467-8470.00175
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Holman, J. E. (2002). Response of a rare herb (Trioncinia retroflexa) from semi-arid tropical grassland to occasional fire and grazing. Austral Ecology, 27 (3), 284-290. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01180.x
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2002). Aerial photography for assessing vegetation change: a review of applications and the relevance of findings for Australian vegetation history. Australian Journal of Botany, 50 (4), 415-429. doi: 10.1071/BT01032
Biodiversity conservation and vegetation clearing in Queensland: Principles and thresholds
McAlpine, C. A., Fensham, R. J. and Temple-Smith, D. E. (2002). Biodiversity conservation and vegetation clearing in Queensland: Principles and thresholds. Rangeland Journal, 24 (1), 36-55. doi: 10.1071/RJ02002
Conrad Martens and the Bush of South-east Queensland
Fensham, R. J. (2002). Conrad Martens and the Bush of South-east Queensland. Queensland Review, 9 (1), 49-58.
Quantitative assessment of vegetation structural attributes from aerial photography
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J., Holman, J. E. and Whitehead, P. J. (2002). Quantitative assessment of vegetation structural attributes from aerial photography. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 23 (11), 2293-2317. doi: 10.1080/01431160110106050
Sustainable management of Queensland landscapes: linking the science and action
McAlpine, C, Fensham, R and McIntyre, S (2002). Sustainable management of Queensland landscapes: linking the science and action. Rangeland Journal, 24 (1), 3-5. doi: 10.1071/RJv24n1_ED
A new species of Myriophyllum L. (Haloragaceae) from artesian springs in Queensland
Halford, David A and Fensham, Roderick John (2001). A new species of Myriophyllum L. (Haloragaceae) from artesian springs in Queensland. Austrobaileya: A Journal of Plant Systematics, 6 (1), 133-137. doi: 10.5962/p.299659
The effect of exotic pasture development on floristic diversity in central Queensland, Australia
Fairfax, R. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2000). The effect of exotic pasture development on floristic diversity in central Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation, 94 (1), 11-21. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00169-X
Broad-scale environmental relations of floristic gradients in the Mitchell grasslands of Queensland
Fensham, R. J., Minchin, P. R., Fairfax, R. J., Kemp, J. E., Purdie, R. W., McDonald, W. J.F. and Neldner, V. J. (2000). Broad-scale environmental relations of floristic gradients in the Mitchell grasslands of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, 48 (1), 27-38. doi: 10.1071/BT97125
Temporal and spatial patterns in drought-related tree dieback in Australian savanna
Fensham, R. J. and Holman, J. E. (1999). Temporal and spatial patterns in drought-related tree dieback in Australian savanna. Journal of Applied Ecology, 36 (6), 1035-1050. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00460.x
Bowman, D. M.J.S., Wilson, B. A. and Fensham, R. J. (1999). Relative drought tolerance of evergreen-rainforest and evergreen-savanna species in a long unburnt Eucalyptus Savanna, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 108, 27-32.
Fensham, R. J. and Skull, S. D. (1999). Before cattle: A comparative floristic study of Eucalyptus savanna grazed by macropods and cattle in north Queensland, Australia. Biotropica, 31 (1), 37-47.
Fensham, R. J. (1999). Native grasslands of the central highlands, Queensland, Australia. Floristics, regional context and conservation. Rangeland Journal, 21 (1), 82-103. doi: 10.1071/RJ9990082
Plant species responses along a grazing disturbance gradient in Australian grassland
Fensham, R. J., Holman, J. E. and Cox, M. J. (1999). Plant species responses along a grazing disturbance gradient in Australian grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 10 (1), 77-86. doi: 10.2307/3237163
Fensham, R. J. (1998). Mound springs in the Dawson River Valley, Queensland. Vegetation-environment relations and consequences of a proposed impoundment on botanical values. Pacific Conservation Biology, 4 (1), 42-54.
Fensham, R. J. (1998). The grassy vegetation of the darling downs, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Floristics and grazing effects. Biological Conservation, 84 (3), 301-310. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00105-5
Alien plant invasions on the Tiwi Islands. Extent, implications and priorities for control
Fensham, R. J. and Cowie, I. D. (1998). Alien plant invasions on the Tiwi Islands. Extent, implications and priorities for control. Biological Conservation, 83 (1), 55-68. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00043-8
Fensham, R. J., McCoske, J. C. and Cox, M. J. (1998). Estimating clearance of Acacia-dominated ecosystems in central Queensland using land-system mapping data. Australian Journal of Botany, 46 (2), 305-319. doi: 10.1071/BT96129
Fensham, R. J. (1998). The influence of cattle grazing on tree mortality after drought in savanna woodland in north Queensland. Austral Ecology, 23 (4), 405-407. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00745.x
Fensham, R. J. and Holman, J. E. (1998). The use of the land survey record to assess changes in vegetation structure. A case study from the darling downs, Queensland, Australia. Rangeland Journal, 20 (1), 132-142. doi: 10.1071/RJ9980132
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (1997). The use of the land survey record to reconstruct pre-European vegetation patterns in the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 24 (6), 827-836.
Neldner, V. J., Fensham, R. J., Clarkson, J. R. and Stanton, J. P. (1997). The natural grasslands of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Description, distribution and conservation status. Biological Conservation, 81 (1-2), 121-136. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00162-0
Fensham, Roderick J. and Streimann, Heinar (1997). Broad landscape relations of the moss flora from inland dry rainforest in north Queensland, Australia. Bryologist, 100 (1), 56-64.
Aboriginal fire regimes in Queensland, Australia: Analysis of the explorers' record
Fensham, R. J. (1997). Aboriginal fire regimes in Queensland, Australia: Analysis of the explorers' record. Journal of Biogeography, 24 (1), 11-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00046.x
Land clearance and conservation of inland dry rainforest in north Queensland, Australia
Fensham, R. J. (1996). Land clearance and conservation of inland dry rainforest in north Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation, 75 (3), 289-298. doi: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00057-7
The disappearing grassy balds of the Bunya Mountains, south-eastern Queensland
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (1996). The disappearing grassy balds of the Bunya Mountains, south-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, 44 (5), 543-558. doi: 10.1071/BT9960543
FENSHAM, R. J. and BOWMAN, D. M.J.S. (1995). A comparison of foliar nutrient concentration in trees from monsoon rainforest and savanna in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 20 (2), 335-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1995.tb00545.x
Floristics and environmental relations of inland dry rainforest in north Queensland, Australia
Fensham, R. J. (1995). Floristics and environmental relations of inland dry rainforest in north Queensland, Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 22 (6), 1047-1063. doi: 10.2307/2845834
Bowman, D. M J S and Fensham, R. J. (1995). Growth of Eucalyptus tetrodonta seedlings on savanna and monsoon rainforest soils in the Australian monsoon tropics. Australian Forestry, 58 (2), 46-47. doi: 10.1080/00049158.1995.10674643
Wilson, B. A. and Fensham, R. J. (1994). A comparison of classification systems for the conservation of sparsely wooded plains on melville island, Northern Australia. Australian Geographer, 25 (1), 18-31. doi: 10.1080/00049189408703095
Phytophagous insect‐woody sprout interactions in tropical eucalypt forest. I. Insect herbivory
FENSHAM, R. J. (1994). Phytophagous insect‐woody sprout interactions in tropical eucalypt forest. I. Insect herbivory. Australian Journal of Ecology, 19 (2), 178-188. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1994.tb00481.x
FENSHAM, R. J. (1994). Phytophagous insect‐woody sprout interactions in tropical eucalypt forest. II. Insect community structure. Australian Journal of Ecology, 19 (2), 189-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1994.tb00482.x
The invasion of Lantana camara L. in Forty Mile Scrub National Park, north Queensland
FENSHAM, R. J., FAIRFAX, R. J. and CANNELL, R. J. (1994). The invasion of Lantana camara L. in Forty Mile Scrub National Park, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology, 19 (3), 297-305. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1994.tb00493.x
Fensham, R. J. (1993). The environmental relations of vegetation pattern on chenier beach ridges on Bathurst Island, northern territory. Australian Journal of Botany, 41 (3), 275-291. doi: 10.1071/BT9930275
Fensham, R. J. and Kirkpatrick, J. B. (1992). Soil characteristics and tree species distribution in the savannah of Melville Island, Norther Territory. Australian Journal of Botany, 40 (3), 311-333. doi: 10.1071/BT9920311
Fensham, R. J. and Bowman, D. M.J.S. (1992). Stand structure and the influence of overwood on regeneration in tropical eucalypt forest on Melville-Island. Australian Journal of Botany, 40 (3), 335-352. doi: 10.1071/BT9920335
The establishment of eucalypt seedlings in tropical savanna forest
Fensham, Roderick John (1992). The establishment of eucalypt seedlings in tropical savanna forest. Northern Territory Naturalist, 13, 30-36. doi: 10.5962/p.295581
The eucalypt forest grassland/grassy woodland boundary in central Tasmania
Fensham, R. J. and Kirkpatrick, J. B. (1992). The eucalypt forest grassland/grassy woodland boundary in central Tasmania. Australian Journal of Botany, 40 (2), 123-138. doi: 10.1071/BT9920123
The management implications of fine fuel dynamics in Bushlands Surrounding Hobart, Tasmania
Fensham, R. J. (1992). The management implications of fine fuel dynamics in Bushlands Surrounding Hobart, Tasmania. Journal of Environmental Management, 36 (4), 301-320. doi: 10.1016/S0301-4797(08)80004-7
Response of a monsoon forest‐savanna boundary to fire protection, Weipa, northern Australia
BOWMAN, D. M.J.S. and FENSHAM, R. J. (1991). Response of a monsoon forest‐savanna boundary to fire protection, Weipa, northern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 16 (1), 111-118. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1991.tb01486.x
Interactive effects of fire frequency and site factors in tropical Eucalyptus forest
FENSHAM, R. J. (1990). Interactive effects of fire frequency and site factors in tropical Eucalyptus forest. Australian Journal of Ecology, 15 (3), 255-266. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1990.tb01029.x
Sandstone vegetation pattern in the Jim Jim Falls region, Northern Territory, Australia
BOWMAN, D. M.J.S., WILSON, B. A. and FENSHAM, R. J. (1990). Sandstone vegetation pattern in the Jim Jim Falls region, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 15 (2), 163-174. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1990.tb01525.x
The conservation of original vegetation remnants in the Midlands, Tasmania
Fensham, R. J. and Kirkpatrick, J. B. (1989). The conservation of original vegetation remnants in the Midlands, Tasmania. Papers & Proceedings - Royal Society of Tasmania, 123, 229-246.
Fensham, R. J. (1989). The pre-European vegetation of the Midlands, Tasmania: a floristic and historical analysis of vegetation patterns. Journal of Biogeography, 16 (1), 29-45. doi: 10.2307/2845309
Vegetation-radiation relationships in the wet-dry tropics: granite hills in northern Australia
Kirkpatrick, J. B., Fensham, R. J., Nunez, M. and Bowman, D. M J S (1988). Vegetation-radiation relationships in the wet-dry tropics: granite hills in northern Australia. Vegetatio, 76 (3), 103-112. doi: 10.1007/BF00045472
de la Hera-Portillo, África, Chamizo-Borreguero, Manuela, Ghanem, Marwan, López-Gutiérrez, Julio, Moreno-Merino, Luis, Sánchez-Fabián, Jose Ángel, Salman, Karmah, Laftouhi, Nour-Eddine, Fensham, Rod, Mohammad, Alsharifa Hind, Rodríguez, Elena Galindo, Lledó, Mª Mar Corral, Choulli, Badia and Abdel-Gawad, Fagr Kh. (2023). Advances in the Knowledge of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark in the Framework of the UNESCO IGCP-730 Project. Basel Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/ecws-7-14313
The capacity of Australia's protected-area system to represent threatened species
Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Carwardine, Josie, Fuller, Richard A., Joseph, Liana N., Segan, Dan B., Taylor, Martin F. J., Fensham, R. J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). The capacity of Australia's protected-area system to represent threatened species. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01587.x
A Conservation Srategy for Springs in Queensland
Fairfax, R. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2005). A Conservation Srategy for Springs in Queensland. Great Artesian Basin Spring Researchers Forum, Cathedral Centre, Toowoomba, Qld, 10 March 2002. King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT: Department of Environment and Heritage.
Challenges of Fire and Exotic Plants for Queensland Conservation Reserves
Fensham, Rod (2005). Challenges of Fire and Exotic Plants for Queensland Conservation Reserves. Workshop on Protected Area Management in Queensland, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, 6 April, 2005.
Silcock, Jennifer, Fairfax, Russell and Fensham, Rod (2021). Feral fuchsia eating. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/b2b7d2a
Myrtle rust surveys of Eastern Australia 2021
Fensham, Rod, Laffineur, Boris, Collingwood, T, Wills, J and Radford-Smith, Julian (2021). Myrtle rust surveys of Eastern Australia 2021. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9a9207e
Survey data for remote habitat plants and water points
Fensham, Rod, Silcock, Jen, Rhodes, Jonathan and Laffineur, Boris (2019). Survey data for remote habitat plants and water points. UQ eSpace. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.294
Fensham, Roderick J., Halford, Jason, Hansen, Chris, Laffineur, Boris and Williams, Billie (2019). Threatened species in a threatened ecosystem: the conservation status of four Solanum species in the face of ongoing habitat loss. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.698
Fairfax, R. J. and Fensham, R. J. (2008). Preliminary assessment of water-remote areas on GABSI lands: report to Department of Natural Resources and Water. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Department of Natural Resources and Water.
Draft recovery Plan for Cyathea exilis 2007-2011.
Fensham, Rod (2006). Draft recovery Plan for Cyathea exilis 2007-2011..
Recovery Plan for Eryngium fontanum 2007-2011
Fensham, Rod and Fairfax, R. (2006). Recovery Plan for Eryngium fontanum 2007-2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Recovery Plan for the Elizabeth Springs goby, Chlamydogobius micropterus 2007-2011
Fensham, Rod, Fairfax, R. and Wager, R. (2006). Recovery Plan for the Elizabeth Springs goby, Chlamydogobius micropterus 2007-2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Recovery Plan for the red-finned blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis 2007 - 2011
Fensham, Rod, Fairfax, R. and Wager, R. (2006). Recovery Plan for the red-finned blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis 2007 - 2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Recovery Plan for the red-finned blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis 2007 - 2011
Fensham, Rod, Fairfax, R. and Wager, R. (2006). Recovery Plan for the red-finned blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis 2007 - 2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Recovery plan for Calophyllum bicolor 2007-2011
Fensham, Rod (2006). Recovery plan for Calophyllum bicolor 2007-2011. Canberra, ACT Australia: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Recovery plan for salt pipewort Eriocaulon carsonii 2007 - 2011
Fensham, Rod (2006). Recovery plan for salt pipewort Eriocaulon carsonii 2007 - 2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Plan: Ecological Assessment of GAB springs in Queensland
Fensham, R. J. and Fairfax, R. J. (2005). Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Plan: Ecological Assessment of GAB springs in Queensland. Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Fensham, Rod, Ponder, Winston and Fairfax, Russell (2005). Recovery plan for the community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin 2006 - 2010. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Structural change in gidgee woodlands (Preliminary report)
Fensham, Rod and Fensham R. J. (2004). Structural change in gidgee woodlands (Preliminary report). Brisbane; Darwin: Queensland Herbarium Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane and Tropical.
Mid-Term Review of the Native Vegetation R&D Program
Andrew, M., Fensham, R., Mattiske, L. and Saunders D. (2003). Mid-Term Review of the Native Vegetation R&D Program. Canberra: Land and Water Australia.
Native Vegetation R&D Program: Strategic Analysis of Future Opportunities
Andrew, M., Fensham, R., Mattiske, L. and Saunders D. (2003). Native Vegetation R&D Program: Strategic Analysis of Future Opportunities. Canberra: Land and Water Australia.
Reflections on the consultancy process
Andrew, M., Fensham, Rod, Mattiske, L. and Saunders, D. (2003). Reflections on the consultancy process.
Fuel dynamics reinforce coexistence of rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest dataset
R. Fensham, O.Browning and B. Laffineur (0022). Fuel dynamics reinforce coexistence of rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/d8d8987
(2022–2026) Curtin University
(2021–2024) Flinders University
Springs monitoring in relation to bore capping
(2020–2022) DC Solutions Ltd
Collaborative Research in Aquatic Toxicology
(2017–2026) Queensland Government Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
(2017–2020) The Ecological Society of Australia Limited
Lake Eyre Basin Springs Assessment
(2014–2026) Queensland Government Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub
(2014–2021) National Environmental Science Program
(2014–2019) Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Predicting the consequences of drought-induced mortality for tree species in a changing climate
(2014–2017) ARC Discovery Projects
(2013–2014) Fitzroy Basin Association Inc.
Ecological & hydrogeological survey of Great Artesian Basins
(2012–2015) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2011–2014) James Cook University
Trioncinia Retroflexa (Asteraceae) Reintroduction Project
(2009–2013) Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Water remote grazing management
(2009–2010) South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board
Phylogeny and biogeography of the Microneurae section of Acacia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The phylogeny, systematics and biogeography of Eriocaulon in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Ecological impact of changes in water permanence in Queensland's arid zone - prioritizing conservation intervention
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Systematics and evolution of Melaleuca
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
FM Bailey: Botanist in Colonial Queensland
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Restoration of Australian Subtropical Grasslands
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Degraded or just dusty?: 150 years of ecological change in inland eastern Australia
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
The ecology of narrow-range endemic macro-invertebrates of Great Artesian Basin springs
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2015) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Exotic pasture grass invasion in fragmented ecosystems: a Brigalow case study
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
CULTURAL LANDSCAPES: A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE DRIVERS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SOUTHERN BRIGALOW BELT, QUEENSLAND, 1840-2004
(2007) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor