Professor Rod Fensham

Fensham, Roderick (2021). ACE Guide to eucalypts Brisbane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: ACE Publishing.

Darragh, Thomas A. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2013). The Leichhardt diaries: early travels in Australia during 1842-1844. South Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Museum.

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.

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: Volume 1-3. (pp. 436-451) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00111-2

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fensham, Roderick J. (2021). Red List assessment of widespread and long-lived species. Oryx, 56 (4), 1-6. doi: 10.1017/s0030605320001325

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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.

Wright, Boyd R., Albrecht, David E., Silcock, Jennifer L., Hunter, John and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). Mechanisms behind persistence of a fire-sensitive alternative stable state system in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. Oecologia, 191 (1), 165-175. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04474-1

Silcock, J. L., Field, A. R., Walsh, N. G. and Fensham, R. J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx, 54 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0030605318001357

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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., 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fensham, Rod (2008). Edgbaston Station: A ‘terrible place’ teeming with life. Bush Heritage News, 1-3.

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

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

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. (2007). (Book Review) Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50 000 year history. Pacific Conservation Biology, 13 (4), 304-305.

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.

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

Fensham, Rod (2007). Rare as a red-finned blue-eye. Wildlife Australia, 44, 16-21.

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

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

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. (2006). Can burning restrict eucalypt invasion on grassy balds? .. Austral ecology, 31 (3), 317-325. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01560.x

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

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

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

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

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

Fensham, Rod (2004). Vegetation patterns in permanent spring wetlands of arid Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 52 (6), 719-728. doi: 10.1071/BT04043

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

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

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

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

Fensham, Rod (2003). Gift of the GAB. OUTBACK, 30, 27-29.

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

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

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

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

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

Fensham, R. J. (2002). Conrad Martens and the Bush of South-east Queensland. Queensland Review, 9 (1), 49-58.

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

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

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

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

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

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., 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. 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. (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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Fensham, Rod (2006). Draft recovery Plan for Cyathea exilis 2007-2011..

Fensham, Rod (2006). Recovery plan for Calophyllum bicolor 2007-2011. Canberra, ACT Australia: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

Fensham, Rod and Fairfax, R. (2006). Recovery Plan for Eryngium fontanum 2007-2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

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.

Fensham, Rod (2006). Recovery plan for salt pipewort Eriocaulon carsonii 2007 - 2011. Brisbane: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

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.

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.

Fensham, Rod and Fensham R. J. (2004). Structural change in gidgee woodlands (Preliminary report). Brisbane; Darwin: Queensland Herbarium Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane and Tropical.

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.

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.

Andrew, M., Fensham, Rod, Mattiske, L. and Saunders, D. (2003). Reflections on the consultancy process.

Professor Rod Fensham

Researcher biography

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Professor Rod Fensham

Researcher biography

PhD and MPhil Supervision

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