Professor Rod Fensham
Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 334 67737
Researcher biography
In 2020 I formed the Fellowship of the Spring, an international consortium of people concerned with understanding dryland springs and securing their preservation. We are about 40 people spanning 25 countries from a broad range of disciplines, who collaborate with particular attention to fostering work in countries with disadvantage. This platform, focussed on the concept of an 'oasis' provides for multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary exchange. The Felloship of the Spring has its foundation in quantitative field ecology in Queensland. I have ongoing research interest in threatened plant species assessment, and other interests relating to avoiding extinction and better managing our natural resources. 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, cultural significance conservation, optimum management and biogeographic history.
Threatened species
Applied ecology relating to the ecology of threatened species generates insights into their habitat and leads to tangible conservation outcomes.
Publications
Books
Fensham, Roderick (2021). ACE Guide to eucalypts Brisbane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: ACE Publishing.
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.
Book Chapters
Hamad, Salah and Fensham, Rod (2025). Groundwater: An Important Resource of Urban Water Supply in Libya. Springer Water. (pp. 41-66) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-80920-0_3
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
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.
Journal Articles
Webb, J. A., Fensham, R. J. and Laffineur, B. (2025). Surface-temperature silica springs of the eastern Great Artesian Basin – Hydrogeology and hydrochemistry. Journal of Hydrology, 659 133311, 133311. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133311
Fensham, R.J. and Laffineur, B. (2025). Before and after aquifer development: A rare history of a large spring complex in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 661 133726, 133726. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133726
Wright, Boyd R., Andrew, Damien D., Hewins, Michael, Hewitt, Claire and Fensham, Roderick J. (2025). Spatially variable recruitment response to fire severity in golden-top wattle (Acacia mariae, family: Fabaceae), a thicket-forming shrub of semi-arid forests. Australian Journal of Botany, 73 (1). doi: 10.1071/bt24023
Fensham, Roderick, Bil’a, Ali Ahmed, Idris, Adem Mohammed, Gebrehiwot, Kflay, Fetahi, Tadesse and Estifanos, Getacher Beyene (2024). Unsafe havens: the meaning and use of springs in the central region of Afar province in Ethiopia. Water, 16 (24) 3698. doi: 10.3390/w16243698
Fensham, R. J., Dowdy, A., Grice, Z. C. and Laffineur, B. (2024). The fire environment of five Australian cities. Natural Hazards, 121 (5). doi: 10.1007/s11069-024-06975-6
Webb, John A., Jotheri, Jaafar and Fensham, Rod J. (2024). Springs of the Arabian Desert: hydrogeology and hydrochemistry of Abu Jir Springs, Central Iraq. Water, 16 (17) 2491, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/w16172491
Pascual, Roger, Piana, Lucia, Bhat, Sami Ullah, Castro, Pedro Fidel, Corbera, Jordi, Cummings, Dion, Delgado, Cristina, Eades, Eugene, Fensham, Roderick J., Fernández-Martínez, Marcos, Ferreira, Verónica, Filippini, Maria, García, Guillermo, Gargini, Alessandro, Hopper, Stephen D., Knapp, Lynette, Lewis, Ian D., Peñuelas, Josep, Preece, Catherine, Resh, Vincent H., Romero, Estela, Samraoui, Boudjéma, Samraoui, Farrah, Segadelli, Stefano, Skoulikidis, Nikolaos Th., Solak, Cüneyt N., Solé, Jaume, Villholth, Karen G., Wani, Huma Khurshid ... Stevens, Lawrence E. (2024). The cultural ecohydrogeology of Mediterranean-climate springs: a global review with case studies. Environments, 11 (6) 110. doi: 10.3390/environments11060110
Odeh, Taleb, Mohammad, Alsharifa Hind, Fensham, Rod and Webb, John (2024). Surface water catchment deformation-toward a conceptual model: the case study of Zarqa river catchment, Jordan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83 (9) 268, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12665-024-11577-3
Macintosh, Andrew, Butler, Don, Larraondo, Pablo, Evans, Megan C., Ansell, Dean, Waschka, Marie, Fensham, Rod, Eldridge, David, Lindenmayer, David, Gibbons, Philip and Summerfield, Paul (2024). Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals. Communications Earth and Environment, 5 (1) 149, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01313-x
Fensham, R. J., Laffineur, B. and Browning, O. (2024). Fuel dynamics and rarity of fire weather reinforce coexistence of rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 553 121598, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121598
Jawadi, Hussain Ali, Farahmand, Asadullah, Fensham, Roderick and Patel, Nilanchal (2024). Evaluating groundwater storage variations in Afghanistan using GRACE, GLDAS, and in-situ measurements. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 10 (4), 5669-5685. doi: 10.1007/s40808-024-02084-2
Fensham, Rod (2023). The secret life of oases. New Scientist, 260 (3464), 40-43. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(23)02106-1
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
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, 1-13. 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
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
Fensham, Roderick J., Collingwood, Teghan and Radford-Smith, Julian (2022). Corrigendum to “Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease” [Biol. Conserv. 261 (2021) /109276](S0006320721003281)(10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109276). Biological Conservation, 272 109667, 109667. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109667
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) BT21146, 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) PII S0030605320001325, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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, 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
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
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., 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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., 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., 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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.
Fensham, Rod (2007). Rare as a red-finned blue-eye. Wildlife Australia, 44, 16-21.
Fensham, R. J. (2007). (Book Review) Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50 000 year history. Pacific Conservation Biology, 13 (4), 304-305.
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, 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
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
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
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.
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. 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
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. 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
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 (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
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 and Fairfax, R. J. (2003). Great Artesian Basin Spring in Southern Queensland 1911-2000. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 49 (part 1), 285-293.
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. (2002). Conrad Martens and the Bush of South-east Queensland. Queensland Review, 9 (1), 49-58.
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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.
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. (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., 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
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, Roderick John (1992). The establishment of eucalypt seedlings in tropical savanna forest. Northern Territory Naturalist, 13, 30-36. doi: 10.5962/p.295581
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. 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
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
Conference Papers
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. 7th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences, Online, 15-30 March 2023. 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
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.
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.
Data Collections
R. Fensham, O.Browning and B. Laffineur (2022). Fuel dynamics reinforce coexistence of rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/d8d8987
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, 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
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
Research Reports
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, 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, 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, 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 (2006). Recovery plan for Calophyllum bicolor 2007-2011. Canberra, ACT Australia: 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.