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DR ROB ROLLS | ECOLOGIST

Publications

 My published research items are listed below, complete with links to their source and associated stories.

Haase, P., Cortés-Guzmán, D., He, F., Jupke, J.F., Mangadze, T., Pelicice, F.M., Palmer, M.A., Rolls, R.J., Schäfer, R.B., Welti, E.A.R., Sinclair, J.S., 2025. Successes and failures of conservation actions to halt global river biodiversity loss. Nature Reviews Biodiversity. Link

Heino, J., Bini, L.M., García-Girón, J., Lansac-Tôha, F.M., Lindholm, M., Rolls, R.J., 2024. Navigating the spatial and temporal aspects of beta diversity to facilitate understanding biodiversity change. Global Ecology and Conservation 56: e03343. Link

Foulquier, A., Datry, T., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., Tockner, K., Stubbington, R., Gessner, M.O., Boyer, F., Ohlmann, M., Thuiller, W., Rioux, D., Miquel, C., Albariño, R., Allen, D.C., Altermatt, F., Arce, M.I., Arnon, S., Banas, D., Banegas-Medina, A., Beller, E., Blanchette, M.L., Blessing, J., Boëchat, I.G., Boersma, K., Bogan, M., Bonada, N., Bond, N., Brintrup, K., Bruder, A., Burrows, R., Cancellario, T., Canhoto, C., Carlson, S., Cid, N., Cornut, J., Danger, M., de Freitas Terra, B., De Girolamo, A.M., del Campo, R., Díaz Villanueva, V., Dyer, F., Elosegi, A., Febria, C., Figueroa Jara, R., Four, B., Gafny, S., Gómez, R., Gómez-Gener, L., Guareschi, S., Gücker, B., Hwan, J., Jones, J.I., Kubheka, P.S., Laini, A., Langhans, S.D., Launay, B., Le Goff, G., Leigh, C., Little, C., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J., Martin Sanz, E.J., McIntosh, A., Mendoza-Lera, C., Meyer, E.I., Miliša, M., Mlambo, M.C., Morais, M., Moya, N., Negus, P., Niyogi, D., Pagán, I., Papatheodoulou, A., Pappagallo, G., Pardo, I., Pařil, P., Pauls, S.U., Polášek, M., Rodríguez-Lozano, P., Rolls, R.J., Sánchez-Montoya, M.M., Savić, A., Shumilova, O., Sridhar, K.R., Steward, A., Taleb, A., Uzan, A., Valladares, Y., Vander Vorste, R., Waltham, N.J., Zak, D.H., Zoppini, A., 2024. Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers. Nature Communications 15: 7233. Link

Snåre, H., García-Girón, J., Alahuhta, J., Bini, L.M., Boda, P., Bonada, N., Brasil, L.S., Callisto, M., Castro, D.M.P., Chen, K., Csabai, Z., Datry, T., Domisch, S., García-Marquez, J.R., Floury, M., Friberg, N., Gill, B.A., González-Trujillo, J.D., Göthe, E., Haase, P., Hamada, N., Hill, M.J., Hjort, J., Juen, L., Jupke, J.F., de Faria, A.P.J., Li, Z., Ligeiro, R., Linares, M.S., Luiza-Andrade, A., Macedo, D.R., Mathers, K.L., Mellado-Diaz, A., Milosevic, D., Moya, N., Poff, N.L., Rolls, R.J., Roque, F.O., Saito, V.S., Sandin, L., Schäfer, R.B., Scotti, A., Siqueira, T., Martins, R.T., Valente-Neto, F., Wang, B., Wang, J., Xie, Z., Heino, J., 2024. The relationships between biotic uniqueness and abiotic uniqueness are context dependent across drainage basins worldwide. Landscape Ecology 39: 86. Link

Rolls, R.J., Wolfenden, B., Heino, J., Butler, G.L., Thiem, J.D., 2023. Scale dependency in fish beta diversity–hydrology linkages in lowland rivers. Journal of Biogeography 50: 1692-1709. Link

Rolls, R.J., Deane, D.C., Johnson, S.E., Heino, J., Anderson, M.J., Ellingsen, K.E., 2023. Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems. Biological Reviews 98: 1388-1423. Link

Rolls, R.J., Chessman, B.C., Heino, J., Wolfenden, B., Thurtell, L.A., Cheshire, K.J.M., Ryan, D., Butler, G., Growns, I., Curwen, G., 2022. Change in beta diversity of riverine fish during and after supra-seasonal drought. Landscape Ecology 37: 1633-1651. Link

Kuehne, L.M., Rolls, R.J., Brandis, K.J., Chen, K., Fraley, K.M., Frost, L.K., Ho, S.S., Kunisch, E.H., Langhans, S.D., LeRoy, C.J., McDonald, G., McInerney, P.J., O'Brien, K.R., Strecker, A.L., 2022. Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science. Conservation Biology 36: e13884. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Chessman, B.C., Heino, J., Wolfenden, B., Growns, I.O., Cheshire, K.J.M., Curwen, G., Ryan, D. & Butler, G.L. 2021. Consequences of hydrological alteration for beta diversity of fish assemblages at multiple spatial scales. Science of The Total Environment: 149170. Link

Rolls, R.J. 2021. Assessing effects of flow regulation and an experimental flow pulse on population size structure of riverine fish with contrasting biological characteristics. Environmental Management 67: 763-778. Link

Rolls, R.J., Smolders, K.E., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2019. How does experimental selective timber harvesting affect invertebrate diversity across different spatial scales in subtropical streams? Ecological Indicators 98: 723-735. Link Story

Shumilova, O., Zak, D., Datry, T., von Schiller, D., et al. 2019. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology 25: 1591-1611. Link

von Schiller, D., Datry, T., Corti, R., Foulquier, A., et al.  2019. Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33: 1251-1263. Link

Leigh, C., Aspin, T.W.H., Matthews, T.J., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2019. Drought alters the functional stability of stream invertebrate communities through time. Journal of Biogeography 46: 1988-2000. Link

Rolls, R.J., Heino, J., Ryder, D.S., Chessman, B.C., Growns, I.O., Thompson, R.M. & Gido, K.B. 2018. Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes. Biological Reviews 93: 971-995. Link Story 

Smolders, K.E., Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2018. Effects of selective forest harvesting best management practices on organic matter and invertebrate detritivores in streams draining subtropical eucalypt forest. Ecological Engineering 122: 271-285. Link

Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., et al. 2018. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience 11: 497-503. Link

Rolls, R.J., Faggotter, S.J., Roberts, D.T. & Burford, M.A. 2018. Simultaneous assessment of two passage facilities for maintaining hydrological connectivity for subtropical coastal riverine fish. Ecological Engineering 124: 77-87. Link

Hayden, B., Myllykangas, J.-P., Rolls, R.J. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Climate and productivity shape fish and invertebrate community structure in subarctic lakes. Freshwater Biology 62: 990-1003. Link

Rolls, R.J., Hayden, B. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Conceptualising the interactive effects of climate change and biological invasions on subarctic freshwater fish. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4109-4128. Link

Robson, B.J., Lester, R.E., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Drouart, R., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D.S. & Thompson, R.M. 2017. Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research 124: 108-128. Link

Rolls, R.J., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Lester, R.E., Robson, B.J., Ryder, D.S., Thompson, R.M. & Watson, G.A. 2017. A framework for evaluating food-web responses to hydrological manipulations in riverine systems. Journal of Environmental Management 203: 136-150. Link 

Rolls, R.J. & Bond, N.R. 2017. Environmental and ecological effects of flow alteration in surface water ecosystems. In: Horne, A., Webb, J.A., Stewardson, M.J., Richter, B. & Acreman, M., eds. Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 65-83. Link

Boulton, A.J., Rolls, R.J., Jaeger, K.L. & Datry, T. 2017. Hydrological connectivity in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 79-108. Link

Datry, T., Corti, R., Heino, J., Hugueny, B., Rolls, R.J. & Ruhi, A. 2017. Habitat fragmentation and metapopulation, metacommunity, and metaecosystem dynamics of intermittent and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 377-403. Link

Rolls, R.J., Heino, J. & Chessman, B.C. 2016. Unravelling the joint effects of flow regime, climatic variability and dispersal mode on beta diversity of riverine communities. Freshwater Biology 61: 1350-1364. Link

Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Langhans, S.D. 2015. Improving science through improved acknowledgment of reviewers. Conservation Biology 29: 307-308. Link

Smolders, A., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D., Watkinson, A. & Mackenzie, M. 2015. Cattle-derived microbial input to source water catchments: An experimental assessment of stream crossing modification. Journal of Environmental Management 156: 143-149. Link 

Rolls, R.J. & Sternberg, D. 2015. Can species traits predict the susceptibility of riverine fish to water resource development? An Australian case study. Environmental Management 55: 1315-1326. Link 

Leigh, C., Bush, A., Harrison, E.T., Ho, S.S., Luke, L., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2015. Ecological effects of extreme climatic events on riverine ecosystems: insights from Australia. Freshwater Biology 60: 2620-2638. Link 

Rolls, R.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2014. How do low magnitudes of hydrologic alteration impact riverine fish populations and assemblage characteristics? Ecological Indicators 39: 179-188. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Stewart-Koster, B., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2014. Multiple factors determine the effect of anthropogenic barriers to connectivity on riverine fish. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2201-2220. Link 

Arthington, A.H., Rolls, R.J., Sternberg, D., Mackay, S.J. & James, C.S. 2014. Fish assemblages in subtropical rivers: low-flow hydrology dominates hydro-ecological relationships. Hydrological Sciences Journal 59: 594-604. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Growns, I.O., Khan, T.A., Wilson, G.G., Ellison, T.L., Prior, A. & Waring, C.C. 2013. Fish recruitment in rivers with modified discharge depends on the interacting effects of flow and thermal regimes. Freshwater Biology 58: 1804-1819. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2013. Consequences of connectivity alteration on riverine fish assemblages: potential opportunities to overcome constraints in applying conventional monitoring designs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23: 624-640. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O., Maxwell, S.E., Ryder, D.S. & Westhorpe, D.P. 2012. Effects of an experimental environmental flow release on the diet of fish in a regulated coastal Australian river. Hydrobiologia 686: 195-212. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Sheldon, F. 2012. Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration. Freshwater Science 31: 1163-1186. Link 

Rolls, R.J. 2011. The role of life-history and location of barriers to migration in the spatial distribution and conservation of fish assemblages in a coastal river system. Biological Conservation 144: 339-349. Link 

Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O. & Maxwell, S.E. 2011. Response by fish assemblages to an environmental flow release in a temperate coastal Australian river: A paired catchment analysis. River Research and Applications 27: 867-880. Link 

Rolls, R.J. & Wilson, G.G. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns in fish assemblages following an artificially extended floodplain inundation event, northern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Environmental Management 45: 822-833. Link 

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All of these articles are available at:  http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Rolls or by contacting me.
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