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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
External positions
Honorary Associate Professor , Macquarie University
2021 → 2026
Member, Commonwealth Threatened Species Scientific Committee
2020 → 2026
Member, NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee
2016 → 2020
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Accounting for functional diversity in biodiversity protection measures
Lee, J. S., Brazill-Boast, J., Cornwell, W. & Gallagher, R., Mar 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 2, p. 669-679 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case
Williams, L. J., Gallagher, R. V., Rifai, S. W., Adeleye, M. A., Baker, P. J., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Eckersley, J., England, J. R., Fletcher, M. S., Grierson, P. F., Inbar, A., Knauer, J., Stephens, C. M., Trouvé, R. & Medlyn, B. E., Mar 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 2, p. 461-485 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exposure and sensitivity of threatened plant species to changing drought regimes: a global analysis
Everingham, S. E., Wright, I. J., Teckentrup, L., Allen, S. & Gallagher, R. V., Mar 2026, In: Biological Conservation. 315, 13 p., 111684.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional redundancy shapes spatial patterns of vulnerability to climate-driven shifts in plant communities across Australia
Martín-Forés, I., Morgan, R. V., Andrew, S. C., Gallagher, R. V. & Guerin, G. R., 20 May 2026, In: Science of the Total Environment. 1031, 15 p., 181791.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of the renewable energy transition on global plant diversity: a review
Gallagher, R. V., Andres, S. E., Stephens, R. E., Hewitt, C., Wintle, B. A., van Leeuwen, S., Smith, B. & Adams, V. M., Jan 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 1, p. 87-115 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Into the wild: a safe site network to halt plant extinctions
Gallagher, R. (PI)
14/01/26 → 13/01/30
Project: Research
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Developing indicators of the resilience of koala food tree plantings under future climates
Gallagher, R. (PI) & Moore, B. (Investigator)
20/06/25 → 13/09/27
Project: Research
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Monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) of restoration investments
Gallagher, R. (PI)
Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (NSW)
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
Datasets
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Plant diversity spatial layers for Australia
Mokany, K., McCarthy, J., Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Harwood, T., Kooyman, R. & Westoby, M., CSIRO, 2022
DOI: 10.25919/mk24-1792, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:55692v2
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Using seed morphological traits to predict early performance using pelletized seed enhancement technologies in restoration practice
Andres, S., Lieurance, P. E., Mills, C. H., Tetu, S. G. & Gallagher, R., osf, 7 Jun 2024
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/5WC4Q, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5WC4Q
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Extracted raw data from: Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate, and topography
Ngute, A. S. K., van der Heijden, G. M. F., van Breugel, M., Enquist, B. J., Gallagher, R. V., Gehring, C., Laurance, S. G. W., Laurance, W. F., Letcher, S., Liu, W. & Phillips, O. L., ZENODO, 19 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10428834, https://zenodo.org/records/10428834
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Data from: putting seed traits into pellets: using seed mass data to improve seed encapsulation technology for native plant revegetation
Lieurance, P. E., Mills, C. H., Tetu, S. G. & Gallagher, R., Dryad, 16 Apr 2024
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m905qfv7h, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m905qfv7h
Dataset
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AusTraits: a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E., Sauquet, H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S., Baxter, C., Lawson, J., Allen, S., Fuchs, A., Monro, A., Kar, F., Adams, M. A., Ahrens, C. W., Alfonzetti, M., Amini, S., Angevin, T., Apgaua, D. M. G., Arndt, S., Ash, J., Atkin, O. K., Atkinson, J., Auld, T., Baker, A., Balthazar, M. V., Bean, A., Blackman, C. J., Bloomfield, K., Boreham, T., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Bradstock, R., Bragg, J., Brand, W. A., Briggs, A., Brock, J., Brodribb, T. J., Buckton, G., Burrows, G., Butler, D., Caldwell, E., Camac, J., Carpenter, R., Catford, J. A., Cawthray, G. R., Cernusak, L. A., Chandler, G., Chapman, A. R., Cheal, D., Cheesman, A. W., Chen, S.-C., Chinnock, R., Choat, B., Clarke, P., Clayton, D., Clemants, S., Clifford, H. T., Clinton, B., Clode, P. L., Cochrane, M., Coleman, H., Collins, B., Conti, A., Cooper, W., Cooper, W., Cornwell, W. K., Cosgrove, M., Cowie, I., Craven, L., Crisp, M., Cross, E., Crous, K. Y., Cunningham, S., Curran, T., Curtis, E., Davidson, I., Daws, M. I., de Salas, M., de Tombeur, F., DeGabriel, J. L., Denton, M. D., Dong, N., Du, P., Duan, H., Duncan, D. H., Duncan, R. P., Duretto, M., Dwyer, J. M., Eamus, D., Edwards, C., Egan, J., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Evans, J. R., Everingham, S. E., Fahey, C., Falster, D., Farrell, C., Firn, J., Fonseca, C. R., Forster, P. I., Foster, J., French, B. J., French, T., Frith, A., Frood, D., Funk, J. L., Gallagher, R., Gardiner, R., Geange, S. R., Ghannoum, O., Gill, M., Gleason, S. M., Goble-Garratt, E., Gosper, C. R., Gray, E., Groom, P. K., Grootemaat, S., Gross, C., Grubb, P., Guerin, G., Guilherme Pereira, C., Guinane, C., Guja, L., Hahs, A. K., Hall, T., Hallet, M., Harrison, M. T., Haslehurst, T., Hassiotou, F., Hayes, P. E., Henery, M., Herbohn, J., Hochuli, D., Hocking, P., Howell, J., Hu, J., Huang, G., Hughes, K., Hughes, L., Huisman, J., Ilic, J., Islam, M., Jagdish, A., Jin, D., Jordan, G., Jurado, E., Kanowski, J., Kasel, S., Kealley, I., Keighery, G., Kellermann, J., Kenny, B., Kirkpatrick, J., Knox, K., Kohout, M., Kooyman, R. M., Kotowska, M. M., Kovac, L., Kreger, K., Kuo, J., Lai, H. R., Laliberté, E., Lambers, H., Lambert, M., Lamont, B. B., Lanceman, D., Lanfear, R., Laughlin, D. C., Laugier-Kitchener, B.-A., Laurance, S., Lawes, M., Laws, C., Lawson, J., Laxton, E., Lehmann, C. E. R., Leigh, A., Leishman, M. R., Lenz, T., Lepschi, B., Lewis, J. D., Lim, F., Lindsay, L., Liu, U., Londono, D. M., López Martinez, A., Lord, J., Ludwig, C., Lunt, I., Lusk, C. H., Maconochie, M., Macinnis-Ng, C., McPherson, H., Magallón, S., Manea, A., Marais, K., Maslin, B., Mason, R., Mayfield, M., Mazanec, R., McC Overton, J., McCarthy, J. K., McFarlane, E., Meers, T., Metcalfe, D., Milberg, P., Mokany, K., Moles, A. T., Moore, B. D., Moore, N., Morgan, H., Morgan, J. W., Morris, W., Muir, A., Munroe, S., Myerscough, P., Nelson, D., Neyland, D., Nicholson, Á., Nicolle, D., Nicotra, A. B., Niinemets, Ü., North, T., O'Reilly-Nugent, A., O'Sullivan, O. S., Oberle, B., Olsen, M., Onoda, Y., Ooi, M. K. J., Orscheg, C., Osborne, C. P., Paczkowska, G., Peeters, P., Pekin, B., Perry, G., Phillips, A., Pickering, C., Pickup, M., Pollitt, L., Pollock, L. J., Polmear, R., Poot, P., Possingham, H., Powell, J. R., Power, S. A., Prentice, I. C., Price, A., Prior, L., Prober, S. M., Pyne, T., Read, J., Reynolds, V., Rice, B., Richards, A. E., Richardson, B., Rigg, J. L., Roberts, B., Roderick, M. L., Rosell, J. A., Rossetto, M., Rye, B., Rymer, P. D., Salomaa, A., Sams, M. A., Sanson, G., Sauquet, H., Schmidt, S., Schöenenberger, J., Schulze, E.-D., Schulze, I., Schulze, W., Scott, A. J., Sendall, K., Shapcott, A., Shaw, V., Shoo, L., Sinclair, S., Sjostrom, A., Smith, B., Smith, R., Soliveres, S., Soper, F., Sparrow, B., Spooner, A., Standish, R. J., Staples, T. L., Stephens, R., Stewart, G., Suda, J., Szota, C., Tait, C., Taseski, G., Tasker, E., Taylor, D., Thomas, F., Thompson, I., Tissue, D. T., Tjoelker, M. G., Tng, D. Y. P., Toelken, H. R., Tomlinson, K., Trudgen, M., Turner, N. C., van der Merwe, M., van Langevelde, F., Veneklaas, E. J., Venn, S., Vesk, P., Vlasveld, C., Vorontsova, M. S., Warren, C. A., Warwick, N., Weerasinghe, L. K., Wells, J., Westman, W. E., Westoby, M., White, M., Williams, E., Williams, N. S. G., Williams, R. J., Willis, K., Wills, J., Wilson, J. B., Wilson, P. G., Wright, I. J., Yates, C., Yen, J., Zanne, A. E., Zemunik, G., Ziemińska, K., Nolan, R., Boer, M. M., Robinson, A., Welsh, N., Messina, A., Stajsic, V., Ohlsen, D., Klazenga, N., Coleman, D., Coleman, D., Dun, L., Yang, S., Barrett, R., Lu-Irving, P., Sommerville, K., Wenk, E. & Falster, D., ZENODO, 19 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10156222, https://zenodo.org/records/10156222
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