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Overview

Barry W. Brook is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Additional areas of work include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Social Psychology.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Barry W. Brook has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably Jessie C. Buettel, Luke A. Yates, Christopher N. Johnson, Matthew W. Fielding, and Stefania Ondei. These long-term collaborations reflect sustained research partnerships within their field.

Their publication record includes contributions to several prominent venues. These frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ecology Letters, Ecology, and Ecology and Evolution.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Barry W. Brook include:

  • Cross validation for model selection: A review with examples from ecology, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change, 2020, Science
  • iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Factors affecting success of conservation translocations of terrestrial vertebrates: A global systematic review, 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Quantifying 25 years of disease-caused declines in Tasmanian devil populations: host density drives spatial pathogen spread, 2021, Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

    Luke Gibson;Tien Ming Lee;Tien Ming Lee;Lian Pin Koh;Lian Pin Koh;Barry W. Brook

  • Synergies among extinction drivers under global change.

    Barry William Brook;Navjot S. Sodhi;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  • Southeast Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster

    Navjot S. Sodhi;Lian Pin Koh;Lian Pin Koh;Barry W. Brook;Peter K.L. Ng

  • Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them

    Derek Spielman;Barry W. Brook;Richard Frankham

  • Genetics in conservation management: Revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Corey J.A. Bradshaw;Barry W. Brook

  • Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene.

    Christopher N. Johnson;Andrew Balmford;Barry W. Brook;Jessie C. Buettel

  • STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE FOR DENSITY DEPENDENCE IN ABUNDANCE TIME SERIES OF 1198 SPECIES

    Barry W. Brook;Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  • Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore

    Barry W. Brook;Navjot S. Sodhi;Peter K. L. Ng

  • Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology

    Brook Bw;O'Grady Jj;Chapman Ap;Burgman Ma

  • Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Navjot S. Sodhi;Kelvin S.-H. Peh;Kelvin S.-H. Peh;Barry W. Brook

  • Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations

    Julian J. O’Grady;Barry W. Brook;David H. Reed;Jonathan D. Ballou

  • The state and conservation of Southeast Asian biodiversity

    Navjot S. Sodhi;Mary Rose C. Posa;Tien Ming Lee;David Bickford

  • Estimates of minimum viable population sizes for vertebrates and factors influencing those estimates

    David H Reed;Julian J O'Grady;Barry W Brook;Jonathan D Ballou

  • Measuring the Meltdown: Drivers of Global Amphibian Extinction and Decline

    Navjot S. Sodhi;David Bickford;Arvin C. Diesmos;Arvin C. Diesmos;Tien Ming Lee

  • Minimum viable population size: A meta-analysis of 30 years of published estimates

    Lochran William Traill;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Barry William Brook

  • Tropical turmoil: a biodiversity tragedy in progress

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Navjot S. Sodhi;Barry W. Brook

  • An ecomodernist manifesto

    J Asafu-Adjaye;L Blomquist;S Brand;BW Brook

  • Does inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity decrease disease resistance

    Derek Spielman;Barry W. Brook;David A. Briscoe;Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham

  • Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems

    B.P. Heard;B.W. Brook;T.M.L. Wigley;T.M.L. Wigley;C.J.A. Bradshaw

  • Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world

    Lochran W. Traill;Barry W. Brook;Richard R. Frankham;Corey J.A. Bradshaw;Corey J.A. Bradshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University
Damien A. Fordham
Damien A. Fordham University of Adelaide
Navjot S. Sodhi
Navjot S. Sodhi National University of Singapore
Richard Frankham
Richard Frankham Macquarie University
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Christopher N. Johnson
Christopher N. Johnson University of Tasmania
Lian Pin Koh
Lian Pin Koh National University of Singapore
Camille Mellin
Camille Mellin University of Adelaide
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University

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