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44
Citations
7985
World Ranking
5048
National Ranking
410

Overview

Garry D. Cook is affiliated with Arafurica Pty Ltd in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research has a strong focus on the effects of fire on ecosystems, forest ecology and management, and the use of tree-ring data to assess climate responses.

The core topics that define their research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems

The scientist has published work in several publication venues, most frequently in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Standing dead trees contribute significantly to carbon budgets in Australian savannas," 2020, International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • "Data associated with the publication 'Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change'," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cook include:

  • C. P. Meyer
  • Josep G. Canadell
  • Andrew Dowdy
  • Peter Briggs
  • Jürgen Knauer

Their work spans several subfields within environmental science, with primary contributions to:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Forestry

Overall, Garry D. Cook's scientific output reflects a focus on understanding ecosystem dynamics, particularly related to fire ecology and the role of vegetation and dead biomass in carbon cycling. The interdisciplinary nature of their research connects atmospheric and earth sciences with applied forestry and conservation efforts in Australia.

Best Publications

  • Fire frequency and biodiversity conservation in Australian tropical savannas: implications from the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett;Michael M. Douglas

  • Fire regime, fire intensity and tree survival in a tropical savanna in northern Australia

    R. J. Williams;G. D. Cook;A. M. Gill;P. H. R. Moore

  • Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change

    Josep G Canadell;C P Mick Meyer;Garry D Cook;Andrew Dowdy

  • Contemporary fire regimes of northern Australia, 1997–2001: change since Aboriginal occupancy, challenges for sustainable management

    Jeremy Russell-Smith;Cameron Yates;Andrew Edwards;Grant E. Allan

  • Variation in the composition and structure of tropical savannas as a function of rainfall and soil texture along a large‐scale climatic gradient in the Northern Territory, Australia

    R. J. Williams;G. A. Duff;D. M. J. S. Bowman;G. D. Cook

  • Managing fire regimes in north Australian savannas: applying Aboriginal approaches to contemporary global problems

    Jeremy Russell-Smith;Garry D Cook;Peter M Cooke;Andrew C Edwards

  • RESPONSE OF EUCALYPTUS‐DOMINATED SAVANNA TO FREQUENT FIRES: LESSONS FROM MUNMARLARY, 1973–1996

    Jeremy Russell-Smith;Peter J. Whitehead;Garry D. Cook;Garry D. Cook;James L. Hoare

  • Trace gas emissions from biomass burning in tropical Australian savannas

    Dale F. Hurst;David W. T. Griffith;Garry D. Cook

  • Improving estimates of savanna burning emissions for greenhouse accounting in northern Australia: limitations, challenges, applications

    Jeremy Russell-Smith;Brett P. Murphy;C. P. Meyer;C. P. Meyer;Garry D. Cook;Garry D. Cook

  • Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

    T.T. van Leeuwen;T.T. van Leeuwen;G.R. van der Werf;A.A. Hoffmann;R.G. Detmers;R.G. Detmers

  • Fire in tropical savannas : the Kapalga experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Garry D. Cook;Richard J. Williams

  • Fire research for conservation management in tropical savannas: Introducing the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Richard W. Braithwaite;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett

  • Contributions of woody and herbaceous vegetation to tropical savanna ecosystem productivity: a quasi-global estimate.

    Jonathan Lloyd;Michael Bird;Lins Vellen;Antonio Carlos Miranda

  • 13C-depleted charcoal from C4 grasses and the role of occluded carbon in phytoliths

    Evelyn S Krull;Jan O Skjemstad;D Graetz;K Grice

  • It was no accident: deliberate plant introductions by Australian government agencies during the 20th century

    Garry D. Cook;Lesley Dias

  • Invasive Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) is an ecosystem transformer of nitrogen relations in Australian savanna

    Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Samantha A. Setterfield;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • The fate of nutrients during fires in a tropical savanna

    G. D. Cook

  • Interactions between climate change, fire regimes and biodiversity in Australia: A preliminary assessment

    R.J. Williams;R.A. Bradstock;G.J. Cary;N.J. Enright

  • Spatial variation in the duration of the rainy season in monsoonal Australia

    Garry D. Cook;Richard G. Heerdegen

  • Experimental reconstruction of monsoon drought variability for Australasia using tree rings and corals

    Rosanne D'Arrigo;Patrick John Baker;Jonathan Palmer;Kevin Anchukaitis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Williams
Richard J. Williams Deakin University
Jeremy Russell-Smith
Jeremy Russell-Smith Charles Darwin University
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
Alan N. Andersen
Alan N. Andersen Charles Darwin University
Samantha A. Setterfield
Samantha A. Setterfield University of Western Australia
Brett P. Murphy
Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University
Michael M. Douglas
Michael M. Douglas University of Western Australia
Stephen H. Roxburgh
Stephen H. Roxburgh Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Patrick J. Baker
Patrick J. Baker University of Melbourne
Martin J. Wooster
Martin J. Wooster King's College London

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