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Overview

Rob W. Brooker is a researcher affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom, whose work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses on areas such as agronomic practices, intercropping systems, ecology, vegetation dynamics, plant and animal studies, and species distribution in relation to climate change.

Their contributions include multiple studies published in various scientific journals, covering topics from crop production systems to ecological modeling. Some recent papers authored by Rob W. Brooker include:

  • Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate (2022, Trends in Plant Science)
  • Plant diversity and ecological intensification in crop production systems (2023, Journal of Plant Ecology)

Beyond solo publications, Rob W. Brooker has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, contributing to a broad range of studies. Frequent coauthors include Christian Schöb, Nadine Engbersen, Laura Stefan, Robin J. Pakeman, and Alison J. Karley.

The venues for Rob W. Brooker's publications reflect contributions to both peer-reviewed journals and preprint repositories. They have published extensively in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Ecology & Diversity
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Trends in Plant Science

Rob W. Brooker's research covers multiple subfields within broader domains, including:

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics explored in their work emphasize interactions in agricultural systems and ecological functions, notably:

  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Agroforestry and Silvopastoral Systems
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Research outputs highlight various aspects of biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and adaptive responses in changing environmental conditions, with a focus on sustainable farming practices and plant interactions in mixed-species systems.

Best Publications

  • Positive interactions among alpine plants increase with stress.

    Ragan M. Callaway;R. W. Brooker;Philippe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

    Rob W. Brooker;Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Christopher L. Lortie

  • Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison E. Bennett;Wen Feng Cong;Tim J. Daniell

  • The balance between positive and negative plant interactions and its relationship to environmental gradients : a model

    Rob W. Brooker;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Rethinking plant community theory

    Christopher J. Lortie;Rob W. Brooker;Phillipe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Plant-plant interactions and environmental change.

    Rob W. Brooker

  • The importance of importance

    Rob Brooker;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

    Rob W. Brooker;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Modelling species' range shifts in a changing climate: the impacts of biotic interactions, dispersal distance and the rate of climate change.

    Robin William Brooker;Justin M. J. Travis;Ewen J. Clark;Ewen J. Clark;Calvin Dytham

  • LINKING PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES: A GLOBAL STUDY

    Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Robin W. Brooker;Philippe Choler

  • The Mechanisms and Consequences of Interspecific Competition Among Plants

    Erik T. Aschehoug;Rob Brooker;Daniel Z. Atwater;John L. Maron

  • Mosses mediate grazer impacts on grass abundance in arctic ecosystems

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  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Functional traits and local environment predict vegetation responses to disturbance: a pan‐European multi‐site experiment

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Alan Gray;Adam J. Vanbergen;Laurent Bergès

  • Partitioning net interactions among plants along altitudinal gradients to study community responses to climate change

    Richard Michalet;Christian Schöb;Christopher J. Lortie;Rob W. Brooker

  • Mosses and the struggle for light in a nitrogen-polluted world.

    René van der Wal;Imogen S. K. Pearce;Rob W. Brooker

  • Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison J. Karley;Adrian C. Newton;Robin J. Pakeman

  • The distribution of positive and negative species interactions across environmental gradients on a dual-lattice model.

    Justin Mark John Travis;Rob W. Brooker;Ewen J. Clark;Ewen J. Clark;C. Dytham

  • Plant ecology's guilty little secret: understanding the dynamics of plant competition

    Clare J. Trinder;Rob W. Brooker;David Robinson

  • Interplay between nitrogen deposition and grazing causes habitat degradation

    René Van Der Wal;Imogen Pearce;Rob Brooker;Dave Scott

  • Weak and variable relationships between environmental severity and small-scale co-occurrence in alpine plant communities

    S. Dullinger;I. Kleinbauer;H. Pauli;M. Gottfried

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin J. Pakeman
Robin J. Pakeman James Hutton Institute
Zaal Kikvidze
Zaal Kikvidze Ilia State University
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Christopher J. Lortie
Christopher J. Lortie York University
Francisco I. Pugnaire
Francisco I. Pugnaire Spanish National Research Council
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Lohengrin A. Cavieres
Lohengrin A. Cavieres University of Concepción
David G. Robinson
David G. Robinson Heidelberg University

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