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Overview

Robert P. Brooks is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Urban Green Space and Health, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Brooks has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers reflecting interests in both visualization techniques and nutrient pollution management. Notable papers include:

  • Is the rapid development of visualization techniques enhancing the quality of public participation in natural resource policy and management? A systematic review, 2022, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Quantifying Vegetation and Landscape Metrics with Hyperspatial Unmanned Aircraft System Imagery in a Coastal Oligohaline Marsh, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Pathways for the utilization of visualization techniques in designing participatory natural resource policy and management, 2023, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Shared discovery: A process to coproduce knowledge among scientists, policy makers, and stakeholders for solving nutrient pollution problems, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Headwater stream condition and nutrient runoff: Relating SWAT to empirical ecological measures in an agricultural watershed in Pennsylvania, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality

The scientist collaborates frequently with a range of coauthors, including:

  • Denice H. Wardrop
  • Ellie Nasr-Azadani
  • Peter J. Backhaus
  • Gregory W. McCarty
  • Whitney P. Broussard

Robert P. Brooks publishes regularly in journals such as Journal of Environmental Quality, Landscape and Urban Planning, Estuaries and Coasts, Journal of Environmental Management, and Wetlands Ecology and Management.

Best Publications

  • Bird guilds as indicators of ecological condition in the central appalachians

    Timothy J. O'Connell;Laura E. Jackson;Robert P. Brooks

  • A comparison of created and natural wetlands in Pennsylvania, USA

    Deborah A. Campbell;Charles Andrew Cole;Robert P. Brooks

  • Use of avian and mammalian guilds as indicators of cumulative impacts in riparian-wetland areas

    Mary Jo Croonquist;Robert P. Brooks

  • Improving habitat suitability index models

    Robert P. Brooks

  • Rationale for a New Generation of Indicators for Coastal Waters

    Gerald Niemi;Denice Wardrop;Robert Brooks;Susan Anderson

  • A plant-based index of biological integrity (IBI) for headwater wetlands in central Pennsylvania

    Sarah J. Miller;Denice H. Wardrop;Wendy M. Mahaney;Robert P. Brooks

  • Soil properties of reference wetlands and wetland creation projects in Pennsylvania

    Laurie Bishel-Machung;Robert P. Brooks;Sharon S. Yates;Kevin L. Hoover

  • Effects of landscape patterns on biotic communities

    Joseph N. Miller;Robert P. Brooks;Mary Jo Croonquist

  • Wetland hydrology as a function of hydrogeomorphic (HGM) subclass

    Charles Andrew Cole;Robert P. Brooks;Denice H. Wardrop

  • Towards a Regional Index of Biological Integrity: the Example of Forested Riparian Ecosystems

    Robert P. Brooks;Timothy J. O'Connell;Denice H. Wardrop;Laura E. Jackson

  • Assessing Wetland Condition on a Watershed Basis in the Mid-Atlantic Region Using Synoptic Land-Cover Maps

    Robert P. Brooks;Denice H. Wardrop;Joseph A. Bishop

  • A Bird Community Index of Biotic Integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands

    T. J. O’Connell;L. E. Jackson;R. P. Brooks

  • A comparison of the hydrologic characteristics of natural and created mainstem floodplain wetlands in Pennsylvania

    Charles Andrew Cole;Robert P Brooks

  • Assessment of wetland condition: An example from the Upper Juniata watershed in Pennsylvania, USA

    Denice H. Wardrop;Mary E. Kentula;Donald L. Stevens;Susan F. Jensen

  • Effects of habitat disturbance on bird communities in riparian corridors

    Mary Jo Croonquist;Robert P. Brooks

  • Are we purveyors of wetland homogeneity?: A model of degradation and restoration to improve wetland mitigation performance

    Robert P. Brooks;Denice Heller Wardrop;Charles Andrew Cole;Deborah A. Campbell

  • Plants as indicators of wetland water source

    S. C. Goslee;R. P. Brooks;C. A. Cole

  • Plant and soil responses to salvaged marsh surface and organic matter amendments at a created wetland in central Pennsylvania

    Aura L. Stauffer;Robert P. Brooks

  • The occurrence and impact of sedimentation in central Pennsylvania wetlands

    Denice H. Wardrop;Robert P. Brooks

  • Flight responses by a migratory soaring raptor to changing meteorological conditions

    Michael J. Lanzone;Tricia A. Miller;Tricia A. Miller;Philip Turk;David Brandes

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd E. Katzner
Todd E. Katzner United States Geological Survey
Mark M. Brinson
Mark M. Brinson East Carolina University
Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
David R. DeWalle
David R. DeWalle Pennsylvania State University
Richard C. Stedman
Richard C. Stedman Cornell University
James S. Shortle
James S. Shortle Pennsylvania State University
Euan D. Reavie
Euan D. Reavie University of Minnesota, Duluth
Brent Yarnal
Brent Yarnal Pennsylvania State University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter J. A. Kleinman
Peter J. A. Kleinman Agricultural Research Service

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