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Ronald J. Brooks

Ronald J. Brooks

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
9629
World Ranking
2761
National Ranking
179

Overview

Ronald J. Brooks is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Oncology. The scientist's research topics span Turtle Biology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, as well as COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Brooks has published in multiple academic journals, with frequent venues including the Canadian Journal of Zoology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Health Services Research, The American Journal of Managed Care, and Biological Conservation.

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • "Disruptions in preventive care: Mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) in Health Services Research
  • "Telemedicine catches on: changes in the utilization of telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021) in The American Journal of Managed Care
  • "Predation and disease limit population recovery following 15 years of headstarting an endangered freshwater turtle" (2020) in Biological Conservation
  • "Sex, shells, and weaponry: coercive reproductive tactics in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta" (2020) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • "Variation in space and time: a long-term examination of density-dependent dispersal in a woodland rodent" (2020) in Oecologia

Collaboration is evident in their work, with frequent coauthors including Jacqueline D. Litzgus, Patrick D. Moldowan, Njal Rollinson, Matthew G. Keevil, and Simon T. Denomme-Brown.

Best Publications

  • Eliminating autocorrelation reduces biological relevance of home range estimates

    Shane R. De Solla;Russell Bonduriansky;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Effects of a sudden increase in natural mortality of adults on a population of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

    Ronald J. Brooks;Gregory P. Brown;David A. Galbraith

  • Individual recognition by song in white-throated sparrows. I. Discrimination of songs of neighbors and strangers

    Ronald J. Brooks;J. Bruce Falls

  • Individual recognition by song in white-throated sparrows. II. Effects of location

    J. Bruce Falls;Ronald J. Brooks

  • The case for a cause-effect linkage between environmental contamination and development in eggs of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra S.serpentina) from Ontario, Canada.

    Christine A. Bishop;Ronald J. Brooks;John H. Carey;Peggy Ng

  • Maternal and environmental influences on growth and survival of embryonic and hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

    Ronald J. Brooks;Michele L. Bobyn;David A. Galbraith;James A. Layfield

  • Current problems in the study of infanticidal behaviour of rodents: a review.

    J.B. Labov;U.W. Huck;Robert Elwood;R.J. Brooks

  • Hatchling turtles survive freezing during winter hibernation.

    Kenneth B. Storey;Janet M. Storey;Stephen P. J. Brooks;Thomas A. Churchill

  • Nest-site selection and offspring sex ratio in painted turtles, Chrysemys picta

    Lin Schwarzkopf;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Infanticide and other reproductive strategies in the collared lemming, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

    Frank F. Mallory;Frank F. Mallory;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Social Behavior of Microtus pennsylvanicus in Relation to Seasonal Changes in Demography

    A. Bruce Webster;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Environmental contamination and developmental abnormalities in eggs and hatchlings of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River basin (1989-1991).

    Christine A. Bishop;P. Ng;K.E. Pettit;S.W. Kennedy

  • Individual recognition by song in white-throated sparrows. III. Song features used in individual recognition

    Ronald J. Brooks;J. Bruce Falls

  • VALIDATION TESTS OF AN AMPHIBIAN CALL COUNT SURVEY TECHNIQUE IN ONTARIO, CANADA

    Leonard J. Shirose;Christine A. Bishop;David M. Green;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Interclutch and interpopulation variation in the effects of incubation conditions on sex, survival and growth of hatchling turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

    Michèle L. Bobyn;Ronald J. Brooks

  • LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF SMALL-MAMMAL POPULATIONS IN ONTARIO

    John M. Fryxell;J. Bruce Falls;E. Ann Falls;Ronald J. Brooks

  • DENSITY DEPENDENCE, PREY DEPENDENCE, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF MARTENS IN ONTARIO

    John M. Fryxell;J. Bruce Falls;E. Ann Falls;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Sex determination in northern painted turtles: effect of incubation at constant and fluctuating temperatures

    Lin Schwarzkopf;Ronald J. Brooks

  • Impact of organochlorine contamination on levels of sex hormones and external morphology of common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) in Ontario, Canada.

    S R de Solla;C A Bishop;G Van der Kraak;R J Brooks

  • A Radio-telemetry and Mark-Recapture Study of Activity in the Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina

    Martyn E. Obbard;Ronald J. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline D. Litzgus
Jacqueline D. Litzgus Laurentian University
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Gregory P. Brown
Gregory P. Brown Macquarie University
J. Bruce Falls
J. Bruce Falls University of Toronto
Christine A. Bishop
Christine A. Bishop Environment and Climate Change Canada
Russell Bonduriansky
Russell Bonduriansky University of New South Wales
John M. Fryxell
John M. Fryxell University of Guelph
Doug P. Armstrong
Doug P. Armstrong Massey University
Stephen C. Lougheed
Stephen C. Lougheed Queen's University
Jay R. Malcolm
Jay R. Malcolm University of Toronto

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