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Ecology and Evolution
Switzerland
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
93
Citations
57281
World Ranking
380
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Thomas M. Brooks is affiliated with the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research topics cover a range of environmental and ecological concerns, including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Conservation and Management.

Thomas M. Brooks has contributed to multiple publications across well-known venues, including Conservation Biology, Nature, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature Ecology & Evolution. Their body of work includes peer-reviewed papers published across these journals.

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration, 2020, Nature
  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods, 2022, Nature
  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context, 2020, Nature Plants
  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors in their research include Stuart H. M. Butchart, Michael Hoffmann, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlane, Louise Mair, and Philip J.K. McGowan.

In addition to journal articles, Thomas M. Brooks has also published book contributions, including a title with the United Nations: Measuring progress: Environment and the SDGs published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

    S. L. Pimm;C. N. Jenkins;R. Abell;T. M. Brooks

  • Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions

    R.A. Mittermeier;P.G. Gil;M. Hoffman;J. Pilgrim

  • The future of biodiversity

    S. L. Pimm;G. J. Russell;J. L. Gittleman;T. M. Brooks

  • The future of biodiversity.

    Stuart L. Pimm;Gareth J. Russell;John L. Gittleman;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Global biodiversity conservation priorities.

    T. M. Brooks;T. M. Brooks;T. M. Brooks;R. A. Mittermeier;G. A. B. da Fonseca;G. A. B. da Fonseca;J. Gerlach

  • Habitat Loss and Extinction in the Hotspots of Biodiversity

    Thomas M. Brooks;Russell A. Mittermeier;Cristina G. Mittermeier;Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca

  • Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

    Sean L. Maxwell;Richard A. Fuller;Thomas M. Brooks;James E. M. Watson

  • Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots

    Russell A. Mittermeier;Will R. Turner;Frank W. Larsen;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr;Luigi Boitani

  • The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

    Jan Schipper;Jan Schipper;Janice S. Chanson;Janice S. Chanson;Federica Chiozza;Neil A. Cox;Neil A. Cox

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • The value of the IUCN Red List for conservation

    Ana S.L. Rodrigues;John D. Pilgrim;John F. Lamoreux;Michael Hoffmann

  • Wilderness and biodiversity conservation

    R. A. Mittermeier;C. G. Mittermeier;T. M. Brooks;J. D. Pilgrim

  • Moment of truth for the Cerrado hotspot.

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Thomas Brooks;Rafael Feltran-Barbieri;Rafael Feltran-Barbieri;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Carlos Leandro Cordeiro;Carlos Leandro Cordeiro

  • Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

    William J. Sutherland;Rosalind Aveling;Thomas M. Brooks;Mick Clout

  • Global Gap Analysis: Priority Regions for Expanding the Global Protected-Area Network

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;H. Resit Akçakaya;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr

  • Conservation Conflicts Across Africa

    Andrew Balmford;Joslin Moore;Joslin Moore;Thomas M Brooks;Thomas M Brooks;Thomas M Brooks;Neil Burgess

  • Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation

    Soizic Le Saout;Michael Hoffmann;Michael Hoffmann;Yichuan Shi;Yichuan Shi;Adrian Hughes

  • Time Lag between Deforestation and Bird Extinction in Tropical Forest Fragments

    Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart L. Pimm;Joseph O. Oyugi

  • Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions

    Taylor H. Ricketts;Eric Dinerstein;Tim Boucher;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Shortcuts for Biodiversity Conservation Planning: The Effectiveness of Surrogates

    Ana S.L. Rodrigues;Thomas M. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Ana S. L. Rodrigues
Ana S. L. Rodrigues University of Montpellier
Simon N. Stuart
Simon N. Stuart Synchronicity Earth
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier Conservation International
Carlo Rondinini
Carlo Rondinini Sapienza University of Rome
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Craig Hilton-Taylor
Craig Hilton-Taylor IUCN Red List
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge

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