Matthew L. Brooks

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Matthew L. Brooks is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew L. Brooks has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Matthew L. Brooks's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (54 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (40 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers). Matthew L. Brooks is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (54 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (40 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers). Matthew L. Brooks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Matthew L. Brooks's co-authors include David A. Pyke, Carla M. D’Antonio, James B. Grace, Joseph M. DiTomaso, John R. Matchett, Mike Pellant, David M. Richardson, Jon E. Keeley, Richard J. Hobbs and Jeanne C. Chambers and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthew L. Brooks

75 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes
    2004 1.2k citations Matthew L. Brooks, Joseph M. DiTomaso et al. profile →

Peers

Matthew L. Brooks
Tony J. Svejcar United States
Loretta C. Johnson United States
Viki A. Cramer Australia
Kirk W. Davies United States
Stephen H. Roxburgh Australia
Susanne Schwinning United States
Jonathan D. Bakker United States
Ian D. Lunt Australia
Jesse B. Nippert United States
Daniel G. Milchunas United States
Tony J. Svejcar United States
Matthew L. Brooks
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew L. Brooks

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yin, Junjun, Matthew L. Brooks, Donghui Wang, & Guangqing Chi. (2024). Characterizing climate change sentiments in Alaska on social media. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100110–100110. 1 indexed citations
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González, Eduardo, et al.. (2020). Combined effects of biological control of an invasive shrub and fluvial processes on riparian vegetation dynamics. Biological Invasions. 22(7). 2339–2356. 17 indexed citations
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Clark, Christopher M., Samuel M. Simkin, Edith B. Allen, et al.. (2019). Potential vulnerability of 348 herbaceous species to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in the United States. Nature Plants. 5(7). 697–705. 58 indexed citations
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Coates, Peter S., Mark A. Ricca, Brian G. Prochazka, et al.. (2015). Long-term effects of wildfire on greater sage-grouse - integrating population and ecosystem concepts for management in the Great Basin. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 18 indexed citations
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Matchett, John R., Philip B. Stark, Steven M. Ostoja, et al.. (2015). Detecting the influence of rare stressors on rare species in Yosemite National Park using a novel stratified permutation test. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10702–10702. 4 indexed citations
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Manier, Daniel J., Zachary H. Bowen, Matthew L. Brooks, et al.. (2014). Conservation buffer distance estimates for Greater Sage-Grouse: a review. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 23 indexed citations
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Rao, Leela E., John R. Matchett, Matthew L. Brooks, et al.. (2014). Relationships between annual plant productivity, nitrogen deposition and fire size in low-elevation California desert scrub. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 24(1). 48–58. 8 indexed citations
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Mantgem, Phillip J. van, Jonathan C. B. Nesmith, MaryBeth Keifer, & Matthew L. Brooks. (2012). Tree mortality patterns following prescribed fire for Pinus and Abies across the southwestern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 289. 463–469. 22 indexed citations
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Dowling, T. I., et al.. (2011). Continental hydrologic assessment using the 1 second (30m) resolution Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission DEM of Australia. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 7 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L.. (2011). Effects of high fire frequency in creosote bush scrub vegetation of the Mojave Desert. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 21(1). 61–68. 28 indexed citations
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Finn, Sean P., Matthew L. Brooks, Alan L. Flint, et al.. (2010). Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations
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Pyke, David A., et al.. (2009). A Chronosequence Feasibility Assessment of EmergencyFire Rehabilitation Records within the IntermountainWestern United States. Insecta mundi. 2 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L., et al.. (2008). Fire management and invasive plants- A handbook. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, Jane Kapler, et al.. (2008). Chapter 16: Fire and nonnative plants-summary and conclusions. 42. 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L., et al.. (2007). Creosotebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands [Chapter 6]. 202. 97–110. 1 indexed citations
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DiTomaso, Joseph M., et al.. (2006). Control of Invasive Weeds with Prescribed Burning. Weed Technology. 20(2). 535–548. 174 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L. & John R. Matchett. (2003). Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. Western North American Naturalist. 63(3). 283–298. 26 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L., et al.. (1997). A scheme for differentiating and defining the different situations under which live rhinos are conserved. Pachyderm. 23. 24–28. 5 indexed citations
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Leader‐Williams, Nigel, et al.. (1997). A SCHEME FOR DIFFERENTIATING AND DEFINING THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS UNDER WHICH LIVE RHINOS ARE CONSERVED. Pachyderm. 24–28. 7 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew L.. (1995). Benefits of protective fencing to plant and rodent communities of the western Mojave Desert, California. Environmental Management. 19(1). 65–74. 33 indexed citations

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