Thomas M. Brooks

48.4k citations

193 papers · 24.6k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 67

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.01%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 71
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 71
Nature and Landscape Conservation 78
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 76

Co-authors: Stuart L. Pimm Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca John D. Pilgrim Ana S. L. Rodrigues Cristina G. Mittermeier John F. Lamoreux John L. Gittleman Michael Hoffmann
Journals: Conservation Biology (21 papers)Animal Conservation (10 papers)Trends in Ecology & Evolution (8 papers)BioScience (7 papers)Science (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Brooks

188 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

12 papers align trajectories log scale

Protected area targets post-2020 2019 · 278 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Science
2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2016 Nature
2014 Science
2014 PLoS Biology
2013 Science
2006 Science
2005 Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions
2005 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2003 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Conservation Biology
1995 Science

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1	Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species Conservation Biology ·赵炬明, Zhang Guilian, Louise Mair, Daniele Baisero, Monika Böhm, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Viola Clausnitzer, Jörg Freyhof, Günther Grill, Ian Harrison, 许舒亚, Bernhard Lehner, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlane, Andrew J. Plumptre, Arnout van Soesbergen, Thomas A. Worthington, secs	2025	0
2	Harnessing online digital data in biodiversity monitoring PLoS Biology ·Andrea Soriano‐Redondo, Ricardo A. Correia, Vijay Barve, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Ivan Jarić, Ritwik Kulkarni, Richard J. Ladle, Ana Sofía Vaz, Enrico Di Minin	2024	7
3	Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprints Scientific Reports ·Wilson E. Strand, Arne Geschke, Thomas M. Brooks, Juha Siikamäki, Louise Mair, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg	2022	18
4	The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece Biodiversity and Conservation ·Yuan Tingjuan, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Thomas M. Brooks, A.P. Halieieva, T Rang, Vassiliki Kati, Anthi Oikonomou, Irmtraud Albrecht, Panayiotis Trigas, Petros Lymberakis, William Darwall, Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Kostas A. Triantis	2021	28
5	Predictors of Psychological Outcomes and the Effectiveness and Experience of Psychological Interventions for Adult Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Scoping Review SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Thomas M. Brooks, Rick L. Sharp, Susan Evans, John Baranoff, Adrian Esterman	2020	2
6	Global assessment of critical forest and landscape restoration needs for threatened terrestrial vertebrate species Global Ecology and Conservation ·David Luther, 食糧庁企画課, Serpil Yanbakan, Neil A. Cox, Ali Faraon Obayes Aljebory, Matt Foster, 良孝瀬田, P. J. Stephenson, Thomas M. Brooks	2020	4
7	A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Conservation Letters ·Brooke Williams, James Watson, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Michelle Ward, Thomas M. Brooks, Nathalie Butt, Friederike C. Bolam, Simon N. Stuart, Louise Mair, Philip J.K. McGowan, Richard D. Gregory, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, David Mallon, Ian Harrison, Jeremy S. Simmonds	2020	32
8	Identifying global centers of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species Science Advances ·Enrico Di Minin, Thomas M. Brooks, Tuuli Toivonen, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Vuokko Heikinheimo, James Watson, Neil Burgess, Daniel W. S. Challender, Bárbara Goettsch, R. R. Radtke, Atte Moilanen	2019	66
9	Assessing global popularity and threats to Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas using social media data The Science of The Total Environment ·Anna Hausmann, Tuuli Toivonen, Christoph Fink, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Henrikki Tenkanen, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Thomas M. Brooks, Enrico Di Minin	2019	43
10	Genetic frontiers for conservation...technical assessment IUCN eBooks ·Kent H. Redford, Thomas M. Brooks, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlane, Hanine Ismail	2019	1
11	Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals Journal of Biogeography ·Ben G. Holt, Gabriel C. Costa, Caterina Penone, Jean‐Philippe Lessard, Thomas M. Brooks, Ana D. Davidson, S. Blair Hedges, Volker C. Radeloff, Carsten Rahbek, Carlo Rondinini, Catherine H. Graham	2017	15
12	Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of ecosystems categories and criteria Jon Paul Rodrı́guez, David Keith, Edmund Barrow, Thomas M. Brooks, Rebecca M. Miller, Emily Nicholson, Josemberg Marins CAMPOS, М В Глебова, T. Nagacharan Teja, D.L. Galt, S Pfautsch, D. A. 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13	Applications of key biodiversity areas : end-user consultations IUCN eBooks ·Annabelle Cuttelod, Penny F. Langhammer, Nigel Dudley, Thomas M. Brooks, Lia Mara Zamberlan Montagner	2014	12
14	The identification of sites of biodiversity conservation significance: progress with the application of a global standards SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Matthew N. Foster, Thomas M. Brooks, Annabelle Cuttelod, Ángel Cabalero Vázquez, Lincoln Fishpool, Elizabeth A. Radford, Stephen Woodley	2012	17
15	A record of Yellow-rumped Flycatcher from Kalimantan Thomas M. Brooks	2011	1
16	Patterns of extinction risk and threat for marine vertebrates and habitat-forming species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Daichi TAKAHASHI, Thomas M. Brooks, Kent E. Carpenter, Graham J. Edgar, S. A. Henderson, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, DR Robertson	2011	41
17	Cost-effective global conservation spending is robust to taxonomic group Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael Bode, Kerrie A. Wilson, Thomas M. Brooks, Will R. Turner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Marissa F. McBride, Emma C. Underwood, Hugh P. Possingham	2008	130
18	Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List Endangered Species Research ·Michael Hoffmann, Thomas M. Brooks, Yuichiro Ohba, Claude Gascon, A. F. A. Hawkins, K. Skjerdal, Penny F. Langhammer, Leroy-B. Beasley, A Toma, Shuo Cao, Alexander J. Rivest	2008	131
19	Phylogeny and Conservation Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Hasina Faizatul Umami, Andy Purvis, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Paul‐Michael Agapow, John C. Avise, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Arne Ø. Mooers, Kate E. Jones, Vivin Ermia, Jon C. Lovett, Guy F. Midgley, Craig Moritz, Thomas M. Brooks, Peter M. Bennett, José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Julie L. Lockwood, Patricia E. A. Lindquist, Timothy G. Barraclough	2001	43
20	Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside‐sparrow Animal Conservation ·M. Philip Nott, Oron L. Bass, D. Martin Fleming, Gina Azhar Fairuz, J.S. Archer, Lisa L. Manne, John L. Curnutt, Thomas M. Brooks, Robert D. Powell, Stuart L. Pimm	1998	85

About Thomas M. Brooks

Thomas M. Brooks is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 193 papers that have together received 24.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (76 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (71 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (68 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (53 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (19 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers), Environmental Conservation and Management (12 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (7.7k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (9.4k citations), Ecology (11.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (8.6k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.8k citations). Thomas M. Brooks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Stuart L. Pimm, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, John D. Pilgrim, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Cristina G. Mittermeier, John F. Lamoreux, John L. Gittleman, Michael Hoffmann, R. A. Mittermeier and G.J. Russell. Their work appears in journals such as Conservation Biology, Animal Conservation, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, BioScience and Science.

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