B W Brook

Summary

Affiliation: Northern Territory University
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology
    B W Brook
    Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
    Nature 404:385-7. 2000
  2. ncbi Modelling strategies for the management of the critically endangered Carpentarian rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis) of northern Australia
    Barry W Brook
    Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
    J Environ Manage 65:355-68. 2002
  3. ncbi Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: models, chronologies, and assumptions
    Barry W Brook
    Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin 0909, Australia
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:14624-7. 2002
  4. ncbi Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore
    Barry W Brook
    Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu 520 2113, Japan
    Nature 424:420-6. 2003
  5. ncbi Managing an endangered Asian bovid in an Australian National Park: the role and limitations of ecological-economic models in decision-making
    Barry W Brook
    School for Environmental Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    Environ Manage 38:463-9. 2006
  6. ncbi Minimum viable population sizes and global extinction risk are unrelated
    Barry W Brook
    Ecol Lett 9:375-82. 2006
  7. ncbi Demographic response of snake-necked turtles correlates with indigenous harvest and feral pig predation in tropical northern Australia
    Damien A Fordham
    Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    J Anim Ecol 76:1231-43. 2007
  8. ncbi Monitoring contrasting land management in the savanna landscapes of northern Australia
    Donald C Franklin
    School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, 0909, Australia
    Environ Manage 41:501-15. 2008
  9. ncbi Low genetic diversity in the bottlenecked population of endangered non-native banteng in northern Australia
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    School for Environmental Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
    Mol Ecol 16:2998-3008. 2007
  10. ncbi Dangers of sensationalizing conservation biology
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    Conserv Biol 21:570-1. 2007

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology
    B W Brook
    Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
    Nature 404:385-7. 2000
    ..Furthermore, the predictions of the five PVA software packages were highly concordant. We conclude that PVA is a valid and sufficiently accurate tool for categorizing and managing endangered species...
  2. ncbi Modelling strategies for the management of the critically endangered Carpentarian rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis) of northern Australia
    Barry W Brook
    Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
    J Environ Manage 65:355-68. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: models, chronologies, and assumptions
    Barry W Brook
    Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin 0909, Australia
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:14624-7. 2002
    ..Contrary to recent claims, the existing data do not prove the "blitzkrieg" model of overkill...
  4. ncbi Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore
    Barry W Brook
    Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu 520 2113, Japan
    Nature 424:420-6. 2003
    ....
  5. ncbi Managing an endangered Asian bovid in an Australian National Park: the role and limitations of ecological-economic models in decision-making
    Barry W Brook
    School for Environmental Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    Environ Manage 38:463-9. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Minimum viable population sizes and global extinction risk are unrelated
    Barry W Brook
    Ecol Lett 9:375-82. 2006
    ..Further, the large variation in MVP across species is unrelated to (or at least dwarfed by) the anthropogenic threats that drive the global biodiversity crisis by causing once-abundant species to decline...
  7. ncbi Demographic response of snake-necked turtles correlates with indigenous harvest and feral pig predation in tropical northern Australia
    Damien A Fordham
    Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    J Anim Ecol 76:1231-43. 2007
    ..rugosa, may be able to persist in the face of occasional or sustained adult harvest without inevitably threatening population viability...
  8. ncbi Monitoring contrasting land management in the savanna landscapes of northern Australia
    Donald C Franklin
    School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, 0909, Australia
    Environ Manage 41:501-15. 2008
    ..An additional return on investment in Aboriginal land management is likely to be improved livelihoods and health outcomes for these disadvantaged communities...
  9. ncbi Low genetic diversity in the bottlenecked population of endangered non-native banteng in northern Australia
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    School for Environmental Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
    Mol Ecol 16:2998-3008. 2007
    ..This study indicates the genetic value of small populations of endangered artiodactyls established ex situ...
  10. ncbi Dangers of sensationalizing conservation biology
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    Conserv Biol 21:570-1. 2007
  11. ncbi Conservation biology: rarity bites
    Barry W Brook
    Nature 444:555-6. 2006
  12. ncbi Incorporating known sources of uncertainty to determine precautionary harvests of saltwater crocodiles
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    School for Environmental Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
    Ecol Appl 16:1436-48. 2006
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  13. ncbi Conservation value of non-native banteng in northern Australia
    Corey J A Bradshaw
    School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
    Conserv Biol 20:1306-11. 2006
    ....
  14. ncbi Strength of evidence for density dependence in abundance time series of 1198 species
    Barry W Brook
    School for Environmental Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    Ecology 87:1445-51. 2006
    ..These results underscore the value of using multiple modes of analysis to quantify the relative empirical support for a set of working hypotheses that encompass a range of realistic population dynamical behaviors...
  15. ncbi Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them
    Derek Spielman
    Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:15261-4. 2004
    ..Thus, most taxa are not driven to extinction before genetic factors affect them adversely...
  16. ncbi Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline
    Navjot S Sodhi
    Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    PLoS ONE 3:e1636. 2008
    ..These empirical results show that amphibian species with restricted ranges should be urgently targeted for conservation...