Robert Brooks 
EESI Associate
Robert Brooks
Ph.D. (Wildlife Biology), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1980
Contact Information:
Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
216, 217, 219 Walker Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
email: rpb2@psu.edu
Dept. website: http://www.geog.psu.edu/people/brooks/
Current Research Interests:
Wetlands restoration and creation on altered and damaged landscapes
Monitoring protocols for reference wetlands and mitigation projects
Modeling cumulative impacts in wetland and riparian portions of landscapes
Developing hydrogeomorphic models for riverine, depression, and slope wetlands
Developing ecological indicator models using macroinvertebrates, amphibians and birds
Treatment of mine drainage using constructed wetlands
Habitat modeling for wetland-riparian wildlife.
Selected Publications:
Cole, C. A., and R. P. Brooks. 2000. A comparison of the hydrologic characteristics of natural and created mainstem floodplain wetlands in Pennsylvania. Ecological Engineering 14(3):221-231.
Brooks, R. P., and K. Saacke Blunk. 2000. Riparia & Biodiversity. A teaching guide to the Riparia Biodiversity Poster., Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center, University Park, PA. 8pp. Full color poster available.
O'Connell, T. J., L. E. Jackson, and R. P. Brooks. 2000. Bird guilds as indicators of ecological condition in the central Appalachians. Ecological Applications 10(6):1706-1721.
Gray, A., R. P. Brooks, D. H. Wardrop, and J. K. Perot. 1999. Pennsylvania’s Adopt-a-Wetland Program Wetland Education and Monitoring Module: Student Manual. Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center, available at www.wetlands.cas.psu.edu. 100pp.
Brooks, R. P., T. J. O’Connell, D. H. Wardrop, and L. E. Jackson. 1998. Towards a regional index of biological integrity: the example of forested riparian ecosystems. Environ. Monit. Assmt.51:131-143.
Serfass, T. L., R. P. Brooks, J. M. Novak, P. E. Johns, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 1998. Genetic variation among river otter populations in North America: Considerations for reintroduction projects. J. Mammal. 79(3):736-746.
Wardrop, D. H., and R. P. Brooks. 1998. The occurrence and impact of sedimentation in central Pennsylvania wetlands. Environ. Monit. Assmt. 51(1-2):119-130.
Prosser, D. J., and R. P. Brooks. 1998. A verified habitat suitability index for the Louisiana Waterthrush. J. Field Ornith. 69(2):288-298.
Brooks, R. P. 1997. Improving habitat suitability models. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 25:163-167