Cole Brookson, MSc
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2026
Coral restoration is only practical when local human pressure levels are low
Brookson C, Greiner A. Coral restoration is only practical when local human pressure levels are low. PLOS ONE 2026, 21: e0355728. PMID: 42685026, PMCID: PMC13537597, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0355728.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance
Schwantes C, Sánchez C, Stevens T, Zimmerman R, Albery G, Becker D, Brookson C, Kading R, Keiser C, Khandelwal S, Kramer-Schadt S, Krut-Landau R, McKee C, Montecino-Latorre D, O’Donoghue Z, Olson S, O’Shea M, Poisot T, Robertson H, Ryan S, Seifert S, Simons D, Vicente-Santos A, Wood C, Graeden E, Carlson C. A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance. Scientific Data 2025, 12: 1054. PMID: 40544158, PMCID: PMC12182584, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05332-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTen quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle
Poisot T, Becker D, Brookson C, Graeden E, Ryan S, Turon G, Carlson C. Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle. PLOS Computational Biology 2025, 21: e1012731. PMID: 39899593, PMCID: PMC11790144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathogens and planetary change
Carlson C, Brookson C, Becker D, Cummings C, Gibb R, Halliday F, Heckley A, Huang Z, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poisot T. Pathogens and planetary change. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 2025, 1: 32-49. PMID: 41789152, PMCID: PMC7618822, DOI: 10.1038/s44358-024-00005-w.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2024
The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research
Gleiber M, Hardy N, Roote Z, Krug-MacLeod A, Morganson C, Tandy Z, George I, Matuch C, Brookson C, Daly E, Portner E, Choy C, Crowder L, Green S. The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research. Scientific Data 2024, 11: 2. PMID: 38216562, PMCID: PMC10786825, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02689-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution
Braga P, Hébert K, Hudgins E, Scott E, Edwards B, Reyes L, Grainger M, Foroughirad V, Hillemann F, Binley A, Brookson C, Gaynor K, Sabet S, Güncan A, Weierbach H, Gomes D, Crystal‐Ornelas R. Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2023, 14: 1364-1380. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14108.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2022
The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory
Lewis A, Rollinson C, Allyn A, Ashander J, Brodie S, Brookson C, Collins E, Dietze M, Gallinat A, Juvigny‐Khenafou N, Koren G, McGlinn D, Moustahfid H, Peters J, Record N, Robbins C, Tonkin J, Wardle G. The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2022, 14: 746-756. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction
Green S, Brookson C, Hardy N, Crowder L. Trait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2022, 289: 20220071. PMID: 35291837, PMCID: PMC8924753, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0071.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2021
Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making
Bodner K, Firkowski C, Bennett J, Brookson C, Dietze M, Green S, Hughes J, Kerr J, Kunegel‐Lion M, Leroux S, McIntire E, Molnár P, Simpkins C, Tekwa E, Watts A, Fortin M. Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making. Ecosphere 2021, 12 DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader
Linardich C, Brookson C, Green S. Trait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader. Global Change Biology 2021, 27: 4322-4338. PMID: 34091996, PMCID: PMC13420799, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15732.Peer-Reviewed Original Research