Matthew L Brooks

USGS Yosemite Field Station
Fresno Sub Station
627 E Utah Avenue
Fresno, CA 93720
Phone: (559) 240-7622
Fax: (702) 564-4600
Email: matt_brooks@usgs.gov

• Desert Community Ecology
• Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance
• Fire ecology
• Invasive Plant Ecology

• Ph.D., Biology, concentration in Ecology and Pop. Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 1998
• M.A., Biology, with distinction, California State University, Fresno, CA 1992
• Teaching Credential, Biology/Physical Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 1990
• B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 1987

• American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
• Association for Fire Ecology, Board of Directors and Chair of the Southern California Chapter
• California Botanical Society
• California Exotic Pest Plant Council, Board of Directors
• California Native Plant Society
• Ecological Society of America
• Society for Conservation Biology

• Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Apr 1998-Present
• Biology Instructor, California State University, Northridge, Feb 1997-May 1997
• Science Instructor, Exeter Union High School, Jul 1990-Jun 1993
• Botany/Zoology Instructor, Kings River Community College, Aug 1989-Jun 1990
• Scientific Aide, California Department of Fish and Game, Aug 1989-Jun 1990

• Brooks, M.L. and R.C. Klinger. In press. Practical considerations for detecting and monitoring plant invasions. In: Inderjit (ed.) Management of Non-native Invasive Plant Species. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.[Book Chapter]
• Klinger, R. M. Brooks, R. Wills. In press. Southwest coastal bioregion. In: J. Smith, K. Zouhar, M. Brooks, and S. Sutherland. Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plants. 6th volume in the General Technical Report series “Wildland Fire in Ecosystems” (“Rainbow” series). US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.[Technical Report]
• Smith, J.K., K. Zouhar, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks. In press. Summary and Conclusions. In: J. Smith, K. Zouhar, M. Brooks, and S. Sutherland. Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plants. 6th volume in the General Technical Report series “Wildland Fire in Ecosystems” (“Rainbow” series). US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.[Book Chapter]
• Brooks, M. L. and M. Lusk. 2008. Fire Management and Invasive Plants: a Handbook. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington Virginia, 27pp. [Journal Article]
• Brooks, M., Dudley, T., Drus, G., and Matchett, J., 2008, Reducing wildlfire risk by integration of prescribed burning and biocontrol of Invasive Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.): El Portal, California, Administrative Report, 40 p.[Other]
• Brooks, M.L. 2008. Chapter 14: Effects of fire suppression and postfire management activites on plant invasions. Pages 269-279 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book Chapter]
• Brooks, M.L. 2008. Chapter 3: Plant invasions and fire regimes. Pages 33-45 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book Chapter]
• Klinger, R., R. Wills, and M.L. Brooks. 2008. Chapter 9: Fire and non-native invasive plants in the southwest coastal bioregion. Pages 175-195 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book Chapter]
• Klinger, R.C. and M.L. Brooks. 2008. Prioritization Of Non-Native Plants In The National Park Service Klamath Network Using Weighted Criteria And Measures Of Uncertainty. A report prepared for the National Park Service, Klamath Network. 34 pages plus appendices.[Technical Report]
• Launchbaugh, Karen and others, 2008, Interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation type, and fire behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1214, 42 p.[Other]
• Smith, J.K., K. Zouhar, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.). 2008. Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book]
• Smith, J.K., K. Zouhar, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks. 2008. Chapter 1: Fire and non-native invasive plants - introduction. Pages 1-6 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book Chapter]
• Smith, J.K., K. Zouhar, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks. 2008. Chapter 16: Fire and non-native plants - summary and conclusions. Pages 293-296 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.[Book Chapter]
• Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants (August 2008), Matt Brooks[Publication Brief]
• Bell, C.E., J.M. DiTomaso, and M.L. Brooks. 2007. Invasive Plants and Wildfires in Southern California. University of California Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet. 4pp.[Popular Publication]
• Brooks, M. L., Dominance and Environmental Correlates of Alien Annual Plants in the Mojave Desert (January 2007) [Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M. L., Effects of Livestock Watering Sites on Alien and Native Plants in the Mojave Desert (January 2007) [Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M. L., Seed Production by the Non-Native Sahara Mustard (February 2007)[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M. L., Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Wildfires in the Mojave Desert (January 2007) [Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. 2007. Effects of land management practices on plant invasions in wildland areas. Pages 147-162 in: W. Nentwig (ed.) Biological Invasions. Ecological Studies, Vol. 193, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.[Book Chapter]
• Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, and T. Duck. 2007. Fuels and fire regimes in creosotebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands. P.p. 97-110 In S. Hood and M. Miller (eds.) Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-202. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.[Technical Report]
• van Wagtendonk, J. W.; Keeley, J. E.; Brooks, M. L.; Klinger, R. C., Fire in California’s Ecosystems (February 2007)[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M. L., Using Fire for Invasive Plant Control in Wildlands (August 2006) [Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. 2006. Effects of fire on plant communities. P.p. 29-32 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA. 56 pp.[Popular Publication]
• Brooks, M.L. 2006. Introduction. P.p. 1 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA.[Popular Publication]
• Brooks, M.L., and K.H. Berry. 2006. Dominance and environmental correlates of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:100-124 (Special Supplement).[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, and K.H. Berry. 2006. Effects of livestock watering sites on alien and native plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:125-147. (Special Supplement)[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L., JR. Matchett, and C. Deuser. 2006. Technical support for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge BAER activities on the Longstreet Fire of 2004. Technical report prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 10 pp.[Technical Report]
• DiTomaso, J.M., ML Brooks, EB Allen, R Minnich, PM Rice, and GB. Kyser. 2006. Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning. Weed Technology 20:535-548.[Journal Article]
• Bedford, D., J. Belnap, M.L. Brooks, L.A. DeFalco, T.C. Esque, L. Gass, M.F. Gishey, A. Mathie, D.M. Miller, E. Pfeifer, K.A. Thomas, K.M, Schmidt, J.M. Vogel, C.S. Wallace, and R.H. Webb. 2004. A summary of the USGS recoverability and vulnerability of desert ecosystems program. Presented at the Mojave Desert Science Symposium. 16-18 November. University of Redlands, CA.[Poster with Abstract]
• Brooks, M. L.; Keeley, J. E., Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes (July 2004) [Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. 2004. Research and application highlight: Effectiveness of postfire seeding to reduce cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) growth and reproduction in recently burned sagebrush steppe. Pg. 21 In Joint Fire Science Program, 2003 Business Summary.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L. C.M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J. Grace, J. J. Keeley, DiTomaso, R. Hobbs, M. Pellant, and D. Pyke 2004. Fire regimes and potential for ecosystem recovery after plant invasions. Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. 7:21.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L., C.M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J.M. DiTomaso, J.B. Grace, R.J. Hobbs, J.E. Keeley, M. Pellant, D. Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. Bioscience 54:677-688.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L., J.B. Grace. J.E. Keeley, D.A. Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. USGS Publication Brief.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, C. Wallace, and T. Esque. 2004. Fuels and fire hazard assessment in a desert ecosystem. Arid Lands Newsletter, Vol. 55.[Newsletter]
• Matchett, J.R., L. Gass, M.L. Brooks, A.M. Mathie, R.D. Vitales, M.W. Campagna, D.M. Miller, and Weigand, J.F. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Off-highway Vehicle Use at the Dove Springs OHV Open Area, California. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Sacramento, California. 17pp.[Technical Report]
• Proctor, J.V., T.C. Esque, S.J. Scoles, J.A. Young, and M.L. Brooks. 2004. Seed bank assays: A method for determining annual plant diversity and community structure independent of climate. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.[Poster with Abstract]
• Brooks, M., K. Berry, J. Proctor, and L. Shapiro. 2003. Effects of fenced habitat protection on annual and perennial plants in the Western Mojave Desert. Poster at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett. 2003. Current status and management of alien plants and fire in desert tortoise habitat. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.[Presentation]
• Brooks, M.L. 2003. Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:344-353.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 2003. Introduction and overview of invasive species in the southwest. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6:49.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. 2003. Multidisciplinary research needs for invasive plants in southwestern North America. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6:52.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. 2003. Research highlight: fire and invasive annual grasses in western ecosystems. Pg. 14 In the Joint Fire Science Program, 2002 Business Summary.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L. and C.M. D’Antonio. 2003. The role of fire in promoting plant invasions. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6: 29-30.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Evaluation of Mojave ground squirrel trapping data. USGS Publication Brief.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. Western North American Naturalist 63:283-298.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Plant diversity and fire effects in blackbrush shrublands. USGS Publication Brief.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. and T.C. Esque. 2003. Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise habitat. USGS Publication Brief.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, T.C. Esque, and C. Wallace. 2003. Fire hazard mapping at the Mojave National Preserve. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.[Poster]
• Brooks, M.L., S.H. Cannon, and N.B. Kotliar. 2003. White paper on post-fire effects, including physical and biological. Pp. 53-56 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L., T. Esque, M. Pellant, and M. Whalen. 2003. Effectiveness of post-fire seedings to reduce cheatgrass - Study plan report. Technical Report Prepared for the Coordinated Intermountain Restoration Project Meeting Boise, Idaho, 31 March, 2003. 7pp.2003 Intermountain Restoration Coordination Meeting, 31 March to 1 April, Boise, Idaho.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Fire behavior, effects, and management in unburned and previously burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. P. 17 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, and T. Duck. 2003. Fuels and fire regimes in creosostebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands. Technical Report for the Southern Utah Demonstration Fuels Project, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Science Lab, Missoula, Montana. 17pp.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett, and J. D’Elia. 2003. Recent fire history in the Mojave Desert, 1980-2001. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.[Poster]
• Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett. 2003. Management of alien plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Conference. 4 March 2003. Palm Springs, CA.[Presentation]
• D.F. Haines*, T.C. Esque, M.L. Brooks, and R.H. Webb. 2003. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Conference. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, CA.[Presentation]
• Fain, M.M*, T.C. Esque, and M.L. Brooks. 2003. When seeds play hide and seek: A method for determining plant community structure independent of climate. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March. Palm Springs, California.[Poster]
• Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, L. A. DeFalco, S. J. Scoles, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2003. Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat, fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.[Poster]
• Haines, D.F., T.C. Esque, S.J. Scoles, M. L. Brooks, R.H. Webb. 2003. Do fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: cause irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.[Poster]
• Haines, DF., T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.J. Scoles, M.L. Brooks, and R.H. Webb. 2003. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat. P. 31 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp[Proceedings]
• Matchett, J. R., M. L. Brooks, and K. H. Berry. 2003. Plant community structure associated with livestock watering sites in the Central Mojave Desert. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.[Presentation with Abstract]
• McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Above and Below Ground Fire-related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, Oregon, June 16-20, 2003.[Poster]
• McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Fire-related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Aug. 3-8, 2003.[Presentation]
• Thomas W McGinnis, Jon E Keeley, Matthew L Brooks, Robert L Sanford Jr.and Jayne Belnap. Effects of fire temperatures on cheatgrass in a Sierra Nevada yellow pine forest. Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 3-7, 2003.[Presentation]
• Warner, Peter J., Carla C. Bossard, Matthew L. Brooks, Joseph M. DiTomaso, John A. Hall, Ann Howald, Douglas W. Johnson, John M. Randall, Cynthia L. Roye, Maria M. Ryan, and Alison E. Stanton. 2003. Criteria for Categorizing Invasive Non-Native Plants that Threaten Wildlands. California Exotic Pest Plant Council and Southwest Vegetation Management Association. 24 pp.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L. 2002. Fire temperature patterns and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. U.S. Geological Survey, Publication Brief for Resource Managers.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. 2002. Peak fire temperatures and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications 12:1088-1102.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. and D. Pyke. 2002. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. U.S. Geological Survey, Publication Brief for Resource Managers.[Publication Brief]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2002. Sampling methods and trapping success trends for the Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis). California Fish and Game 88(4):165-177.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L., and T.C. Esque. 2002. Alien annual plants and wildfire in desert tortoise habitat: status, ecological effects, and management. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:330-340.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L., and T.C. Esque. 2002. Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Chelonian Conservation Biology 4: 330-340.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L.. 2002. Potential effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. USGS Publication Brief.[Publication Brief]
• Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, M. L. Brooks, C. R. Schwalbe and R. H. Webb. 2002. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: an irreversible change? Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.[Abstract]
• M.L. Brooks*, T.C. Esque, and J. D'Elia. 2002. Fire Behavior in the Mojave Desert: Potential Effects of the El Niño/La Niña Cycle. Presented at the joint symposium of the Association of Fire Ecologists and The Wildlife Society -- Western Section. 5 December 2002. San Diego, California.[Presentation]
• Matchett, J.R. and M.L. Brooks. 2002. Plant community structure associated with livestock watering sites in the central Mojave Desert. Presented at the Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting (Aug. 2002, Tucson, AZ)[Presentation]
• Matchett, J.R., and M.L. Brooks. Dec. 2002. Postfire successional patterns of blackbrush in the Mojave Desert. Association for Fire Ecology Meeting. San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2002. The Response of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and Native Flora to Ecological Manipulations in the Yellow Pine-Mixed Conifer Forest. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.[Poster]
• Brooks, M. 2001. Fire and Invasive Plants in the Wildlands of California. Noxious Times: a quarterly publication of the California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee 3(4):4-5.[Newsletter]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001 The burning desert. Western Ecological Research Center, Annual Meeting.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001. Introduction and overview of invasive species in the southwest. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001. Multidisciplinary invasive plant research and management in southwestern North America. Summary report on the Joint Workshop of the United States Geological Survey and the California Exotic Pest Plant Council, 5 October 2001, San Diego CA. Delivered to the Joint Fire Sciences Program, 15 October, 2000.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001. Multidisciplinary research needs for invasive plants in southwestern North America. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001. Native and non-native invasive plants of the North American deserts. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2001. Peak fire temperatures and short-term ecological effects in the Mojave Desert. Symposium of the Ecological Society of America.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. and D.A. Pyke. 2001. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. Pages 1-14 in K.E.M. Galley and T.P Wilson (eds.). Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Fire Conference 2000: the First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2001. Fire promotes exotic annual vegetation and reduces plant species richness in Mojave Desert blackbrush communities. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2001. Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. Technical Report prepared for the National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Fire Management, 1111 Jackson St. Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607.[Technical Report]
• Brooks, M.L. and T.C. Esque. 2001. Non-native grass invasions and fire in the Mojave Desert. USGS Fact Sheet.[Fact Sheet]
• Galley K.E.M. and T.P Wilson (eds.). 2001. Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. M.L. Brooks and S.G. Coloff (technical coordinators). Fire Conference 2000: the First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.[Proceedings]
• Matchett, J.R., and M.L. Brooks. Nov. 2001. Fire promotes exotic annual vegetation and reduces plant species richness in Mojave Desert blackbrush communities. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M. L. 2000. A natural history of the Sonoran Desert. Edited by S.J. Phillips and P.W. Comus. Book review. Madroño 4:68.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M. L. and T. C. Esque. 2000. Annual grass invasions and fire in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Program Review of the Invasive Species Program, Annapolis, MD.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M. L., and T. C. Esque. 2000. Fire and exotic grasses changing Mojave's face. People, Land & Water (July/August): p. 25. U.S. Department of the Interior.[Popular Publication]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. An interagency approach to fire research in the Mojave Desert. West by Northwest 2000: A National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Resource Management and Interpretation Workshop. San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (L.) Husnot. Pp. 72-76. In C. Bossard, M. Hoshovsky, and J. Randall (eds.). Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.[Book Chapter]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Competition between alien annual grasses and native annual plants in the Mojave Desert. American Midland Naturalist 144:92-108.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Does Protection of Desert Tortoise Habitat Generate Other Ecological Benefits in the Mojave Desert? Pages 68-73 in McCool, S. F., D. N. Cole, W. T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin (eds), Wilderness Science: In a Time of Change Conference, Volume 3: Wilderness as a place for scientific inquiry,Missoula, MT, May 23-27 1999. RMRS-P-15_VOL-3.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Ecological effects and control of invasive annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Society for Ecological Restoration, California, Annual Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Effects of a changing fire regime in the Mojave Desert. California Association of Fire Ecology Symposium, San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Management of alien annual plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Western Ecological Research Center, Center Review presentation.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Management of alien annual plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Western Section of the Wildlife Society, Riverside, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 2000. Schismus arabicus Nees, Schismus barbatus (L.) Thell. Pp. 287-291. In C. Bossard, M. Hoshovsky, and J. Randall (eds.), Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.[Book Chapter]
• Brooks, M.L. and C. D’Antonio. 2000. The role of fire in promoting plant invasions. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Concord, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. and D. Pyke. 2000. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Special Session of the Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire, Ecology, Prevention and Management. San Diego, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. and T. Esque. 2000. Alien grasses in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Proceedings of the 1999 California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium 6:39-44.[Proceedings]
• Esque, T.C., L. A. DeFalco, P. A. Medica, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2000. Predicted changes in Mojave fire frequency related to invasive annual grasses. Effects of a Hotter and Drier Climate, a USGS Workshop. Tuscon, AZ.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M. L., T. C. Esque, and C. R. Schwalbe. 1999. Effects of exotic grasses via wildfire on desert tortoises and their habitat. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. St. George, Utah.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M., T. Esque, S. Benjamin, and D. DelSordo. 1999. Digital database of fire perimeters in the Mojave Desert. United States Department of the Interior.[Database Spatial]
• Brooks, M.L. 1999. Alien annual grasses and fire in the Mojave Desert. Madroño 46(1):13-19[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 1999. Does protection of desert tortoise habitat generate other ecological benefits in the Mojave Desert? Wilderness Science: In a Time of Change conference. Missoula, MT.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1999. Effects of Protective Fencing on Birds, Lizards, and Black-Tailed Hares in the Western Mojave Desert. Environmental Management 23:387-400.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 1999. Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. Las Vegas, NV[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1999. Habitat invasibility and dominance by alien annual plants in the western Mojave Desert. Biological Invasions 1:325-337.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. and K.H. Berry. 1999. Ecology and Management of Alien Annual Plants in the California Deserts. CalEPPC News (California Exotic Pest Plant Council Newsletter). 7(3/4):4-6.[Newsletter]
• Brooks, M.L. and L. DeFalco. 1999. Exotic Plant Species in Desert Tortoise Habitat. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. St. George, UT.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. and T. Esque. 1999. Non-native grass invasions and fire in the Mojave Desert. USGS Fact Sheet, last updated 8 September, 2001. Available online at http://www.werc.usgs.gov/invasivespecies/mojavegrassfire.html[Fact Sheet]
• DeFalco, L. and M.L. Brooks. 1999. Ecology and Management of Alien Plants. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. Las Vegas, NV[Abstract]
• Brooks M.L. 1998 Status of Alien Annual Plants and their Environmental Correlates in Desert Tortoise Habitat. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. Las Vegas, NV.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1998. Ecology of a biological invasion: alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Riverside. 186 pp. (Berry, K. H., Committee Member).[Thesis/Dissertation]
• Brooks, M.L. 1998. Effects of fire on the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Proceedings of the International Conference on Turtles and Tortoises. Dominguez Hills, CA[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1998. Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Meeting. Ontario, CA.[Abstract]
• Kemp, P. and M.L. Brooks. 1998. Exotic Species of California Deserts. Fremontia 26:30-34.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 1997. Effects of Fenced Protection from Human Disturbance on Plant and Animal Communities at a Site in the Western Mojave Desert. Society for Conservation Biology meeting, Victoria, British Columbia.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1997. Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78: 227.[Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. 1996. Testing hypotheses about wildland fires in the western Mojave Desert: results of experimental burns in August 1995. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L and K.H. Berry. 1995. Alien annual grasses and fire in the western Mojave Desert: a plan to evaluate their effects on desert plant communities. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1995. Alien annual grass taxa. Desert Lands Restoration Workshop, Barstow, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1995. Benefits of protective fencing to plant and rodent communities of the western Mojave Desert, California. Environmental Management 19:65-74.[Journal Article]
• Brooks, M.L. 1993. A comparison of the plant and rodent communities inside to those outside the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Kern County, California. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Palm Springs, CA.[Abstract]
• Brooks, M.L. 1993. Ecological impact of human disturbance at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Kern County, California. Proceedings of the Mojave Desert Quaternary Studies Desert Research Symposium. [Proceedings]
• Brooks, M.L. 1992. Ecological impact of human disturbance on the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Kern County, California, 1987-1992. M.A. Thesis. California State University, Fresno. 51 pp.[Thesis/Dissertation]
• Heyne, T., B. Tribbey, M.L. Brooks, and J. Smith. 1991. First record of Mozambique tilapia in the San Joaquin Valley, California. California Fish and Game 77:53-54.[Journal Article]