Presentations
Talks
(* indicates co-author is a student or technician)
Kindsvater, H. K., G. C. Brooks, J. C. Uyeda, *H. Conrad, *N. Bone, and C. Mull. 2024. Fundamental constraints on the evolution of vertebrate life histories. Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Castello, L., *A. Abreu, E. S. Brondizio, G. C. Brooks, S. J. Campos, *P. Cunha, A. Fleischmann, *C. Franco, *E. A. Hultin, *D. Hymans, H. K. Kindsvater, E. Martins, and M. Sorice. 2024. An approach to assess the integrated social-ecological dynamics of freshwater fisheries. Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, Bloomington, IN, USA.
*Hultin, E. A., G. C. Brooks, H. K. Kindsvater, and L. Castello. 2024. Predicting fishery sustainability with integrated socio-ecological models. Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Chandler H. C., G. C. Brooks, K. C. Jones, B. K. Rincon, A. K. Martin, and C. A. Haas. 2024. Lessons learned from long-term monitoring and research of Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) populations on Eglin Air Force Base. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting, Nauvoo, AL, USA.
*Hultin E. A., H. K. Kindsvater, G. C. Brooks, and L. Castello. 2024. Predicting population dynamics of Arapaima spp. from social and ecological variables. World Fisheries Conference, Seattle, WA, USA.
Brooks, G. C. 2023. Assessing the Status of Virginia’s giant salamanders. Virginia Tech Postdoctoral Scholars Showcase, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Brooks, G. C., W. A. Hopkins, and H. K. Kindsvater. 2023. Concurrent threats jeopardize the viability of Virginia’s hellbender populations. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA, USA.
H. C. Chandler, N. M. Caruso, G. C. Brooks, and C. A. Haas. 2023. Reticulated flatwoods salamander phenology under future climate change. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting, Black Mountain, NC, USA.
Ulans, A., G. Brooks, and L. Jacobs. 2023. Anxiety in broiler chickens is affected by strain, body weight, and environmental complexity. The 56th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Tallin, Estonia.
Haas, C. A., H. C. Chandler, and G. C. Brooks. 2022. Habitat restoration, sampling, and translocation planning on Eglin Air Force Base. Presentation to the Flatwoods Salamander Recovery Working Group meeting, Virtual.
Uyeda J. C., G. C. Brooks, H. K. Kindsvater, N. Bone, C. Mull, and H. Conrad. 2022. Macroevolutionary modeling of life history evolution in vertebrates. Evolution, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Brooks, G. C. and C. A. Haas. 2021. On the importance of critical race theory in science. Academic Symposium on Critical Race Theory, Virginia Tech, VA, USA.
Brooks, G. C., D. C. Childs, T. A. Gorman, and C. A. Haas. 2019. Assessing population viability and the efficacy of future management scenarios for an endangered amphibian. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Snowbird, UT, USA.
*Hawkins, R., J. Metzgar, G. C. Brooks, and C. A. Haas. 2019. A tale of natural history collections education at Virginia Tech. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.
*Nelson, C. A., G. C. Brooks, C. A. Haas, and M. R. Stocker. 2019. Incorporating technology and multidisciplinary thinking into university collections. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.
Petters, J., J. A. Smith, G. C. Brooks, and C. A. Haas. 2018. Building data management capacity for field projects in a research group. American Geophysical Union Centennial Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.
Brooks, G. C., J. A. Smith, E. A. Frimpong, T. A. Gorman, H. C. Chandler, and C. A. Haas. 2018. Indirect connectivity estimates of amphibian breeding wetlands from spatially explicit occupancy models. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Rochester, NY, USA.
Brooks, G. C., Y. Jiao, T. A. Gorman, and C. A. Haas. 2017. A novel Bayesian approach to model biphasic growth in an endangered salamander, Ambystoma bishopi. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, USA.
Posters
(* indicates co-author is a student or technician)
Martin, A. K., G. C. Brooks, H. C. Chandler, K. C. Jones, B. K. Rincon, and C. A. Haas. 2024. Tracking Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) recovery in response to habitat restoration. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Pittsburg, PA, USA.
*Hultin, E. A., G. C. Brooks, H. K. Kindsvater, and L. Castello. 2024. Identifying drivers of Arapaima population dynamics in a floodplain ecosystem. Southern Division American Fisheries Society Meeting, Chattanooga, TN, USA.
Chandler, H. C., G. C. Brooks, Y. Jiao, and C. A. Haas. 2023. Predicting the long-term viability of Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) populations under future climate changes. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA, USA.
*Engler, T., C. A. Haas, N. M. Caruso, and G. C. Brooks. 2023. Tracking the decline and recovery of salamanders in Appalachian forests for 30 years following timber harvest, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA, USA.
*Hawkins, R., G. C. Brooks, and C. A. Haas. 2019. A tale of natural history collections education at Virginia Tech. Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
*Nelson, C. A., G. C. Brooks, C. A. Haas, and M. R. Stocker. 2019. Incorporating technology and multidisciplinary thinking into university collections. Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
*Leipold, A. E., N. M. Caruso, G. C. Brooks, and C. A. Haas. 2019. Variations of growth within the breeding and non-breeding seasons of the Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi). Annual Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Meeting, Black Mountain, NC, USA.
*Rincon, B., N. M. Caruso, G. C. Brooks, *K. C. Jones, and C. A. Haas. 2019. Monitoring Reticulated Flatwoods Salamanders with PIT tag antennas: Our first season of insights. Annual Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Meeting, Black Mountain, NC, USA.
Brooks, G. C., J. A. Smith, T. A. Gorman, and C. A. Haas. 2018. Discerning the environmental drivers of annual migrations in an endangered amphibian. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Rochester, NY, USA.
Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate
Men eat of it and die.
~ Emily Dickinson