Lesley Brooker
OccupationCSIRO
Known forOrnithology

Lesley Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There she worked, as a database manager and computer modeller, on developing methodologies for the re-design and restoration of agricultural lands for bird conservation. Since then, she has collaborated with her husband Michael Brooker in studies on cuckoo evolution, population ecology of fairy-wrens[1] and spatial dynamics of birds in fragmented landscapes.[2]

Awards

In 2004 she was awarded the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's D.L. Serventy Medal which recognizes excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region.

Career

Brooker has contributed to ornithological research in Australia, in various states across Australia, including Western Australia, and Queensland, as well as researching and publishing on Explorers, as well as biodiversity, for over thirty years.[3][4] Her work involved research on Wedge-Tailed Eagles, Blue-breasted Fairy wrens[5][6] and ecosystem connectivity.[7] Booker was also a trip leader for the Western Australian Branch of Birdlife Australia and contributed to the Birds in the Great Western Woodlands, a joint project between BirdLife Australia and The Nature Conservancy [8]

Brooker has also contributed to research on paternity of bird families, in Molecular Ecology.[9]

She has published on animal dispersals, and habitat quality, on corridor use and connectivity.[10] Brooker served on the Emu advisory committee.[3]

Selected works[11]

  • Brooker, Lesley (2002), Enhancing biodiversity values in the Latham Landcare district, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
  • Brooker, Lesley (2006), Explorers routes revisted: Expedition eastward from Northam by the Dempster brothers, Clarkson, Harper and Correll, July–August 1861, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-390-7 [12]
  • Brooker, Lesley (2012), Explorers routes revisited: Moore expeditions 1836; Drummond expeditions 1841–1842, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-516-1 [13]
  • Brooker, Lesley (2012), Explorers routes revisited: Roe expedition 1836, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-504-8 [14]
  • Brooker, Lesley (2015), Explorers routes revisited: Giles 1875 expedition, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-612-0 [15]

References

  1. ↑ Brooker, Michael; Brooker, Lesley (1997). "Dispersal of the Blue-breasted Fairy-wren in fragmented habitat in the wheatbelt of Western Australia". Pacific Conservation Biology. 3 (3): 295–300. doi:10.1071/pc970295. ISSN 2204-4604.
  2. ↑ "Biodiversity - The Western Australian Naturalist reference - PDF".
  3. 1 2 "CSIRO".
  4. ↑ "Bird Survey" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "South Australian Ornithologist, Volume 39 - Birds SA". 1 February 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Brooker, Michael; Brooker, Lesley (2001). "Breeding biology, reproductive success and survival of blue-breasted fairy-wrens in fragmented habitat in the Western Australian wheatbelt". Wildlife Research. 28 (2): 205–214. doi:10.1071/wr00012. ISSN 1448-5494.
  7. ↑ "Ornithology". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Birdlife Report" (PDF).
  9. ↑ Brouwer, Lyanne; van de Pol, Martijn; Aranzamendi, Nataly Hidalgo; Bain, Glen; Baldassarre, Daniel T.; Brooker, Lesley C.; Brooker, Michael G.; Colombelli‐Négrel, Diane; Enbody, Erik; Gielow, Kurt; Hall, Michelle L.; Johnson, Allison E.; Karubian, Jordan; Kingma, Sjouke A.; Kleindorfer, Sonia (December 2017). "Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra‐pair paternity at different levels in a single bird family". Molecular Ecology. 26 (23): 6717–6729. doi:10.1111/mec.14385. hdl:11343/293837. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 29068511. S2CID 4871268.
  10. ↑ Brooker, Lesley; Brooker, Michael; Cale, Peter (27 March 1999). "Animal Dispersal in Fragmented Habitat: Measuring Habitat Connectivity, Corridor Use, and Dispersal Mortality". Ecology and Society. 3 (1). doi:10.5751/ES-00109-030104. hdl:10535/2810. ISSN 1708-3087.
  11. ↑ "Author: "Brooker, Lesley, 1942-" - Catalogue | National Library of Australia Search Results". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Expedition Eastward from Northam by Lesley Brooker (2006)". Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Explorers routes revisted : Moore expeditions 1836 ; Drummond expeditions 1841-1842 / compiled and... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Explorers Routes Revisited". www.hesperianpress.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Explorers routes revisited : Giles 1875 expedition / compiled and edited by Lesley Brooker - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

Olsen, Penny. (2005). D.L. Serventy Medal 2005: Citation. Lesley and Michael Brooker. Emu 105: 341.

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