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Christopher P.
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Assistant Professor |
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Education
B.S. Biology, Kennesaw State University
M.S. Biology, Murray State University
Ph.D. Biology, University of North Carolina
Postdoctoral Research
Colorado State University
The University of Texas |
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Contact Information |
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Statement of
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300-A Harned Hall
662.325.8591
662.325.7939 Fax
chris.brooks@msstate.edu
Lab Web Page |
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I am broadly interested in
identifying mechanisms that affect the spread of organisms within and
between populations. My work is especially focused on the effects of
heterogeneity among individuals on the spread of infectious diseases and
invasive species. I am currently using plant-pathogen and animal
host-parasite systems here in Mississippi to understand how spatiotemporal
variation in population structure and host biodiversity affect the
transmission of parasites. |
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Selected Publications |
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Brooks,
C.P., J. Antonovics and
T.H. Keitt. accepted. Metapopulation dynamics and persistence are explained
by temporal heterogeneity in spatial network structure. American Naturalist |
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Brooks, C.P. 2006.
Quantifying population substructure: extending the graph-theoretic approach.
Ecology 87(4):864-72. |
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Webb, C.T.*, C.P. Brooks*,
K.L. Gage & M.F. Antolin. 2006. Classic flea-borne transmission does not
drive plague epizootics in prairie dogs. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences. 103(16):6236-41.
* co-first author |
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Brooks, C.P. 2003. A scalar analysis of
connectivity. Oikos. 102(2): 433-439. |
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Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned
Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762 |