Travis Brooks
Staff Biologist/Restoration Ecologist
Mr. Brooks has over seven years of experience in environmental compliance and consulting as a biologist and air quality inspector. As a biologist, Mr. Brooks performs statistical evaluations of restoration projects for coastal sage scrub and oak communities. His research experience includes work on analysis of the processes that shape the distributional patterns of coastal sage scrub and native perennial grasslands on preserved ranch land in central Orange County and a long-term monitoring project of ant species on a restoration site in Orange County. He has also conducted literature reviews of southern California oak trees and marsh plants.
Mr. Brooks is concurrently in the UCLA Ph.D. program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. His research interests include processes that underlie the biogeography of heterogeneous landscapes. Through his studies of the geoedaphic factors influencing the distribution of water-limited systems, including coastal sage scrub, native grasslands, and non-native grasses/forbs in southern California, he is developing methods for vegetation/habitat suitability mapping to assist land managers in developing site-specific conservation, restoration and monitoring programs, and natural resources policy. He has also been a teaching associate for courses at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) including Life Sciences, Plant Physiology, California Ecosystems, and Environmental Science Practicum.