1. Brooker, L. and Lefroy, E. 2004. Testing approaches to landscape design in cropping
lands - Habitat neighbourhoods for conserving viable populations of birds. A report
commissioned by Land and Water Australia. CSIRO: Perth.
Brooker, L.C. 2002. The application of focal species knowledge to landscape design in
agricultural lands using the ecological neighbourhood as a template. Landscape and Urban
Planning 60: 185-210
Brooker L., Lefroy, E., Ingram, J. and Atkins, L. 2002. Enhancing biodiversity values in the
Latham Landcare District. A report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature,
Australia. CSIRO: Perth.
Brooker, L.C., Atkins, L. and Ingram, J. 2001. Enhancing biodiversity values in agricultural
lands. A report commissioned by Greening Australia, W.A. CSIRO: Perth
Brooker L.C., Brooker, M.G. and Cale P. 1999. Animal dispersal in fragmented habitat:
measuring habitat connectivity, corridor use and dispersal mortality. Conservation Ecology
[on line] 3 (1): 4
Freudenberger, D.O. and Brooker, L.C. 2004. Development of the focal species approach
for biodiversity conservation in the temperate agricultural zones of Australia. Biodiversity and
Conservation 13: 253-274.
Population Ecology
Brooker, L.C. and Brooker, M.G. 2003. Local distribution, metapopulation viability and
conservation of the Blue-breasted Fairy-wren in fragmented habitat in the Western Australian
wheatbelt. Emu 103: 185-198.
Brooker, L.C. and Brooker M.G. 2002. Dispersal and population dynamics of the Blue-
breasted Fairy-wren Malurus pulcherrimus in fragmented habitat in the Western Australian
wheatbelt. Wildlife Research 29: 225-233
Brooker, L.C. and Brooker, M.G. 1994. A model for the effects of fire and fragmentation on
the population viability of the Splendid Fairy-Wren. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 344-358
Cuckoos
Brooker L.C. and Brooker, M.G. 1998. Why do Splendid Fairy-wrens always accept cuckoo
eggs? (Forum Debate) Behavioral Ecology 9: 419-424
Brooker, L.C. and Brooker, M.G. 1990. Why are cuckoos host specific? Oikos 57: 301-309
Brooker, L.C., Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, A.M.H. 1990. An alternative population/genetic
model for the evolution of egg mimesis and egg crypsis in cuckoos. J. Theoretical Biology
146: 123-143
Brooker M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 2003. Brood parasitism by Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo in a
fragmented agricultural landscape in Western Australia. Emu 103:357-361

2. Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1996. Acceptance by the splendid fairy-wren of parasitism
by Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo: further evidence for evolutionary equilibrium in brood
parasitism. Behavioral Ecology 7: 395-407.
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1994. Cuckoos. pp. 1-45. In "Cuckoos, Nightbirds and
Kingfishers of Australia" National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Ed. R. Strahan.
Angus & Robertson: Sydney.
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1992. Evidence for individual female host specificity in two
Australian Bronze-Cuckoos (Chrysococcyx spp.). Australian J. Zoology 40: 485-93.
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1991. The identification of nestling cuckoos in the
Canberra Region. Canberra Bird Notes 16: 61-64
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1991. Eggshell strength in cuckoos and cowbirds. Ibis 133:
406-413
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1989. The comparative breeding behaviour of two
sympatric cuckoos, Chrysococcyx basalis and C. lucidus in Western Australia.: a new model
for the evolution of egg morphology and host specificity in avian brood parasites? Ibis 131:
528-547
Brooker,M.G. and Brooker, L.C.1989. Cuckoo hosts in Australia. Australian Zoological
Reviews 2: 1-67
Brooker, M.G., Brooker, L.C. and Rowley, I. 1988. Egg deposition by Horsfield's Bronze-
Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis in nests of splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens. Emu 88:
107-9.
Brooker, M.G. and Brooker, L.C. 1986. Identification and development of the nestling
cuckoos Chrysococcyx basalis and C. lucidus plagosus in Western Australia. Australian
Wildlife Research 13: 197-202.