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  • Katz, O., Cooke, J., de Tombeur, F., Nakamura, R. and Schoelynck, J., 2026, ‘A bright future for silicon in the Earth and life sciences’, in Katz, Ofir ed. Silicon in Plants and Ecosystems. Oxford University Press, pp. 263–296., https://oro.open.ac.uk/112589/.
  • Thorne, S. J., Cooke, J. and Hartley, S. E., 2026, ‘A Meta‐Analysis Reveals That the Protective Role of Silicon in Grasses Against Fungal Pathogens Depends on Infection Mechanism’, Plant, Cell and Environment, 49(8), pp. 5947–5964., https://oro.open.ac.uk/109959/.
  • Cooke, J., Carey, J., Simpson, K., Hartley, S. and Thorne, S., 2026, ‘Plant silicon – tough stuff or not? In: Isotopes in Biogenic Silica - IBiS 2026, 30 Mar 26-1 Apr 26, Bristol’, https://oro.open.ac.uk/110132/.
  • Cooke, J. and Brookhouse, M., 2026, ‘The Scribbly Gum Moths: Ogmograptis species’, in Kitching, Roger ed. Australian Moths: A Natural History. CABI, pp. 488–503., https://oro.open.ac.uk/108807/.
  • Hodson, M. J., Cooke, J., de Tombeur, F. and Schaller, J., 2026, ‘Plants, silicon, and climate change’, in Katz, Ofir ed. Silicon in Plants and Ecosystems. Oxford University Press, pp. 244–262., https://oro.open.ac.uk/112588/.
  • Cooke, J., Katz, O., Lodi, G., Nakamura, R., Schoelynck, J. and de Tombeur, F., 2026, ‘A brief history of recognising silicon in ecology in Silicon in Plants and Ecosystems’, in Katz, Ofir ed. Silicon in Plants and Ecosystems. Oxford University Press, pp. 1–17., https://oro.open.ac.uk/112587/.
  • Kitching, R., Ashton, L., Ethan, B., Binns, G., Braby, M., Britton, D., Byrne, C., Cooke, J., Drake, A., Drinkwater, E., Elgar, M., Epstein, M., Fitt, G., Gregg, P., Hendry, P., Hoare, R., Kallies, A., Luo, Y., McQuillan, P., Miller, S., Moore, M., New, T., Odell, E., Rees, D., Sands, D., Wills, A. and Zalucki, M., 2026, ‘Knowledge Gaps and Opportunities: A Future for Moth Studies in Australia’, in Kitching, Roger ed. Australian Moths: a natural history. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 537–549., https://oro.open.ac.uk/110598/.
  • Cooke, J., Carey, J. and Simpson, K., 2025, ‘Plant silicon – tough stuff or not? In: 9th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture (ICSA 2025), 15-19 Sep 2025, Belgrade, Serbia’, https://oro.open.ac.uk/106424/.
  • Cooke, J., Bulbert, M. W., Drinkwater, E. and Simmons, Z. M., 2025, ‘Ethics in fieldwork teaching’, in France, Derek; Batty, Lesley and Swanton, Dan eds. Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 50–69., https://oro.open.ac.uk/105532/.
  • Cooke, J., Maseyk, K., Wheeler, P. and Davies, S., 2025, ‘Co-creating hypotheses with students during short field investigations’, in Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase 2025: Fieldwork Collaborations, 3-4 Sep 2025, University of Edinburgh and online., https://oro.open.ac.uk/107565/.
  • Worsfold, N., Mauchline, A. and Cooke, J., 2024, ‘Teaching Ecology in the cost of living crisis’, The British Ecological Society, London, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/97615/.
  • Cooke, J., Katz, O., Nakamura, R., Schoelynck, J. and de Tombeur, F., 2024, ‘Plant silicification by biome’, in Silicamics 4, 14-18 Oct 2024, Brest, France., https://oro.open.ac.uk/100986/.
  • Johnson, S. N., Waterman, J. M., Hartley, S. E., Cooke, J., Ryalls, J. M. W., Lagisz, M. and Nakagawa, S., 2024, ‘Plant Silicon Defences Suppress Herbivore Performance, but Mode of Feeding Is Key’, Ecology Letters, 27(10), https://oro.open.ac.uk/100322/.
  • Cooke, J. and Carey, J. C., 2023, ‘Stress alters the role of silicon in controlling plant water movement’, Functional Ecology, 37(12), pp. 2985–2999., https://oro.open.ac.uk/93505/.
  • Schoelynck, J., De Block, P., Van Dyck, E. and Cooke, J., 2023, ‘Is there silicon in flowers and what does it tell us? Ecology and Evolution, 13(10),’, https://oro.open.ac.uk/93488/.
  • de Tombeur, F., Raven, J. A., Toussaint, A., Lambers, H., Cooke, J., Hartley, S. E., Johnson, S. N., Coq, S., Katz, O., Schaller, J. and Voille, C., 2023, ‘Why do plants silicify? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38(3), pp’, 275–288., https://oro.open.ac.uk/86071/.
  • Cooke, J., Carey, J., Schoelynck, J. and De Block, P., 2023, ‘Plant silicon: costs and benefits from two very different studies’, in British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023, 6-15 Dec 2023, Belfast, Northern Ireland., https://oro.open.ac.uk/100998/.
  • Flores-Moreno, H., Dalrymple, R., Cornwell, W., Popovic, G., Nakagawa, S., Atkinson, J., Cooke, J., Laffan, S., Bonser, S., Schwanz, L., Crean, A., Eldridge, D., Garratt, M., Brooks, R., Verges, A., Poore, A., Cohen, D., Clark, G., Gupta, A., Reich, P., Cornelissen, J. H., Craine, J., Hemmings, F., Kattge, J., Niinemets, U., Penuelas, J. and Moles, A., 2023, ‘Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features’, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, https://oro.open.ac.uk/87770/.
  • Etesami, H., Li, Z., Maathuis, F. J. and Cooke, J., 2022, ‘The combined use of silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizas to mitigate salinity and drought stress in rice’, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 201, https://oro.open.ac.uk/84178/.
  • Carey, J. and Cooke, J., 2022, ‘Stress exposure alters the role of silicon in controlling plant water movement’, in 10th Isotopes in Biogenic Silica (IBiS), 14-16 Jun 2022, Lund University, Sweden., https://oro.open.ac.uk/85905/.