Arjun Amar

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Arjun Amar is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Arjun Amar has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Ecology, 54 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Arjun Amar's work include Avian ecology and behavior (98 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (76 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (42 papers). Arjun Amar is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (98 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (76 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (42 papers). Arjun Amar collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Arjun Amar's co-authors include Stephen M. Redpath, William J. Sutherland, Juliette Young, William M. Adams, Robert A. Lambert, Allan Watt, Andrew Whitehouse, John D. C. Linnell, R. J. Gutiérrez and Anna C. Evely and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Arjun Amar

134 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding and managin... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2018 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Understanding and managing conservation conflicts
    2012 929 citations Stephen M. Redpath, Arjun Amar et al. profile →
  2. State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations
    2018 248 citations Arjun Amar et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Arjun Amar 3.2k 990 831 823 745 137 4.3k
Beatriz Arroyo 4.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.6× 976 1.2× 591 0.8× 206 5.0k
David G. Noble 3.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 2.0k 2.4× 1.5k 1.9× 807 1.1× 93 4.8k
Paul A. Smith 3.3k 1.0× 749 0.8× 864 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 994 1.3× 107 4.4k
G. Siriwardena 3.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 2.6k 3.1× 1.2k 1.4× 1.7k 2.2× 115 6.1k
Ricardo Rozzi 2.0k 0.6× 815 0.8× 704 0.8× 411 0.5× 510 0.7× 191 3.4k
P. Dee Boersma 4.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.7× 1.0k 1.2× 409 0.5× 1.6k 2.2× 142 5.5k
Ruud Foppen 3.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 75 4.8k
Fabrizio Sergio 4.4k 1.4× 1.8k 1.8× 1.5k 1.8× 1.0k 1.2× 575 0.8× 103 5.3k
Amanda D. Rodewald 3.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 1.7k 2.0× 1.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.8× 190 4.9k
Jeff E. Houlahan 2.3k 0.7× 606 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 980 1.2× 1.9k 2.6× 47 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Arjun Amar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arjun Amar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Arjun Amar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Arjun Amar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Arjun Amar. Arjun Amar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sumasgutner, Petra, Johan Nilsson, Hannah Watson, et al.. (2024). Pleiotropic effects of melanin pigmentation: haemoparasite infection intensity but not telomere length is associated with plumage morph in black sparrowhawks. Royal Society Open Science. 11(4). 230370–230370. 5 indexed citations
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Amar, Arjun, et al.. (2024). Continental scale dietary patterns in a New World raptor using web-sourced photographs. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0304740–e0304740. 4 indexed citations
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Murgatroyd, Megan, Nina Farwig, Ryno Kemp, et al.. (2023). A utilization distribution for the global population of Cape Vultures (Gypscoprotheres) to guide wind energy development. Ecological Applications. 33(3). e2809–e2809. 6 indexed citations
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Murgatroyd, Megan, et al.. (2023). Using GPS tracking to monitor the breeding performance of a low-density raptor improves accuracy, and reduces long-term financial and carbon costs. Royal Society Open Science. 10(8). 221447–221447. 5 indexed citations
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Amar, Arjun, et al.. (2022). Using web-sourced photographs to examine temporal patterns in sex-specific diet of a highly sexually dimorphic raptor. Royal Society Open Science. 9(10). 220779–220779. 14 indexed citations
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Selier, Jeanetta, et al.. (2022). The hunter and the hunted: Using web‐sourced imagery to monitor leopard ( Panthera pardus pardus ) trophy hunting. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(11). 5 indexed citations
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Allen, Simon, et al.. (2022). Causes, temporal trends, and the effects of urbanization on admissions of wild raptors to rehabilitation centers in England and Wales. Ecology and Evolution. 12(4). e8856–e8856. 24 indexed citations
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Sumasgutner, Petra, et al.. (2020). Clinal variation in the polymorphic Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus is unrelated to infection by the blood parasite Haemoproteus nisi. Journal für Ornithologie. 162(1). 231–241. 4 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Dan, Chevonne Reynolds, Arjun Amar, et al.. (2020). Wealth, water and wildlife: Landscape aridity intensifies the urban luxury effect. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(9). 1595–1605. 51 indexed citations
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Maude, Glyn, et al.. (2020). Changes in nesting numbers and breeding success of African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus in north-central Botswana. Bird Conservation International. 30(3). 456–473. 3 indexed citations
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Santangeli, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Perceptions of vulture supplementary feeding site managers and potential hidden risks to avian scavengers. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(8). 5 indexed citations
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Moleón, Marcos, Ainara Cortés‐Avizanda, Juan Manuel Pérez‐García, et al.. (2020). Distribution of avian scavengers inside and outside of protected areas: contrasting patterns between two areas of Spain and South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation. 29(11-12). 3349–3368. 3 indexed citations
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Sumasgutner, Petra, et al.. (2020). Contrasting parental color morphs increase regularity of prey deliveries in an African raptor. Behavioral Ecology. 31(5). 1142–1149. 9 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Dan, Dominic A. W. Henry, Chevonne Reynolds, Enrico Caprio, & Arjun Amar. (2019). The relationship between wealth and biodiversity: A test of the Luxury Effect on bird species richness in the developing world. Global Change Biology. 25(9). 3045–3055. 65 indexed citations
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Little, R.M., et al.. (2019). Impact of increased predation risk on vigilance behaviour in a gregarious waterfowl, the Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca. Journal of Avian Biology. 50(6). 7 indexed citations
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Bishop, Jacqueline M., et al.. (2016). Differential foraging success across a light level spectrum explains the maintenance and spatial structure of colour morphs in a polymorphic bird. Ecology Letters. 19(6). 679–686. 47 indexed citations
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Roulin, Alexandre, et al.. (2016). Just Google it: assessing the use of Google Images to describe geographical variation in visible traits of organisms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7(9). 1060–1070. 69 indexed citations

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