Graeme Caughley

12.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
77 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Graeme Caughley is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Graeme Caughley has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Graeme Caughley's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (37 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (12 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers). Graeme Caughley is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (37 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (12 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers). Graeme Caughley collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United States. Graeme Caughley's co-authors include A. R. E. Sinclair, Michael B. Usher, Jerry O. Wolff, Anne Gunn, Gordon C. Grigg, A. Gunn, Carlos A. Peres, D. Grice, DNN and John M. Fryxell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Graeme Caughley

75 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Directions in Conservation Biology 1966 2026 1986 2006 1994 1977 1978 1995 1966 500 1000 1.5k
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. Directions in Conservation Biology
    1994 1.7k citations Graeme Caughley Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  2. Analysis of vertebrate populations
    1977 1.6k citations Graeme Caughley profile →
  3. Analysis of Vertebrate Populations.
    1978 916 citations Michael B. Usher, Graeme Caughley Journal of Applied Ecology profile →
  4. Wildlife Ecology and Management
    1995 499 citations Jerry O. Wolff, Graeme Caughley et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  5. Mortality Patterns in Mammals
    1966 471 citations Graeme Caughley profile →
  6. Wildlife ecology and management
    1984 451 citations Graeme Caughley, A. R. E. Sinclair profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Graeme Caughley Australia 32 7.5k 2.8k 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 77 9.6k
Joël Berger United States 43 7.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 144 9.6k
Miguel Delibes Spain 51 7.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 295 9.2k
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska Poland 57 8.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 149 10.0k
R. Terry Bowyer United States 51 7.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 781 0.6× 625 0.5× 197 8.8k
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski Poland 55 7.2k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 661 0.5× 875 0.7× 106 8.3k
Graham I. H. Kerley South Africa 48 6.8k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 259 8.8k
John M. Fryxell Canada 64 9.4k 1.3× 3.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 175 11.9k
N. Thompson Hobbs United States 56 6.5k 0.9× 3.1k 1.1× 971 0.6× 2.4k 1.8× 924 0.7× 140 10.1k
Eric Duffey United States 42 3.3k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 935 0.7× 714 0.5× 134 6.2k
Stephen M. Redpath United Kingdom 50 7.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 952 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 195 9.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graeme Caughley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brussard, Peter F., et al.. (1997). Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice. Journal of Wildlife Management. 61(4). 1441–1441. 13 indexed citations
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Peres, Carlos A., Graeme Caughley, & A. Gunn. (1996). Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice.. Journal of Applied Ecology. 33(6). 1586–1586. 297 indexed citations
3.
Wolff, Jerry O., Graeme Caughley, & A. R. E. Sinclair. (1995). Wildlife Ecology and Management. Journal of Animal Ecology. 64(3). 420–420. 499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fletcher, M. R., Colin Southwell, Graeme Caughley, et al.. (1990). Kangaroo Population Trends In The Australian Rangelands, 1980-87. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 21(1). 28–29. 7 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme, et al.. (1989). Reindeer on South Georgia. The Ecology of an Introduced Population. Journal of Animal Ecology. 58(3). 1118–1118. 43 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1988). The colonisation of New Zealand by the Polynesians. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 18(3). 245–270. 19 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1987). The distribution of eutherian body weights. Oecologia. 74(2). 319–320. 12 indexed citations
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Grigg, Gordon C., et al.. (1985). The Australian Kangaroo Populations, 1984. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 16(5). 277–279. 8 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme & A. R. E. Sinclair. (1984). Wildlife ecology and management. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caughley, Graeme & Charles J. Krebs. (1983). Are big mammals simply little mammals writ large?. Oecologia. 59(1). 7–17. 136 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1982). Vegetation complexity and the dynamics of modelled grazing systems. Oecologia. 54(3). 309–312. 18 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme & D. Grice. (1982). A Correction Factor for Counting Emus from the Air, and its Application to Counts in Western Australia. Wildlife Research. 9(2). 253–259. 82 indexed citations
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Usher, Michael B. & Graeme Caughley. (1978). Analysis of Vertebrate Populations.. Journal of Applied Ecology. 15(1). 343–343. 916 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caughley, Graeme. (1978). Mountain Monarchs: Wild Sheep and Goats of the Himalaya. George B. Schaller. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 53(4). 491–491. 2 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme, et al.. (1977). Numbers, Distribution and Harvesting Rate of Kangaroos on the Inland Plains of New South Wlaes. Wildlife Research. 4(2). 99–108. 29 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1971). OFFSPRING SEX RATIO AND AGE OF PARENTS. Reproduction. 25(1). 145–147. 10 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1970). Fat reserves of Himalayan thar in New Zealand by season, sex, area and age.. New Zealand Journal of Science. 13. 209–219. 30 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1965). A Method of Comparing the Numbers of Species in Areas Covered by Different Periods of Observation. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 65(2). 115–118. 3 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme, et al.. (1964). Sex Ratios in Marsupial Pouch Young. Nature. 204(4957). 491–491. 11 indexed citations
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Caughley, Graeme. (1962). Habitat occupation of birds in a New Zealand high country drainage during the breeding season.. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 62(2). 129–139. 4 indexed citations

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