K. Ullas Karanth

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

K. Ullas Karanth is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Ullas Karanth has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Ecological Modeling and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in K. Ullas Karanth's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (14 papers). K. Ullas Karanth is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (14 papers). K. Ullas Karanth collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and United Kingdom. K. Ullas Karanth's co-authors include James D. Nichols, N. Samba Kumar, Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, James E. Hines, Allan F. O’Connell, J. Andrew Royle, William A. Link, Devcharan Jathanna, Krithi K. Karanth and Anish Andheria and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

K. Ullas Karanth

57 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

ESTIMATION OF TIGER DENSITIES IN INDIA USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURES AND RECAPTURES

1998 893 citations K. Ullas Karanth, James D. Nichols Ecology profile →
Estimating tiger Panthera tigris populations from camera-trap data using capture—recapture models

1995 511 citations K. Ullas Karanth Biological Conservation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Ullas Karanth India	34	5.6k	1.7k	1.1k	866	789	57	6.0k
Luke Hunter United States	38	4.1k 0.7×	900 0.5×	957 0.9×	852 1.0×	690 0.9×	104	4.6k
Andrew J. Loveridge United Kingdom	41	4.5k 0.8×	799 0.5×	952 0.9×	933 1.1×	682 0.9×	136	5.2k
Marcella J. Kelly United States	36	4.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	882 0.8×	654 0.8×	681 0.9×	111	4.6k
Bodil Elmhagen Sweden	23	4.2k 0.7×	968 0.6×	916 0.8×	665 0.8×	363 0.5×	42	4.7k
Sandro Lovari Italy	41	4.6k 0.8×	685 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	389 0.5×	164	5.5k
Matthew Linkie United Kingdom	31	3.4k 0.6×	877 0.5×	602 0.6×	489 0.6×	966 1.2×	72	4.3k
José Vicente López‐Bao Spain	42	3.4k 0.6×	734 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	698 0.8×	361 0.5×	174	4.7k
K. Ullas Karanth India	23	3.2k 0.6×	643 0.4×	662 0.6×	602 0.7×	506 0.6×	47	3.6k
Eric M. Gese United States	41	4.9k 0.9×	651 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	523 0.7×	164	5.6k
Evelyn H. Merrill Canada	45	6.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	767 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	377 0.5×	113	7.7k

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Karanth, K. Ullas, N. Samba Kumar, & Krithi K. Karanth. (2020). Tigers against the odds: Applying macro-ecology to species recovery in India. Biological Conservation. 252. 108846–108846. 15 indexed citations

Srivathsa, Arjun, Mahi Puri, N. Samba Kumar, Devcharan Jathanna, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2017). Substituting space for time: Empirical evaluation of spatial replication as a surrogate for temporal replication in occupancy modelling. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(2). 754–765. 41 indexed citations

Karanth, K. Ullas, et al.. (2017). Spatio-temporal interactions facilitate large carnivore sympatry across a resource gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1848). 20161860–20161860. 189 indexed citations

Srivathsa, Arjun, Krithi K. Karanth, Devcharan Jathanna, N. Samba Kumar, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2014). On a Dhole Trail: Examining Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Dhole Habitat Occupancy in the Western Ghats of India. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e98803–e98803. 60 indexed citations

Karanth, K. Ullas & Krithi K. Karanth. (2012). A tiger in the drawing room: can luxury tourism benefit wildlife?. Economic and political weekly. 47(38). 38–43. 15 indexed citations

Gopalaswamy, Arjun M., J. Andrew Royle, Mohan Delampady, et al.. (2012). Density estimation in tiger populations: combining information for strong inference. Ecology. 93(7). 1741–1751. 67 indexed citations

Goswami, Varun R., Matthew V. Lauretta, M. D. Madhusudan, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2011). Optimizing individual identification and survey effort for photographic capture–recapture sampling of species with temporally variable morphological traits. Animal Conservation. 15(2). 174–183. 24 indexed citations

Athreya, Vidya, Morten Odden, John D. C. Linnell, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2010). Translocation as a Tool for Mitigating Conflict with Leopards in Human‐Dominated Landscapes of India. Conservation Biology. 25(1). 133–141. 139 indexed citations

Karanth, Krithi K., James D. Nichols, K. Ullas Karanth, James E. Hines, & Norman L. Christensen. (2010). The shrinking ark: patterns of large mammal extinctions in India. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1690). 1971–1979. 136 indexed citations

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Mondol, Samrat, K. Ullas Karanth, & Uma Ramakrishnan. (2009). Why the Indian Subcontinent Holds the Key to Global Tiger Recovery. PLoS Genetics. 5(8). e1000585–e1000585. 62 indexed citations

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Karanth, Krithi K., James D. Nichols, James E. Hines, K. Ullas Karanth, & Norman L. Christensen. (2009). Patterns and determinants of mammal species occurrence in India. Journal of Applied Ecology. 46(6). 1189–1200. 117 indexed citations

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Royle, J. Andrew, K. Ullas Karanth, Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, & N. Samba Kumar. (2009). Bayesian inference in camera trapping studies for a class of spatial capture–recapture models. Ecology. 90(11). 3233–3244. 244 indexed citations

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Marnewick, Kelly, Paul J. Funston, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2008). Evaluating camera trapping as a method for estimating cheetah abundance in ranching areas : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38(1). 59–65. 1 indexed citations

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Jathanna, Devcharan, N. Samba Kumar, & K. Ullas Karanth. (2008). Measuring Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) abundance in southern India using distance sampling. Current Science. 95(7). 885–888. 12 indexed citations

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Ranganathan, Jai, Kai M. A. Chan, K. Ullas Karanth, & James L. Smith. (2007). Where can tigers persist in the future? A landscape-scale, density-based population model for the Indian subcontinent. Biological Conservation. 141(1). 67–77. 50 indexed citations

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Karanth, K. Ullas, James D. Nichols, N. Samba Kumar, & James E. Hines. (2006). ASSESSING TIGER POPULATION DYNAMICS USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURE–RECAPTURE SAMPLING. Ecology. 87(11). 2925–2937. 284 indexed citations

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Karanth, K. Ullas, Raghunandan S. Chundawat, James D. Nichols, & N. Samba Kumar. (2004). Estimation of tiger densities in the tropical dry forests of Panna, Central India, using photographic capture–recapture sampling. Animal Conservation. 7(3). 285–290. 124 indexed citations

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Karanth, K. Ullas, et al.. (2002). Field surveys: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling. 139–152. 23 indexed citations

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Karanth, K. Ullas, et al.. (2002). Statistical concepts: Assessing spatial distributions. 29–38. 20 indexed citations

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Karanth, K. Ullas. (1995). Estimating tiger Panthera tigris populations from camera-trap data using capture—recapture models. Biological Conservation. 71(3). 333–338. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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