Kasim Rafiq

570 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 256 citations indexed

About

Kasim Rafiq is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Kasim Rafiq has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 256 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Ecological Modeling and 3 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Kasim Rafiq's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (3 papers). Kasim Rafiq is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (3 papers). Kasim Rafiq collaborates with scholars based in Botswana, Australia and United Kingdom. Kasim Rafiq's co-authors include Briana Abrahms, Neil R. Jordan, J. Weldon McNutt, Neil Carter, Alan M. Wilson, T. J. Clark, Alex McInturff, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Anna C. Nisi and Krystyna A. Golabek and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kasim Rafiq

15 papers receiving 249 citations

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Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict

2023 113 citations Briana Abrahms, Neil Carter et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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15 of 15 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore 2025 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Briana Abrahms, Kasim Rafiq, Anna C. Nisi, Neil R. Jordan, Alan M. Wilson, Andrew J. Loveridge, (unknown), Lara L. Sousa, J. Weldon McNutt	2
2	Generative AI as a tool to accelerate the field of ecology 2025 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Kasim Rafiq, Sara Beery, Meredith S. Palmer, Zaïd Harchaoui, Briana Abrahms	9
3	Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology 2024 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Kasim Rafiq, Neil R. Jordan, J. Weldon McNutt, (unknown), Nina Attias, P. Dee Boersma, Meredith S. Palmer, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Briana Abrahms	3
4	The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure 2024 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·T. J. Clark, (unknown), (unknown), Anna C. Nisi, Kasim Rafiq, (unknown), P. Dee Boersma, Elliott L. Hazen, Sue E. Moore, Briana Abrahms	7
5	Droughts reshape apex predator space use and intraguild overlap 2024 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·(unknown), Kasim Rafiq, Sarah J. Converse, Alan M. Wilson, Neil R. Jordan, Krystyna A. Golabek, J. Weldon McNutt, Briana Abrahms	5
6	Increasing ambient temperatures trigger shifts in activity patterns and temporal partitioning in a large carnivore guild 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Kasim Rafiq, Neil R. Jordan, Krystyna A. Golabek, J. Weldon McNutt, Alan M. Wilson, Briana Abrahms	11
7	SensorDrop: A system to remotely detach individual sensors from wildlife tracking collars 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Kasim Rafiq, Roslyn Appleby, Althea L. Davies, Briana Abrahms	1
8	Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Climate Change ·Briana Abrahms, Neil Carter, T. J. Clark, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, (unknown), Alex McInturff, Anna C. Nisi, Kasim Rafiq, (unknown)	113
9	Long-term, climate-driven phenological shift in a tropical large carnivore 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Briana Abrahms, Kasim Rafiq, Neil R. Jordan, J. Weldon McNutt	17
10	WildWID: An open‐source active RFID system for wildlife research 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Kasim Rafiq, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bradley Smith, Neil R. Jordan, (unknown), Darryl Jones, (unknown), (unknown)	11
11	Scent-marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard 2020 ·Animal Behaviour ·Kasim Rafiq, Neil R. Jordan, Carlo Meloro, Alan M. Wilson, Matt W. Hayward, Serge A. Wich, J. Weldon McNutt	24
12	Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the African large predator guild 2020 ·Journal of Zoology ·Kasim Rafiq, Matt W. Hayward, Alan M. Wilson, Carlo Meloro, Neil R. Jordan, Serge A. Wich, J. Weldon McNutt, Krystyna A. Golabek	21
13	Spatio‐temporal factors impacting encounter occurrences between leopards and other large African predators 2019 ·Journal of Zoology ·Kasim Rafiq, Neil R. Jordan, Alan M. Wilson, J. Weldon McNutt, Matt W. Hayward, Carlo Meloro, Serge A. Wich, Krystyna A. Golabek	13
14	OpenDropOff: An open‐source, low‐cost drop‐off unit for animal‐borne devices 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Kasim Rafiq, (unknown), (unknown), Neil R. Jordan, (unknown), Darryl Jones, (unknown), (unknown)	8
15	Movement patterns and athletic performance of leopards in the Okavango Delta 2018 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Tatjana Y. Hubel, Krystyna A. Golabek, Kasim Rafiq, J. Weldon McNutt, Alan M. Wilson	11

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