Peter Kareiva

39.0k citations

210 papers · 26.5k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Ecological Modeling top 0.1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 27
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 27
Nature and Landscape Conservation 47
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 34

Co-authors: Michelle Marvier Gretchen C. Daily David Tilman Heather Tallis Stephen Polasky Robert I. McDonald Garrett M. Odell Taylor H. Ricketts
Journals: Ecology (26 papers)Trends in Ecology & Evolution (15 papers)Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (11 papers)Nature (11 papers)Science (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Peter Kareiva

202 papers receiving 24.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Mapping the global potential for marine aquaculture 2017 · 379 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2013 Nature Climate Change
2013 Ecological Economics
2012 BioScience
2011 RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
2009 eYLS (Yale Law School)
2009 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Biological Conservation
2007 Science
1999 Biological Invasions
1997 Ecology
1993 Theoretical Population Biology
1990 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
1987 The American Naturalist
1983 Oecologia

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Peter Kareiva, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	The expanding use and effectiveness of nonlethal methods for mitigating wolf-cattle conflict Rangelands ·J. A. Cardno, Peter Kareiva, Long P. Quang	2025	1
2	Are all benefits equal? An exploratory analysis of coastal perspectives of seafood farming expansion in the United States Journal of the World Aquaculture Society ·Shelly Anderson, А.В. Воловодов, Kimberly D. Thompson, Michelle Marvier, Peter Kareiva	2023	9
3	Evaluating the efficacy and equity of environmental stopgap measures Nature Sustainability ·Holly Jean Buck, Laura J. Martin, Oliver Geden, Peter Kareiva, Liz Koslov, 昭二前島, Ben Kravitz, Arthur E. Janke, Edward A. Parson, Christopher J. Preston, Daniel L. Sanchez, Lynn Scarlett, Shuchi Talati	2020	34
4	Deforestation in Colombian protected areas increased during post-conflict periods Scientific Reports ·Nicola Clerici, Dolors Armenteras, Peter Kareiva, Rodrigo Botero, Juan Pablo Ramírez‐Delgado, Germán Forero‐Medina, Louise Griffin, Carlos Pedraza, Laura Schneider, Ted Creen, Catalina Gómez, Mauricio Linares, Matias Ríos E., Duan Biggs	2020	154
5	Open Space Loss and Land Inequality in United States' Cities, 1990–2000 PLoS ONE ·Robert I. McDonald, Richard T. T. Forman, Peter Kareiva	2010	73
6	Ecosystem Services in Decision Making: Time to Deliver eYLS (Yale Law School) ·James Salzman, Gretchen C. Daily, Stephen Polasky, Joshua Goldstein, Peter Kareiva, Harold A. Mooney, Liba Pejchar, Taylor H. Ricketts, Robert J. Shallenberger Hit paper breakdown →	2009	1398
7	The Future of Synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences Stephen R. Carpenter, Monika Stützle-Hebel, Peter Arzberger, Terry Chapin, James J. Elser, Edward J. Hackett, CHRISTIAN VANNECHEL, Peter Kareiva, Mathew A. Leibold, Per Lundberg, Marc Mangel, Nirav Merchant, William W. Murdoch, Margaret A. Palmer, Debra P. C. Peters, Steward T. A. Pickett, Kathleen K. Smith, Diana H. Wall, Ann Zimmerman	2009	3
8	U.S. Natural Resources and Climate Change: Concepts and Approaches for Management Adaptation Environmental Management ·Jordan M. West, Susan Julius, Peter Kareiva, Carolyn A. F. Enquist, Joshua J. Lawler, Brian Petersen, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, M. Rebecca Shaw	2009	140
9	An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, Amy Chang Hit paper breakdown →	2008	571
10	Field evidence that ecosystem service projects support biodiversity and diversify options Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rebecca L. Goldman, Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva, Gretchen C. Daily	2008	132
11	Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources Jill S. Baron, Linda A. Joyce, Peter Kareiva, Brian D. Keller, Margaret A. Palmer, Charles H. Peterson, James M. Scott, Brad Griffith	2008	106
12	Conserving Biodiversity Efficiently: What to Do, Where, and When PLoS Biology ·Kerrie A. Wilson, Emma C. Underwood, Scott A. Morrison, Kirk R. Klausmeyer, William W. Murdoch, Belinda Reyers, Grant Wardell‐Johnson, Pablo A. Marquet, Phil Rundel, Marissa F. McBride, Robert L. Pressey, Michael Bode, Jon Hoekstra, Sandy Andelman, Liang Huazhong, Carlo Rondinini, Peter Kareiva, M. Rebecca Shaw, Hugh P. Possingham	2007	358
13	Estimating the Effect of Protected Lands on the Development and Conservation of Their Surroundings Conservation Biology ·Robert I. McDonald, JEFF SHATTUCK, Jayaprakash Panchagnula Sharma, G. S. Hovsepyan, Peter Kareiva, David R. Foster, Ted L. Gragson, Ann P. Kinzig, Sahar Fallah-Ghasemi Gildeh, Charles L. Redman	2007	48
14	Is the key to conservation changing ethical values or policing unethical behavior? Current Biology ·Peter Kareiva	2005	3
15	Ecosystem services Current Biology ·Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva	2005	29
16	Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, and Disturbance Promote Invasion by Habitat Generalists in a Multispecies Metapopulation Risk Analysis ·Michelle Marvier, Peter Kareiva, Michael G. Neubert	2004	298
17	Conservation biology: for the coming decade. Chapman & Hall eBooks ·Peggy L. Fiedler, Peter Kareiva	1998	187
18	Spatial ecology : the role of space in population dynamics and interspecific interactions Ecology ·David Tilman, Peter Kareiva Hit paper breakdown →	1997	1161
19	Frequency-dependent selection and competition: empirical approaches Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Janis Antonovics, Peter Kareiva	1988	38
20	Parameter estimation techniques for interaction and redistribution models: a predator-prey example Oecologia ·H. T. Banks, Peter Kareiva, Katherine A. Murphy	1987	24

About Peter Kareiva

Peter Kareiva is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Insect Science, having authored 210 papers that have together received 26.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (34 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (25 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (24 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (7.9k citations), Ecological Modeling (2.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (11.2k citations), Ecology (9.9k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.8k citations). Peter Kareiva has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michelle Marvier, Gretchen C. Daily, David Tilman, Heather Tallis, Stephen Polasky, Robert I. McDonald, Garrett M. Odell, Taylor H. Ricketts, Nanako Shigesada and Mary Ruckelshaus. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Nature and Science.

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