Tim Caro

12.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Tim Caro is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Caro has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Ecology, 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 47 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tim Caro's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (93 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Tim Caro is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (93 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Tim Caro collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Tanzania. Tim Caro's co-authors include C. J. Stoner, Katherine McHugh, Barbara Clucas, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Theodore Stankowich, Danielle Brown, Emily Fitzherbert, Paul W. Sherman, Patrick Bateson and Toby Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tim Caro

177 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Caro United States	51	4.2k	2.4k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	179	7.7k
J. Marcus Rowcliffe United Kingdom	56	6.3k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	160	9.3k
Stephen M. Redpath United Kingdom	50	7.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	688 0.5×	195	9.3k
Justin S. Brashares United States	43	6.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	966 0.7×	102	8.8k
Guy Cowlishaw United Kingdom	51	4.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	3.7k 2.7×	134	9.4k
John M. Marzluff United States	51	6.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	3.4k 2.1×	2.3k 1.7×	858 0.6×	172	10.3k
Chris Carbone United Kingdom	39	5.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	969 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	978 0.7×	98	7.4k
Graham I. H. Kerley South Africa	48	6.8k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.8×	920 0.7×	259	8.8k
Eivin Røskaft Norway	55	7.6k 1.8×	4.2k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	706 0.5×	267	9.5k
George Wittemyer United States	43	5.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	571 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	161	7.7k
Adrian Treves United States	43	5.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	676 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	118	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Caro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Caro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tim Caro. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tim Caro. The network helps show where Tim Caro may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Caro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Caro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Caro 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 Tim Caro. Tim Caro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (2024). Mammal coloration as a social signal. Journal of Zoology. 323(2). 114–128. 2 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (2023). Outstanding issues in the study of antipredator defenses. Ecology and Evolution. 13(12). e10803–e10803. 5 indexed citations

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Khamis, Miza, et al.. (2023). Distribution and threats to coconut crabs on Unguja, Zanzibar. African Journal of Ecology. 61(3). 717–721. 3 indexed citations

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Scott‐Samuel, Nicholas E., et al.. (2023). Dazzle: surface patterns that impede interception. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140(4). 485–503. 16 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (2023). Meta‐ and subpopulation estimation with disparate data: coconut crabs in the Western Indian Ocean. Animal Conservation. 27(2). 184–195. 1 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (2023). Why don't horseflies land on zebras?. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(4). 4 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim. (2020). Zebra stripes. Current Biology. 30(17). R973–R974. 3 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim & Ricardo Mallarino. (2020). Coloration in Mammals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(4). 357–366. 83 indexed citations

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Lobora, Alex L., Linus K. Munishi, Tim Caro, et al.. (2018). Incipient signs of genetic differentiation among African elephant populations in fragmenting miombo ecosystems in south‐western Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology. 56(4). 993–1002. 4 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (2018). Correlates of color polymorphism in coconut crabs Birgus latro. Zoology. 129. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim & William L. Allen. (2017). Interspecific visual signalling in animals and plants: a functional classification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1724). 20160344–20160344. 58 indexed citations

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Stankowich, Theodore, Paul J. Haverkamp, & Tim Caro. (2014). ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSES IN CARNIVORES. Evolution. 68(5). 1415–1425. 32 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, Andrew P. Dobson, Andrew J. Marshall, & Carlos A. Peres. (2014). Compromise solutions between conservation and road building in the tropics. Current Biology. 24(16). R722–R725. 58 indexed citations

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Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff, et al.. (2012). Remarkable Rates of Lightning Strike Mortality in Malawi. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29281–e29281. 35 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim. (2008). Contrasting coloration in terrestrial mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 364(1516). 537–548. 115 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, Toby Gardner, C. J. Stoner, Emily Fitzherbert, & Tim R. B. Davenport. (2008). Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas: paradoxes call for pluralism in evaluating conservation performance. Diversity and Distributions. 15(1). 178–182. 47 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim. (2007). The Pleistocene re-wilding gambit. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22(6). 281–283. 50 indexed citations

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Gardner, Toby, et al.. (2007). Conservation Value of Multiple‐Use Areas in East Africa. Conservation Biology. 21(6). 1516–1525. 64 indexed citations

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Caro, Tim, et al.. (1999). The behaviour–conservation interface. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14(9). 366–369. 114 indexed citations

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Murray, Martyn G., Tim Caro, & Andrew P. Dobson. (1992). The dynamics of serengeti research. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 7(4). 108–110. 4 indexed citations

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