K. Ullas Karanth
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kota Ullas Karanth is a conservation zoologist and a leading tiger expert based in Karnataka, India. He was the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's India Programme. He is notable for pioneering the scientific use of camera traps in population density studies of large wild mammals in India. He was a Senior Conservation Scientist with the New York based Wildlife Conservation Society and Technical Director of the WCS Tiger Conservation Program.
K. Ullas Karanth's Published Works
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Published Works
- Human‐Carnivore Conflict and Perspectives on Carnivore Management Worldwide (2003) (1431)
- ESTIMATION OF TIGER DENSITIES IN INDIA USING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTURES AND RECAPTURES (1998) (1133)
- prey selection by tiger, leopard and dhole in tropical forests (1995) (599)
- Tigers and their prey: Predicting carnivore densities from prey abundance. (2004) (593)
- Camera Traps in Animal Ecology (2011) (403)
- Behavioural correlates of predation by tiger (Panthera tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus) and dhole (Cuon alpinus) in Nagarahole, India (2000) (395)
- Assessing tiger population dynamics using photographic capture-recapture sampling. (2006) (357)
- Estimating tiger Panthera tigris populations from camera-trap data using capture-recapture models (1995) (352)
- Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink—The Six Percent Solution (2010) (308)
- Bayesian inference in camera trapping studies for a class of spatial capture-recapture models. (2009) (290)
- Tigers on trails: occupancy modeling for cluster sampling. (2009) (256)
- Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys (2011) (239)
- Population structure, density and biomass of large herbivores in the tropical forests of Nagarahole, India (1992) (222)
- A hierarchical model for estimating density in camera‐trap studies (2009) (212)
- Diet and prey profiles of three sympatric large carnivores in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, India (2007) (210)
- Translocation as a Tool for Mitigating Conflict with Leopards in Human‐Dominated Landscapes of India (2011) (178)
- Carnivore conservation at the crossroads (2009) (172)
- Science deficiency in conservation practice: the monitoring of tiger populations in India (2003) (167)
- Evaluation of non-invasive genetic sampling methods for estimating tiger population size (2009) (167)
- Estimation of tiger densities in the tropical dry forests of Panna, Central India, using photographic capture–recapture sampling (2004) (165)
- The shrinking ark: patterns of large mammal extinctions in India (2010) (165)
- Prioritisation of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India (2006) (158)
- Patterns and determinants of mammal species occurrence in India (2009) (138)
- Spatio-temporal interactions facilitate large carnivore sympatry across a resource gradient (2017) (131)
- Program SPACECAP: software for estimating animal density using spatially explicit capture–recapture models (2012) (130)
- A tiger cannot change its stripes: using a three-dimensional model to match images of living tigers and tiger skins (2009) (126)
- A cat among the dogs: leopard Panthera pardus diet in a human-dominated landscape in western Maharashtra, India (2014) (120)
- Local Hunting and the Conservation of Large Mammals in India (2002) (119)
- Estimation of large herbivore densities in the tropical forests of southern India using distance sampling (2003) (105)
- Dynamics of a low‐density tiger population in Southeast Asia in the context of improved law enforcement (2016) (96)
- FORUM: Ecologists need robust survey designs, sampling and analytical methods (2015) (80)
- Density estimation in tiger populations: combining information for strong inference. (2012) (77)
- How many tigers Panthera tigris are there in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand? An estimate using photographic capture-recapture sampling (2007) (74)
- Where can tigers persist in the future? A landscape-scale, density-based population model for the Indian subcontinent (2008) (74)
- Evaluating camera trapping as a method for estimating cheetah abundance in ranching areas (2008) (68)
- Application of photographic capture–recapture modelling to estimate demographic parameters for male Asian elephants (2007) (68)
- People and Wildlife: An ecology-based policy framework for human–tiger coexistence in India (2005) (61)
- On a Dhole Trail: Examining Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Dhole Habitat Occupancy in the Western Ghats of India (2014) (58)
- Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling (2002) (57)
- Estimating Tiger Abundance from Camera Trap Data: Field Surveys and Analytical Issues (2011) (55)
- Spotted in the News: Using Media Reports to Examine Leopard Distribution, Depredation, and Management Practices outside Protected Areas in Southern India (2015) (53)
- Photographic sampling of elusive mammals in tropical forests (2004) (51)
- Ecologists need robust survey designs , sampling and analytical methods (2015) (51)
- An examination of index‐calibration experiments: counting tigers at macroecological scales (2015) (50)
- Estimating tropical forest ungulate densities from sign surveys using abundance models of occupancy (2012) (47)
- Correcting for Overdispersion in Tests of Prey Selectivity (1994) (44)
- Ecological status and conservation of tigers in India. Final Technical Report (February 1995 to January 2000) (2000) (40)
- State space and movement specification in open population spatial capture–recapture models (2018) (38)
- The ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of monitoring for conservation (2013) (36)
- Field surveys: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling (2002) (36)
- Non-invasive Survey Methods for Assessing Tiger Populations (2010) (34)
- Reliable monitoring of elephant populations in the forests of India: Analytical and practical considerations (2015) (32)
- Patterns and Determinants of Habitat Occupancy by the Asian Elephant in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India (2015) (32)
- Substituting space for time: Empirical evaluation of spatial replication as a surrogate for temporal replication in occupancy modelling (2018) (31)
- Multiscale distribution models for conserving widespread species: the case of sloth bear Melursus ursinus in India (2015) (30)
- Optimizing individual identification and survey effort for photographic capture–recapture sampling of species with temporally variable morphological traits (2012) (28)
- Science, Conservation, and Camera Traps (2011) (28)
- Patterns of tropical forest dynamics and human impacts: Views from above and below the canopy (2010) (26)
- Estimating Population Sizes of Leopard Cats in the Western Ghats Using Camera Surveys (2015) (25)
- Counting India's wild tigers reliably. (2011) (25)
- Statistical concepts: Assessing spatial distributions (2002) (25)
- Estimation of Demographic Parameters in a Tiger Population from Long-term Camera Trap Data (2011) (22)
- Movement and Activity Pattern of a Collared Tigress in a Human-Dominated Landscape in Central India (2014) (21)
- Determinants of dry season habitat use by Asian elephants in the Western Ghats of India (2016) (20)
- A tiger in the drawing room: can luxury tourism benefit wildlife? (2012) (18)
- Methods For Monitoring Tiger And Prey Populations (2017) (17)
- Measuring Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) abundance in southern India using distance sampling (2008) (15)
- Insights from distribution dynamics inform strategies to conserve a dhole Cuon alpinus metapopulation in India (2019) (15)
- Navigating paved paradise: Evaluating landscape permeability to movement for large mammals in two conservation priority landscapes in India (2020) (15)
- Estimating densities of large herbivores in tropical forests: Rigorous evaluation of a dung‐based method (2018) (14)
- Camera traps in animal ecology and conservation: What's next? (2011) (13)
- Estimating demographic parameters (2012) (13)
- A hierarchical model for estimating the spatial distribution and abundance of animals detected by continuous-time recorders (2017) (12)
- Bayesian Methods for Estimating Animal Abundance at Large Spatial Scales Using Data from Multiple Sources (2017) (12)
- Avoiding Paper Tigers and Saving Real Tigers: Response to Saberwal (1997) (11)
- ASSESSING TIGER POPULATION DYNAMICS (2006) (10)
- Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India (2015) (10)
- Tigers against the odds: Applying macro-ecology to species recovery in India (2020) (10)
- Concepts: Assessing Tiger Population Dynamics Using Capture–Recapture Sampling (2017) (8)
- Recovering Biodiversity in Indian Forests (2016) (8)
- Field Practices: Assessing Tiger Population Dynamics Using Photographic Captures (2017) (7)
- Monitoring tiger populations: Why use capture-recapture sampling? (2002) (7)
- Monitoring tigers and prey: conservation needs and managerial constraints (2002) (7)
- Role of Monitoring in Global Tiger Conservation (2017) (6)
- Photographic database informs management of conflict tigers (2014) (6)
- Debating conservation as if reality matters (2003) (6)
- Spatial Dynamics and Ecology of Large Ungulate Populations in Tropical Forests of India (2021) (5)
- Statistical concepts: Indices of relative abundance (2002) (4)
- Population monitoring: a conceptual framework (2002) (4)
- Role of Wildlife Protected Areas in India (2016) (2)
- India's Wildlife History: An Introduction by Mahesh Rangarajan (2001), xv + 135 pp., Permanent Black, New Delhi, India, in association with Ranthambore Foundation, New Delhi, India. ISBN 81 7824 011 4 (hbk), $12.50. (2002) (2)
- Supplementary material from "Spatio-temporal interactions facilitate large carnivore sympatry across a resource gradient" (2017) (2)
- On Forect Conservation: Reconciling Rights of Individuals with Rights of Wild Species (2018) (2)
- Cougar: Ecology and Conservation edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri (2009), 304 pp., The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. ISBN 9780226353449 (pbk), USD 49.00. (2011) (1)
- Enhancing conservation science capacity in India: first decade of the Master's programme in wildlife biology and conservation (2014) (1)
- Results and Findings (2016) (1)
- Field Practices: Assessing Tiger Habitat Occupancy Dynamics (2017) (1)
- Concepts: Assessing Tiger Habitat Occupancy Dynamics (2017) (1)
- Conservation of Tropical Forest Ungulates: The Way Forward (2020) (0)
- The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros by Eric Dinerstein (2003), xviii + 316 pp., Columbia University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0 231 08450 1 (hbk), £36.00. (2004) (0)
- Introduction: The Conservation Issue (2020) (0)
- Insights from distribution dynamics inform strategies to conserve a dhole Cuon alpinus metapopulation in India (2019) (0)
- Bayesian Methods for Estimating Animal Abundance at Large Spatial Scales Using Data from Multiple Sources (2017) (0)
- Synthesis, Discussion and Conclusions (2016) (0)
- Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India (2014) (0)
- Ecological determinants of density patterns of gaur (Bos gaurus) in Nagarahole-Bandipur reserves in the Western Ghats of India (2020) (0)
- Survey Design, Field and Analytical Methods (2016) (0)
- Leveraging public funding to secure a protected area in the Western Ghats, India (2016) (0)
- Development of Hierarchical Spatial Models for Assessing Ungulate Abundance and Habitat Relationships (2020) (0)
- Assessing Threats to Ungulates and Management Responses (2020) (0)
- Model-Based Assessment of Ungulate-Habitat Relationships (2020) (0)
- Study Species, Habitats and Hypotheses (2016) (0)
- Animal Population Monitoring: A Unified Conceptual Framework (2017) (0)
- Home range size of the dhole estimated from cameratrapsurveys. (2017) (0)
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