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Karanth, K. K., DeFries, R. 2011. Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management. Conservation Letters. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00154.x
O'Connell, F. A. , Nichols J. D., Karanth K. U. (2011). Introduction. In Camera Traps in Animal Ecology. Springer, Tokyo, (Editors: A. F. O'Connel, J. D. Nichols and K. U. Karanth). Introduction. Pages 1-8.
Nichols J. D., O'Connell, F. A. and Karanth K. U. (2011). Camera traps in animal ecology and conservation: What's next? In Camera Traps in Animal Ecology. Springer, Tokyo, (Editors: A. F. O'Connel, J. D. Nichols and K. U. Karanth). Pages 253-264.
Pollock, K.N., Nichols J. D., and Karanth K. U. (In review). Estimation of Demographic Parameters. In Carnivore Ecology and Conservation: A handbook of Techniques, Oxford University Press (Editors: L. Boitani and R. A. Powell).
Karanth, K. U., Nichols J. D. and Kumar N.S (2011). Estimating tiger abundance from camera trap data: field surveys and analytical issues. In Camera Traps in Animal Ecology. Springer, Tokyo (Editors: A. F. O'Connel, J. D. Nichols and K. U. Karanth). Pages 97-118.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols J. D. Kumar N.S and Jathanna D. (2011). Estimating demographic parameters in a tiger population from long term camera-trap data. In Camera Traps in Animal Ecology. Springer, Tokyo (Editors: A. F. O'Connel, J. D. Nichols and K. U. Karanth). Pages 145-162.
Nichols J. D., Karanth K. U. and O'Connell, F. A. (2011). Science, conservation and camera traps. In Camera Traps in Animal Ecology. Springer, Tokyo, (Editors: A. F. O'Connel, J. D. Nichols and K. U. Karanth). Pages 45-56.
Karanth, K. U., Funston P.J. and Sanderson E. W. (2010). Many ways of skinning a cat: Tools and techniques for studying wild felids. Biology and conservation of wild felids. Oxford University Press (Editors: D.W. Macdonald and A. J. Loveridge). Pages 217-236.
Hines J. E., Nichols J. D., Royle, J. A., MacKenzie D. I., Gopalaswamy, A. M., Kumar N.S. and Karanth, K. U. (In press). Tigers on trails: Occupancy modeling for cluster sampling. Ecological Applications 20:1456-1466.
Singh, P., Gopalaswamy, A. M., Karanth, K. U. (2010). Factors influencing densities of striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena) in arid regions of India. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 1152-1159.
Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E. 2010. Occurrence and distribution of Indian primates. Biological Conservation. 143: 2891- 2899. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.011
Karanth, K. K., DeFries, R. 2010 (co-editors). Conservation and management in human-dominated landscapes: Case studies from India. Introduction to special issue in Biological Conservation. 143: 2865-2869. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.002
DeFries, R., Karanth, K. K., Pareeth, S. J. 2010. Interactions between protected areas and their surroundings in human-dominated tropical landscapes. Biological Conservation. 143: 2870-2880. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.010
Karanth, K. U. and Nichols J. D. (2010). Non-invasive survey methods for assessing tiger populations. In /Tigers of the world: Science, politics and conservation of Panthera tigris/ (Editors: R. L. Tilson and P. J. Nyhus), Elsevier, New York, USA.
Karanth K. K., Nichols J. D., Hines J. E., Karanth K.U. and Christensen N.L 2009. Patterns and determinants of mammal species occurrence in India. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 1189-1200.
Mondol S., Karanth K. U. and Ramakrishnan U. 2009. Why India holds the genetic key to tiger recovery. PLoS Genetics 5:1-9.
Mondol, S., Karanth K. U., Kumar, N.S. Gopalaswamy A. M., Andheria A. and Ramakrishnan U. 2009. Evaluation of non-invasive genetic sampling methods for estimating tiger population size. Biological Conservation 142:2350-2360.
Royle J. A., Nichols J. D., Karanth K. U., Gopalaswamy A. M. and Kumar, N. S. 2009. Bayesian inference in camera trapping studies for a class of capture-recapture models. Ecology 90:3233-3244
Royle J. A., Nichols J. D. Karanth K. U. and Gopalaswamy A. M. 2009. A hierarchical model for estimating density in camera-trap studies. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:118-127.
Hiby L., Lovell P., Patil N., Kumar N.S., Gopalaswamy A. M. and Karanth K. U. 2009. A tiger cannot change its stripes: using a three dimensional model to match images of living tigers and tiger skins. Biology Letters 5: 383-386.
Teegalapalli,K., Hiremath, A. J. and Jathanna, D.2009. Patterns of seed rain and seedling regeneration in abandoned agricultural clearings in a seasonally dry tropical forest in India. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 25:1-9.
Gubbi, S., Linkie, M., Leader-Willams, N. 2009. Evaluating the legacy of an integrated conservation and development project around a tiger reserve in India. Environmental Conservation. 35 (4), 331-339.
Marniwicke K, Funston P. J. and Karanth K. U. 2008. Evaluating camera-trapping as a method for estimating cheetah abundance in ranching areas. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 38:59-65.
Jathanna D., Kumar N. S. and Karanth K. U. 2008. Measuring Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) abundance using distance sampling. Current Science 9:885-888.
Karanth, K. K., Kramer, R., Qian, S., Christensen, N. L. 2008. Conservation attitudes, perspectives and challenges in India. Biological Conservation 141: 2357-2367.
Gubbi, S. and MacMillan, D.C. 2008. Can non-timber forest products solve livelihood problems? A case study from Periyar Tiger Reserve, India. Oryx. 42(2). 222-228.
Teegalapalli,K., Hiremath,A.J. and Jathanna,D.2008. The role of perches in accelerating seed arrival in human-abandoned clearings within Bhadra tiger reserve, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 105 (3).
Ranganthan, J., Chan, K. M. A., Karanth K. U., and Smith, J. L. D. 2007. Where can tigers persist in the future? A landscape scale, density-based population model for the Indian subcontinent. Biological Conservation 141:67-77 .
Karanth, K. K. 2007. Making resettlement work: The case of India's Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Biological Conservation 139: 315-324.
Goswami, V., Madhusudan, M. D., and Karanth, K. U. 2007. Application of photographic capture-recapture modeling to the estimation of demographic parameters in male Asian elephants. Animal Conservation 10: 391-399.
Andheria, A. P., Karanth, K. U., Kumar N. S. 2007. Diet and prey profiles of three sympatric large carnivores in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Zoology, London 263: 169-175.
Simchaeron, S., Pattanavibool, A., Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D. and Kumar, N. S. 2007. Estimating tiger densities using photographic capture-recapture sampling in Huai Kha Khaeng Widllife Sanctuary, Thailand. Oryx 41:447-452.
Das, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Kiran, M. C., Srinivas, V., Kumar, N. S. and Karanth, K. U. 2006. Prioritization of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation 133: 16-31.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D., Kumar, N. S. and Hines, J. E. 2006. Assessing tiger population dynamics using photographic capture-recapture sampling. Ecology 87: 2925-2937.
Krishnaswamy, J., Bunyan, M., Mehta, V. K., Jain, N. and Karanth, K. U. 2006. Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response in a tropical catchment in Kudremukh, Western Ghats, India. Forest Ecology and Management 224: 187-198.
Krishnaswamy, J., Bunyan, M., Mehta, V. K., Patil, N., Naveenkumar, S. and Karanth, K. U. 2006. Impact of iron-ore mining in Kudremukh on the Bhadra River Ecosystem. Pages 193-211 in Hydrology and watershed services in the Western Ghats, India (Editors: J. Krishnaswamy, S. Lele, and R. Jayakumar). Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
Karanth, K.K., Curran, L.M., Reuning-Scherer, J.D. 2006. Village size and forest disturbance in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation 128: 147-157.
Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Sauer, J. R., Hines, J. E. 2006. Comparative community dynamics of North American bird communities across edge and interior habitats. Journal of Biogeography 33: 674-682.
Karanth, K. U and Gopal, R. 2005. An ecology-based policy framework for human-tiger coexistence in India. Pages 373-387 in People and wildlife: Conflict or coexistence? (Editors: R. Woodroffe, S. Thirgood and A. Rabinowitz). Cambridge University Press.
Karanth, K. K. 2005. Addressing relocation and livelihood concerns: Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Economic and Political Weekly 40: 4809-4811.
Karanth, K. U., Chundawat, R. S., Nichols, J. D. and Kumar, N. S. 2004. Estimation of tiger densities in the tropical dry forests of Panna, central India, using photographic capture-recapture sampling. Animal Conservation 7: 285-290.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D. and Kumar, N. S. 2004. Photographic sampling of elusive mammals in tropical forests. Pages 229-247 in Sampling rare or elusive species. (Editor: W. L. Thompson). Island Press.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D., Kumar, N. S., Link, W. A. and Hines, J. E. 2004. Tigers and their prey: predicting carnivore densities from prey abundance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101: 4854-4858.
Luo, S., Kim, J., Johnson, W. E., Walt, J., Martenson, J., Yuhki, N., Miquelle, D. G., Uphyrkina, O., Goodrich, J. M., Quigley, H. B., Tilson, R., Brady, G., Martelli, P., Subramaniam, V., McDougal, C., Hean, S., Huang, S., Pan, W., Karanth, K. U., Sunquist, M., Smith, J. L. D. and O'Brien, S. 2004. Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris). PLOS Biology 2: 2275-2293.
Karanth, K.K. 2003. Forest use and human-wildlife conflicts in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Tropical Resources Bulletin 22: 48-58.
Damania, R., Stringer, R., Karanth, K. U. and Stith, B. 2003. The economics of protecting tiger populations: Linking household behavior to poaching and prey depletion. Land Economics 79: 198-216.
Jathanna, D., Karanth, K. U. and Johnsingh, A. J. T. 2003. Estimation of large herbivore densities in the tropical forests of southern India using distance sampling. Journal of Zoology, London 261: 285-290.
Karanth, K. U. 2003. Debating conservation as if reality matters. Conservation and Society 1: 65-68.
Karanth, K. U. 2003. Tiger ecology and conservation in the Indian subcontinent. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 100: 169-189.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D., Seidensticker, J., Dinerstein, E., Smith, J. L. D., McDougal, C., Johnsingh, A. J. T., Chundawat, R. S and Thapar, V. 2003. Science deficiency in conservation practice: The monitoring of tiger populations in India. Animal Conservation 6: 141-146.
Treves, A. and Karanth, K. U. 2003. Human-carnivore conflict: Local solutions with global applications. Conservation Biology 17: 1489-1490.
Treves, A. and Karanth, K. U. 2003. Human-carnivore conflict and perspectives on carnivore management worldwide. Conservation Biology 17: 1491-1499.
Karanth, K. U. 2002. Nagarahole: Limits and opportunities in wildlife conservation. Pages 189-202 in Making Parks work: Strategies for preserving tropical nature (Editors: J. Terborgh, C. Van Schaik, L. Davenport and M. Rao). Island Press, Covelo, California.
Karanth, K. U. and Madhusudan, M. D. 2002. Mitigating human-wildlife conflicts in southern Asia. Pages 250-264 in Making Parks work: Strategies for preserving tropical nature (Editors. J. Terborgh, C. Van Schaik, L. Davenport and M. Rao). Island Press, Covelo, California.
Madhusudan, M. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Local hunting and the conservation of large mammals in India. Ambio 31: 49-54.
Karanth, K. U. and Chundawat, R. S. 2002. Ecology of the tiger: Implications for population monitoring. Pages 9-22 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U. and Kumar, N. S. 2002. Field surveys: Assessing relative abundances of tigers and prey. Pages 71-86 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U. and Nichols, J. D. 2002. Monitoring tiger populations: Why use capture-recapture sampling? Pages 153-166 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S. and Chundawat, R. S. 2002. Field surveys: Assessing spatial distributions of tigers and prey. Pages 39-50 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S. and Nichols, J. D. 2002. Field surveys: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling. Pages 139-152 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U., Thomas, L. and Kumar, N. S. 2002. Field surveys: Estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transect sampling. Pages 111-120 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U., Nichols, J. D., Sen, P. K. and Rishi, V. 2002. Monitoring tigers and prey: Conservation needs and managerial constraints. Pages 1-8 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Nichols, J. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Population monitoring: A conceptual framework. Pages 23-28 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Nichols, J. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Statistical concepts: Assessing spatial distributions. Pages 29-38 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Nichols, J. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Statistical concepts: Indices of relative abundance. Pages 61-70 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Nichols, J. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling. Pages 121-138 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Thomas, L. and Karanth, K. U. 2002. Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transect sampling. Pages 87-110 in Monitoring Tigers and their Prey: A manual for researchers, managers and conservationists in tropical Asia (Editors: K. U. Karanth and J. D. Nichols). Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India.
Madhusudan, M. D. and Karanth, K. U. 2000. Hunting for an answer: Local hunters and large mammal conservation in India. Pages 339-355 in Hunting for sustainability in tropical forests (Editors: J. G. Robinson and E. L. Bennett). Columbia University Press, New York.
Karanth, K. U. and Sunquist, M. E. 2000. Behavioural correlates of predation by tiger, leopard and dhole in Nagarahole, India. Journal of Zoology, London 250: 255-265.
Karanth, K.K. 2001. Land-Cover and Land-Use Change within Sisaket, Thailand from November 1990 to March 2000. Journal of Undergraduate Research 2:8.
Karanth, K. U. 1999. Counting tigers with confidence. Pages 350-353 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Karanth, K. U. and Stith, B. M. 1999. Prey depletion as a critical determinant of tiger population viability. Pages 100-113 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Karanth, K. U., Sunquist, M. E. and Chinnappa, K. M. 1999. Long term monitoring of tigers: Lessons from Nagarahole. Pages 114-122 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Sunquist, M. E., Sunquist, F. C., and Karanth, K. U. 1999. Ecology, behaviour and resilience of the tiger and its conservation needs. Pages 5-18 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Wentzel, J., Stephens, J. C., Johnson, W., Menotti-Raymond, M., Slattery, J. P., Yukhi, N., Carrington, M., Quigley, H. B., Miquelle, D. G., Tilson, R., Manasang, J., Brady, J., Zhi, L., Wenshi, P., Shi-Qiang, H., Johnston, L., Sunquist, M., Karanth, K. U. and O'Brien, S. J. 1999. Subspecies of tigers: Molecular assessment using "voucher specimens" of geographically traceable individuals. Pages 40-49 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Wikramanayake, E. D., Dinerstein, E., Robinson, J. G., Karanth, K.U, Rabinowitz, A., Olson, D., Matthew, T., Hedao, P., Conner, M., Hemley, G. and Bolze, D. 1999. Where can tigers live in the future? A framework for identifying high priority areas for the conservation of tigers in the wild. Pages 255-272 in Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human dominated landscapes (Editors: J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson). Cambridge University Press.
Karanth, K. U. and Nichols, J. D. 1998. Estimating tiger densities in India from camera trap data using photographic captures and recaptures. Ecology 79: 2852-2862.
Wikramanayake, E. D., Dinerstein, E., Robinson, J. G., Karanth, K.U, Rabinowitz, A., Olson, D., Mathew, T., Hedao, P., Conner, M., Hemley, G. and Bolze, D. 1998. An ecology based method for defining priorities for large mammal conservation: The tiger as a case study. Conservation Biology 12: 865-878.
Karanth, K. U. and Madhusudan, M. D. 1997. Avoiding paper tigers and saving real tigers: Response to Saberwal. Conservation Biology 11: 818-820.
Karanth, K. U. 1995. Estimating tiger populations from camera-trap data using capture-recapture models. Biological Conservation 71: 333-338.
Karanth, K. U. and Sunquist, M. E. 1995. Prey selection by tiger, leopard and dhole in tropical forests. Journal of Animal Ecology 64: 439-450.
Link, W. A. and Karanth, K. U. 1994. Correcting for overdispersion in testing for prey selectivity. Ecology 75: 2456-2459.
Karanth, K. U. and Sunquist, M. E. 1992. Population structure, density and biomass of large herbivores in the tropical forests of Nagarahole, India. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8: 21-35.
Karanth, K. U. 1992. Conservation prospects for lion-tailed macaques in Karnataka. Zoo Biology 11: 33-41.
Karanth, K. U. 1991. Line transect method for censusing elephants in Nagarahole. Pages 51-52 in Censusing elephants in forests (Editors: U. Ramakrishnan, J. A. Santhosh and R. Sukumar). Asian Elephant Conservation Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Karanth, K. U. 1991. Ecology and management of the tiger in tropical Asia. Pages 156-159 in Wildlife Conservation: Present Trends and Perspectives for the 21st Century (Editors: N. Maruyama, B. Bobek, Y. Ono, W. Reglin, L. Bartos and P. R. Reglin). Japan Wildlife Research Centre, Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Karanth, K. U. and M. Singh. 1990. Dry-zone afforestation and its impact on blackbuck populations. Pages 565-570 in Conservation in Developing Countries: Problems and prospects (Editors: J. C. Daniel and J. S. Serrao). Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, India.
Karanth, K. U. 1988. Analysis of predator - prey balance in Bandipur Tiger Reserve with reference to census reports. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 85: 1-8.
Karanth, K. U. 1987. Tigers in India: a critical review of field censuses. Pages 118-132 in Tigers of the world: The biology, biopolitics, management and conservation of an endangered species (Editors: R. L. Tilson and U. S. Seal). Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, USA.
Karanth, K. U. 1986. Status of wildlife and habitat conservation in Karnataka. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83: 166-179.
Karanth, K. U. 1985. Ecological status of the lion-tailed macaque and its rainforest habitats in Karnataka. Primate Conservation 6: 73-84.
Karanth, K. U. 1982. Bhadra wildlife sanctuary and its endangered ecosystem. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 79: 79-86.

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