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Overview

Arjun Amar is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and specializes primarily in environmental science. Their research emphasizes ecology, with a focus on subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, parasitology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies

Their recent published papers demonstrate a variety of focal points within ecology and conservation biology. Key recent works include:

  • "Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment" (2021) published in Biological Conservation
  • "Wealth, water and wildlife: Landscape aridity intensifies the urban luxury effect" (2020) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Presumed killers? Vultures, stakeholders, misperceptions, and fake news" (2021) published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective" (2023) published in Global Change Biology
  • "A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor" (2021) published in Journal of Applied Ecology

Arjun Amar frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Petra Sumasgutner
  • Chevonne Reynolds
  • Gareth Tate
  • Robert L. Thomson
  • Glyn Maude

The scientist has contributed multiple articles to various publication venues. Recurrent journals include:

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Biological Conservation
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

    Steve M. Redpath;Juliette Young;Anna Evely;William M. Adams

  • State of the world's raptors : Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

    Christopher J.W. McClure;James R.S. Westrip;Jeff A. Johnson;Sarah E. Schulwitz

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • Illegal killing slows population recovery of a re-introduced raptor of high conservation concern – The red kite Milvus milvus

    Jennifer Smart;Arjun Amar;Innes M.W. Sim;Brian Etheridge

  • A review of the impacts of corvids on bird productivity and abundance

    Christine F. Madden;Beatriz Arroyo;Beatriz Arroyo;Arjun Amar

  • Growth and demography of a re-introduced population of White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla

    Richard J. Evans;Jeremy D. Wilson;Arjun Amar;Andrew Douse

  • Vegetation burning for game management in the UK uplands is increasing and overlaps spatially with soil carbon and protected areas

    David J.T. Douglas;Graeme M. Buchanan;Patrick Thompson;Arjun Amar

  • Habitat use by Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on Orkney: implications of land-use change for this declining population

    Arjun Amar;Stephen M. Redpath

  • Just Google it: assessing the use of Google Images to describe geographical variation in visible traits of organisms

    Gabriella R. M. Leighton;Pierre S. Hugo;Alexandre Roulin;Arjun Amar

  • Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland

    Chris M. Hewson;Arjun Amar;Jeremy A. Lindsell;Richard M. Thewlis

  • Using spatial analyses of bearded vulture movements in southern Africa to inform wind turbine placement

    Tim Reid;Sonja Krüger;Sonja Krüger;D. Philip Whitfield;Arjun Amar

  • The relationship between wealth and biodiversity: A test of the Luxury Effect on bird species richness in the developing world.

    Dan E. Chamberlain;Dominic A. W. Henry;Chevonne Reynolds;Chevonne Reynolds;Enrico Caprio

  • Differential Range Use between Age Classes of Southern African Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus

    Sonja Krüger;Sonja Krüger;Timothy Reid;Arjun Amar

  • Electric crows: powerlines, climate change and the emergence of a native invader

    S. J. Cunningham;C. F. Madden;P. Barnard;A. Amar

  • Wealth, water and wildlife: Landscape aridity intensifies the urban luxury effect

    Dan Chamberlain;Chevonne Reynolds;Chevonne Reynolds;Arjun Amar;Dominic Henry;Dominic Henry

  • Evidence for food limitation in the declining hen harrier population on the Orkney Islands, Scotland

    Arjun Amar;Steve Redpath;Simon Thirgood

  • Exploring the relationships between wader declines and current land‐use in the British uplands

    Arjun Amar;Murray Grant;Graeme Buchanan;Innes Sim

  • Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls

    Luis M. San-Jose;Robin Séchaud;Kim Schalcher;Clarisse Judes

  • Stability in prey abundance may buffer Black Sparrowhawks Accipiter melanoleucus from health impacts of urbanization

    Jessleena Suri;Petra Sumasgutner;Éléonore Hellard;Ann Koeslag

  • Resolving the conflict between driven-grouse shooting and conservation of hen harriers

    Patrick S. Thompson;Arjun Amar;David G. Hoccom;Jeff Knott

  • Linking nest histories, remotely sensed land use data and wildlife crime records to explore the impact of grouse moor management on peregrine falcon populations

    Arjun Amar;Arjun Amar;Ian R. Court;Martin Davison;Steve Downing

  • What's happening to our woodland birds? Long-term changes in the populations of woodland birds.

    A Amar;C M Hewson;R M Thewlis;K W Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen
Beatriz Arroyo
Beatriz Arroyo Spanish National Research Council
Jeremy D. Wilson
Jeremy D. Wilson Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Graeme M. Buchanan
Graeme M. Buchanan Cambridge Conservation Initative
Jacob A. Esselstyn
Jacob A. Esselstyn Louisiana State University
Robert J. Fuller
Robert J. Fuller British Trust for Ornithology
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Richard P. Reading
Richard P. Reading University of Denver
Willem Bouten
Willem Bouten University of Amsterdam
Patrick W Thompson
Patrick W Thompson Arizona State University

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