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D-Index
33
Citations
3381
World Ranking
7955
National Ranking
409

Christian Kiffner publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Kiffner sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christian Kiffner D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Kiffner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Kiffner is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany and is an active researcher in the field of Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on ecology and conservation, with specific interests spanning wildlife ecology and conservation, rangeland management and livestock ecology, species distribution and climate change, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, primate behavior and ecology, and ecology and biodiversity studies.

Their recent publications include studies on human-wildlife coexistence, perceptions of elephant crop raiding, and predicting wildlife corridors or depredation risks. Notable papers include:

  • Human-wildlife coexistence in a changing world, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Perceptions and realities of elephant crop raiding and mitigation methods, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Predicting livestock depredation risk by African lions (Panthera leo) in a multi-use area of northern Tanzania, 2020, European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Predicting wildlife corridors for multiple species in an East African ungulate community, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Long-term persistence of wildlife populations in a pastoral area, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Science and Practice, PLoS ONE, People and Nature, and Scientific Reports. They have also contributed to book publications, with a title published by Springer Nature: Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem (2022).

Frequent co-authors include Hannes König, John Kioko, Bernard M. Kissui, Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita, and Monica L. Bond.

Best Publications

  • Human-wildlife coexistence in a changing world.

    Hannes J. König;Christian Kiffner;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Christine Fürst

  • Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).

    Torsten Vor;Christian Kiffner;Peter Hagedorn;Matthias Niedrig

  • Factors affecting patterns of tick parasitism on forest rodents in tick-borne encephalitis risk areas, Germany

    Christian Kiffner;Torsten Vor;Peter Hagedorn;Matthias Niedrig

  • Abundance estimation of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).

    Christian Kiffner;Christina Lödige;Matthias Alings;Torsten Vor

  • Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes.

    Christian Kiffner;Christian Kiffner;Michal Stanko;Serge Morand;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • From savannah to farmland: effects of land-use on mammal communities in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem, Tanzania.

    Christian Kiffner;Carolyn Wenner;Adam LaViolet;Karen Yeh

  • A multi-method approach to delineate and validate migratory corridors

    Monica L. Bond;Curtis M. Bradley;Christian Kiffner;Thomas A. Morrison

  • Attachment site selection of ticks on roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

    C. Kiffner;C. Lödige;M. Alings;T. Vor

  • Wildlife roadkill patterns on a major highway in northern Tanzania

    John Kioko;Christian Kiffner;Nicole Jenkins;Wendy J Collinson

  • Plenty of prey, few predators: what limits lions Panthera leo in Katavi National Park, western Tanzania?

    Christian Kiffner;Britta Meyer;Michael Mühlenberg;Matthias Waltert

  • Patterns of livestock depredation and cost-effectiveness of fortified livestock enclosures in northern Tanzania.

    Bernard M. Kissui;Christian Kiffner;Hannes J. König;Robert A. Montgomery

  • Local people’s perceptions of wildlife species in two distinct landscapes of Northern Tanzania

    Heidi Bencin;John Kioko;Christian Kiffner

  • Patterns and correlates of perceived conflict between humans and large carnivores in Northern Tanzania

    A. Koziarski;B. Kissui;C. Kiffner

  • Probability of recent bark stripping damage by red deer (Cervus elaphus) on Norway spruce (Picea abies) in a low mountain range in Germany – a preliminary analysis

    Christian Kiffner;Elisabeth Rössiger;Oliver Trisl;Rainer Schulz

  • Interspecific variation in large mammal responses to human observers along a conservation gradient with variable hunting pressure

    C. Kiffner;J. Kioko;B. Kissui;C. Painter

  • Bushmeat Consumption in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, Tanzania

    Christian Kiffner;Leah Peters;Ahren Stroming;John Kioko

  • Factors Affecting Bushmeat Consumption in the Katavi-Rukwa Ecosystem of Tanzania

    Peter Mgawe;Monique Borgerhoff Mulder;Tim Caro;Tim Caro;Andimile Martin

  • Habitat availability, hunting or poaching: what affects distribution and density of large mammals in western Tanzanian woodlands?

    Matthias Waltert;Britta Meyer;Christian Kiffner

  • Wildlife species richness and densities in wildlife corridors of Northern Tanzania

    C. Kiffner;S. Nagar;C. Kollmar;J. Kioko

  • Edge effects and large mammal distributions in a national park

    C. Kiffner;C. Stoner;Timothy Caro;Timothy Caro

  • Are spotted skunks conspicuous or cryptic

    Timothy Caro;T. Stankowich;C. Kiffner;J. Hunter

  • Variable effects of host characteristics on species richness of flea infracommunities in rodents from three continents

    Christian Kiffner;Michal Stanko;Serge Morand;Irina S. Khokhlova

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Caro
Tim Caro University of California, Davis
Matthias Waltert
Matthias Waltert University of Göttingen
Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute
Georgy I. Shenbrot
Georgy I. Shenbrot Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Boris R. Krasnov
Boris R. Krasnov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Adam T. Ford
Adam T. Ford University of British Columbia
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Universität Hamburg
Michal Stanko
Michal Stanko Slovak Academy of Sciences
Irina S. Khokhlova
Irina S. Khokhlova Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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