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James R. Karr 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 James R. Karr sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 135 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Karr 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 James R. Karr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James R. Karr was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focused on environmental science, with significant contributions in the fields of nature and landscape conservation, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, sociology and political science, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's work covered a variety of topics including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Environmental conservation and management
  • Conservation, ecology, wildlife education
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change

The recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Karr include:

  • Ecological integrity is both real and valuable, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Long-term monitoring reveals widespread and severe declines of understory birds in a protected Neotropical forest, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Responses of multimetric indices to disturbance are affected by index construction features, 2024, Environmental Reviews
  • Global concerns related to water biology and security: The need for language and policies that safeguard living resources versus those that dilute scientific knowledge, 2023, Water Biology and Security
  • Environmental impact assessments should include rigorous scientific peer review, 2024, Water Biology and Security

The frequent co-authors with whom James R. Karr collaborated included:

  • Robert M. Hughes
  • Henry S. Pollock
  • Corey E. Tarwater
  • Jeffrey D. Brawn
  • Renata Ruaro

The scientist published multiple works in the following venues:

  • Water Biology and Security (2 publications)
  • Conservation Science and Practice (1 publication)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Environmental Reviews (1 publication)
  • Ecology (1 publication)

James R. Karr was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981.

Best Publications

  • The Natural Flow Regime

    N. LeRoy Poff;N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Mark B. Bain;James R. Karr

  • Assessment of Biotic Integrity Using Fish Communities

    James R. Karr

  • Biological Integrity: A Long-Neglected Aspect of Water Resource Management

    James R. Karr

  • Restoring life in running waters : better biological monitoring

    James R. Karr;Ellen W. Chu

  • Ecological perspective on water quality goals

    James R. Karr;Daniel R. Dudley

  • Habitat Structure and Stream Fish Communities

    Owen T. Gorman;James R. Karr

  • Defining and measuring river health

    James R. Karr

  • Biological Integrity Versus Biological Diversity as Policy Directives: Protecting Biotic Resources

    Paul L. Angermeier;James R. Karr

  • A Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (B-IBI) for Rivers of the Tennessee Valley

    B. L. Kerans;James R. Karr

  • Density Compensation in Island Faunas

    Robert H. MacArthur;Jared M. Diamond;James R. Karr

  • Patch Dynamics in Lotic Systems: The Stream as a Mosaic

    Catherine M. Pringle;Robert J. Naiman;Gernot Bretschko;James R. Karr

  • Relationships between Woody Debris and Fish Habitat in a Small Warmwater Stream

    Paul L. Angermeier;James R. Karr

  • Regional Application of an Index of Biotic Integrity Based on Stream Fish Communities

    Kurt D. Fausch;James R. Karr;Philip R. Yant

  • Vegetation Structure and Avian Diversity in Several New World Areas

    James R. Karr;Roland R. Roth

  • Assessing Invertebrate Responses to Human Activities: Evaluating Alternative Approaches

    Leska S. Fore;James R. Karr;Robert W. Wisseman

  • Biological Integrity versus Biological Diversity as Policy Directives

    Paul L. Angermeier;James R. Karr

  • Introduction: Sustaining living rivers

    James R. Karr;Ellen W. Chu

  • Breeding birds of isolated woodlots: area and habitat relationships

    John G. Blake;James R. Karr

  • Fish communities along environmental gradients in a system of tropical streams

    Paul L. Angermeier;James R. Karr

  • Structure of Avian Communities in Selected Panama and Illinois Habitats

    James R. Karr

  • Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective

    James R. Karr;M. E. Soule;B. A. Wilcox

  • Biological diversity: The coexistence of species on changing landscapes: by Michael A. Huston Cambridge University Press, 1994. £60.00/$100.00 hbk, £24.95/$34.95 pbk (xix + 681 pages) ISBN 0 521 36093 5

    James R Karr

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Beschta
Robert L. Beschta Oregon State University
Jeffrey D. Brawn
Jeffrey D. Brawn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Reed F. Noss
Reed F. Noss University of Florida
Robert J. Naiman
Robert J. Naiman University of Washington
Derek B. Booth
Derek B. Booth University of California, Santa Barbara
F. Richard Hauer
F. Richard Hauer University of Montana
G. Wayne Minshall
G. Wayne Minshall Idaho State University
Brian D. Richter
Brian D. Richter The Nature Conservancy
Robert M. Hughes
Robert M. Hughes Oregon State University

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