2026 Kenneth B. Armitage: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	61	2222	2131	797	752	207	11864

Research.com Recognitions

1960 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth B. Armitage is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the study of ecology, evolution, behavior, and ecological modeling.

Their recent scholarly output includes peer-reviewed papers published mainly from 2020 to 2022, addressing various ecological and environmental topics.

Contrasting effects of climate change on seasonal survival of a hibernating mammal (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Older mothers produce more successful daughters (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Assessing seasonal demographic covariation to understand environmental-change impacts on a hibernating mammal (2020, Ecology Letters)
Demographic consequences of changes in environmental periodicity (2022, Ecology)
R code for Demographic consequences of changing environmental periodicity (2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Daniel T. Blumstein
Julien G. A. Martin
Madan K. Oli
Arpat Özgül
Maria Paniw

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ecology Letters
Ecology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ethology

Kenneth B. Armitage's main fields of study encompass environmental science with subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, social psychology, and global and planetary change.

The main topics explored in their research are:

Species Distribution and Climate Change
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Fire effects on ecosystems
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 1960.

Best Publications

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species.

David W. Inouye;Billy Barr;Kenneth B. Armitage;Brian D. Inouye

882
Citations
Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change

Arpat Ozgul;Dylan Z. Childs;Madan K. Oli;Kenneth B. Armitage

755
Citations
Sociality as a life-history tactic of ground squirrels.

Kenneth B. Armitage

459
Citations
Genetic variation in social mammals: the marmot model.

Orlando A. Schwartz;Kenneth B. Armitage

399
Citations
Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum

Owen R. Jones;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Jussi S. Alho

397
Citations
Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls.

Daniel T. Blumstein;Kenneth B. Armitage

321
Citations
Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

Daniel T. Blumstein;Kenneth B. Armitage

317
Citations
SOCIAL AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOTS: Results from Long-Term Research

Kenneth B. Armitage

248
Citations
How Life History Influences Population Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments

Bernt-Erik Sæther;Tim Coulson;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen

233
Citations
Social behaviour of a colony of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Kenneth B. Armitage

226
Citations
Survival of dispersing and philopatric yellow-bellied marmots: what is the cost of dispersal?

Dirk Van Vuren;Kenneth B. Armitage

222
Citations
The Yellow-Bellied Marmot and the Evolution of Polygamy

Jerry F. Downhower;Kenneth B. Armitage

220
Citations
Seasonal Changes in Weights of Marmots

Kenneth B. Armitage;Jerry F. Downhower;Gerald E. Svendsen

214
Citations
Demography of Yellow‐Bellied Marmont Populations

Kenneth B. Armitage;Jerry F. Downhower

210
Citations
Life history consequences of social complexity a comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids

Daniel T. Bhumstein;Kenneth B. Armitage

186
Citations
Cooperative breeding in marmots

Daniel T. Blumstein;Kenneth B. Armitage

175
Citations
Evolution of Sociality in Marmots

Kenneth B. Armitage

168
Citations
Duration of snow cover and its influence on life-history variation in yellow-bellied marmots

Dirk Van Vuren;Kenneth B. Armitage

151
Citations
Individuality, social behavior, and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots

Kenneth B. Armitage

147
Citations
Social enhancement of fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

Kenneth B. Armitage;Orlando A. Schwartz

144
Citations
Male behaviour and territoriality in the Yellow-bellied marmot

Kenneth B. Armitage

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles

Madan K. Oli University of Florida

Arpat Ozgul University of Zurich

Julien Martin United States Geological Survey

Dirk H. Van Vuren University of California, Davis

Jane M. Reid University of Aberdeen

F. Stephen Dobson Auburn University

Carl G. Jones Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Marco Festa-Bianchet Université de Sherbrooke

Tim Coulson University of Oxford

External Links

Personal website of Kenneth B. Armitage

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