Robert Bitariho

Mbarara University of Science and Technology — UG

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

24h-index4.6kcitations71works11.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(21), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(19), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(19), Species Distribution and Climate Change(17), Forest Management and Policy(12)

Publications70 total

Predictors of extinction risk in large tropical forest mammals: from global to local
2025Open Access
Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Nature Communications·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Lightning-caused disturbance frequency and severity varies with topography in an Afromontane forest
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Landscape-level human disturbance results in loss and contraction of mammalian populations in tropical forests
PLoS Biology·2025· 12 citedOpen Access
Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions
Nature Climate Change·2025· 17 citedOpen Access
First Photographic Evidence of the Central African Oyan in Uganda
African Journal of Ecology·2024Open Access
Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 54 citedOpen Access
The moon’s influence on the activity of tropical forest mammals
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Evidence of thermophilization in Afromontane forests
Nature Communications·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
Nature Communications·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary history and environmental variability structure contemporary tropical vertebrate communities
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment
Conservation Letters·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
Consistent climatic controls of global wood density among angiosperms and gymnosperms
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The moon’s influence on the activity of tropical forest mammals
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Nature·2024· 50 citedOpen Access
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
Nature·2023· 361 citedOpen Access
Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions
Conservation Biology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Nature Plants·2023· 48 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Douglas Sheil(15), David A. Coomes(14), Francesco Rovero(14), Pascal Boeckx(14), Bruno Hérault(13), Connie J. Clark(13), Jean‐François Bastin(13), Giorgio Alberti(12), Sergio de‐Miguel(12), G.J. Nabuurs(12), Han Y. H. Chen(12), Peter B. Reich(12), Timothy R. Baker(12), Ted R. Feldpausch(12), Valerio Avitabile(12), Mathieu Decuyper(12), Jingjing Liang(11), Henry B. Glick(11), Geerten Hengeveld(11), Christian Ammer(11)