Krithi K. Karanth

Doctoral Committee: Dr. Stuart L. Pimm and Dr. Norm Christensen (Co-advisors), Dean L. Urban. James D. Nichols

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Education:

• PhD, Duke University 2004-08
• M.E.Sc, Yale University 2001-03
• B.S., Environmental Science 1997-2001 (Summa cum laude)
• B.A., Geography 1997-2001 (Magna cum laude)

Research Interests

Mammal ecology and conservation; human dimensions of wildlife conservation; protected areas and people.

Awards and Honors

• Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Paper 2008 (Nicholas School of Environment)
• AAUW Dissertation Fellowship (alternate) 2008-09
• Sigma Xi Service 2006-07 (Duke Chapter)
• F.K. Weyerhaeuser Forest History Society Fellowship 2007-08
• Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, Duke University 2006-07
• PEO International Peace Scholarship for Women 2004-05
• Teaching Fellowship, Duke University 2004-current
• PEO International Peace Scholarship for Women 2004-05
• Yale University Doctoral Fellowship 2004 (declined)
• University Scholar Award, UNC Chapel Hill 2004 (declined)
• School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Scholarship, Yale University 2001-2003
• Presidents Honor Roll, University of Florida 2000
• Dean's List, College of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida 1998-2001

Grants Received

• Duke International Travel Award 2007
• AZFA Clark Waldram Conservation Fund 2006-07
• Duke International Travel Award 2006
• Conservation, Food and Health Foundation 2005-06
• Conservation and Research Small Grants Program, Cleveland Zoo 2005-06
• Sophie Danforth Conservation Fund, Roger Williams Park Zoo Grant 2005-06
• Duke International Travel Award 2005
• IDEA Wild Research Fund 2005
• Tropical Resources Institute Research Fellowship, Yale University 2002
• FE&S Summer Internship Fund Scholarship, Yale University 2002
• University Scholars Research Award, University of Florida 2000-01

Publications

Published:

• Karanth, K. K., Kramer, R, Qian, S, Christensen, N. L. 2008. Conservation Attitudes, Perspectives and Challenges in India. Biological Conservation 141: 2357-2367.
• Karanth, K. K. 2007. Making Resettlement Work: Lessons from India’s Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Biological Conservation 139: 315-324. (First Nicholas School Dean's Award for Outstanding Student Paper 2008)
• Karanth, U. K. and Karanth, K. K. 2007. Free to Move: Conservation and Voluntary Resettlement in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Protected Areas and Human Displacement: A Conservation Perspective. Editors K. H. Redford and E. Fearn. 29: 48-59.
• Karanth, K.K., Curran, L.M and Reuning-Scherer, J.D. 2006.Village Size and Forest Disturbance in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation 128: 147 - 157.
• Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Sauer, J. R and Hines, J. E. 2006. Comparative Community Dynamics of North American Bird Communities Across Edge and Interior Habitats. Journal of Biogeography 33: 674-682.
• Karanth, K. K. 2005. Addressing Relocation and Livelihood Concerns: Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Economic and Political Weekly 40 (46): 4809-4811.
• Karanth, K.K. 2003. Forest Use and Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Tropical Resources Bulletin 22: 48-58
• Karanth, K.K. 2001. Land-Cover and Land-Use Change within Sisaket, Thailand from November 1990 to March 2000. Journal of Undergraduate Research 2:8.

In Review or Preparation:

• Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E., Karanth, U. K., Christensen, N. L. Where are India’s Large Mammals and Why? Patterns and Determinants of Species Occurrence. Ecological Applications (in review) Submitted to Ecological Applications.
Karanth, K. K., et al. Mammal Range Contractions and Extinction in India. Submitting Nov 2008.
• Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E. Examining Co-Occurrence of Indian Mammals. < /> Submitting Jan 2009.
• Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Sauer, J. R., Hines, J. E. North American Bird Community
  Dynamics Along Latitudinal Gradients (in prep).
• Karanth, K. K., Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E. Determining Mammal Species Richness Patterns in India (in prep).
• Karanth, K. K. Patterns and Determinants of Primate Occurrence in India. (in prep).