Robert Kityo

About Robert Kityo

Robert Kityo, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Makerere University, specializes in the field of mammals, conservation biology, Paleontology, climate change, nature.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) food sources and habitat use in Marsh–Savannah‐cultivation mosaics

Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

How Should a One Health Perspective Promote Cross-Disciplinary Research About Bat-Associated Viruses in Uganda?

Exploring Uganda’s bat diversity: a rapid assessment utilizing a combination of techniques

Comparison of amphibian diversity in areas under intensive versus subsistence agriculture in Uganda

Amphibian communities along a forest degradation gradient in an East African forest reserve

Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa

Robert Kityo Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

2268

Citations(since 2020)

1005

Cited By

1692

hIndex(all)

20

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

25

i10Index(since 2020)

19

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University Profile Page

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Robert Kityo Skills & Research Interests

mammals

conservation biology

Paleontology

climate change

nature

Top articles of Robert Kityo

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) food sources and habitat use in Marsh–Savannah‐cultivation mosaics

African Journal of Ecology

Peter Happy Murwanyi

Robert Kityo

Enock Ssekuubwa

Mnason Tweheyo

2024/1

Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses

Communications Biology

Pawel Fedurek

Caroline Asiimwe

Gregory K Rice

Walter J Akankwasa

Vernon Reynolds

...

2024/4/22

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

Scientific data

Hayley S Clements

Emmanuel Do Linh San

Gareth Hempson

Birthe Linden

Bryan Maritz

...

2024/2/12

How Should a One Health Perspective Promote Cross-Disciplinary Research About Bat-Associated Viruses in Uganda?

AMA Journal of Ethics

John Timothy Kayiwa

Benard Matovu

Michael Mutebi

Charity Angella Nassuna

Leonara Nabatanzi

...

2024/2/1

Exploring Uganda’s bat diversity: a rapid assessment utilizing a combination of techniques

Programme and Abstract: 14th African Small Mammal Symposium; 2023 Sep 17-22; Swakopmund, Namibia

Ivana Budinski

Cecilia M Montauban

Christopher T Ketola

Lewis P Hillier

Christopher A Kirkby

...

2023

Comparison of amphibian diversity in areas under intensive versus subsistence agriculture in Uganda

Animal Biology

Sisiria Akoth

Robert Kityo

Perpetra Akite

Mathias Behangana

Joseph Insingoma

...

2023/8/25

Amphibian communities along a forest degradation gradient in an East African forest reserve

Ecological Informatics

Joseph Isingoma

Eric Sande

Robert Kityo

Daniel F Hughes

2023/7/1

Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa

Science

Daniel J Peppe

Susanne M Cote

Alan L Deino

David L Fox

John D Kingston

...

2023/4/14

The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda

Science

Laura M MacLatchy

Susanne M Cote

Alan L Deino

Robert M Kityo

Amon AT Mugume

...

2023/4/14

Negative perception of bats, exacerbated by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, may hinder bat conservation in Northern Uganda

Sustainability

Imran Ejotre

DeeAnn M Reeder

Kai Matuschewski

Robert Kityo

Juliane Schaer

2022/12/16

Exposure of Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and a Little Free-Tailed Bat (Chaerephon pumilus) to Alphaviruses in Uganda

Diseases

Rebekah C Kading

Erin M Borland

Eric C Mossel

Teddy Nakayiki

Betty Nalikka

...

2022/12/5

Phylogeny is a stronger predictor of activity than allometry in an African mammal community

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Herbert Kasozi

Remington J Moll

Robert M Kityo

Robert A Montgomery

2022/3/1

Subgenomic flavivirus RNA (sfRNA) associated with Asian lineage Zika virus identified in three species of Ugandan bats (family Pteropodidae)

Scientific reports

Anna C Fagre

Juliette Lewis

Megan R Miller

Eric C Mossel

Julius J Lutwama

...

2021/4/16

A chimpanzee enamel-diet δ13C enrichment factor and a refined enamel sampling strategy: Implications for dietary reconstructions

Journal of human evolution

Maire A Malone

Laura M MacLatchy

John C Mitani

Robert Kityo

John D Kingston

2021/10/1

Fusarium oxysporum Race 1 resistance and quality traits variations in apple banana germplasm

Henry Buregyeya

Robooni Tumuhimbise

Moses Matovu

Kashub S Tumwesigye

Jerome Kubiriba

...

2020

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