caro's 2005 book "antipredator defenses in birds and mammals" has been cited in scientific papers over 1150 times. his paper "interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores" has been cited over 690 times, while his book "cheetahs of the serengeti plains: group living in an asocial species" has been cited over 660 times. he has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, books, and chapters.