Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology NJ Gotelli, MJ Anderson, HT Arita, A Chao, RK Colwell, SR Connolly, ... Ecology letters 12 (9), 873-886, 2009 | 2066 | 2009 |
Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography GG Mittelbach, DW Schemske, HV Cornell, AP Allen, JM Brown, MB Bush, ... Ecology letters 10 (4), 315-331, 2007 | 1957 | 2007 |
Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology JJ Wiens, DD Ackerly, AP Allen, BL Anacker, LB Buckley, HV Cornell, ... Ecology letters 13 (10), 1310-1324, 2010 | 1933 | 2010 |
Elevational gradients in species richness CM McCain, JA Grytnes eLS, 2010 | 941 | 2010 |
Global analysis of bird elevational diversity CM McCain Global Ecology and Biogeography 18 (3), 346-360, 2009 | 684 | 2009 |
Elevational gradients in diversity of small mammals CM McCain Ecology 86 (2), 366-372, 2005 | 570 | 2005 |
Could temperature and water availability drive elevational species richness patterns? A global case study for bats CM McCain Global Ecology and biogeography 16 (1), 1-13, 2007 | 560 | 2007 |
The mid‐domain effect applied to elevational gradients: species richness of small mammals in Costa Rica CM McCain Journal of Biogeography 31 (1), 19-31, 2004 | 503 | 2004 |
Microbes do not follow the elevational diversity patterns of plants and animals N Fierer, CM McCain, P Meir, M Zimmermann, JM Rapp, MR Silman, ... Ecology 92 (4), 797-804, 2011 | 456 | 2011 |
Assessing the threat to montane biodiversity from discordant shifts in temperature and precipitation in a changing climate CM McCain, RK Colwell Ecology letters 14 (12), 1236-1245, 2011 | 350 | 2011 |
The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals FA Smith, AG Boyer, JH Brown, DP Costa, T Dayan, SKM Ernest, ... science 330 (6008), 1216-1219, 2010 | 307 | 2010 |
Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals LB Buckley, TJ Davies, DD Ackerly, NJB Kraft, SP Harrison, BL Anacker, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1691), 2131-2138, 2010 | 306 | 2010 |
Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be ‘higher’in the tropics CM McCain Ecology letters 12 (6), 550-560, 2009 | 282 | 2009 |
Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates CD Cadena, KH Kozak, JP Gómez, JL Parra, CM McCain, RCK Bowie, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1726), 194-201, 2012 | 273 | 2012 |
The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes CH Graham, AC Carnaval, CD Cadena, KR Zamudio, TE Roberts, ... Ecography 37 (8), 711-719, 2014 | 268 | 2014 |
Global analysis of reptile elevational diversity CM McCain Global Ecology and Biogeography 19 (4), 541-553, 2010 | 257 | 2010 |
Area and mammalian elevational diversity CM McCain Ecology 88 (1), 76-86, 2007 | 235 | 2007 |
Body size and activity times mediate mammalian responses to climate change CM McCain, SRB King Global change biology 20 (6), 1760-1769, 2014 | 230 | 2014 |
Elevational trends in biodiversity JA Grytnes, CM McCain Encyclopedia of biodiversity 2, 1-8, 2007 | 202 | 2007 |
Different evolutionary histories underlie congruent species richness gradients of birds and mammals BA Hawkins, CM McCain, TJ Davies, LB Buckley, BL Anacker, HV Cornell, ... Journal of biogeography 39 (5), 825-841, 2012 | 124 | 2012 |