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List of works by Jan Beck

A global evaluation of metabolic theory as an explanation for terrestrial species richness gradients.

scientific article published in August 2007

Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

article

Comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change".

scientific article published on May 2014

Differential effects of environmental heterogeneity on global mammal species richness

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Diversity partitioning confirms the importance of beta components in tropical rainforest Lepidoptera.

scientific article

Elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths support area effects over climatic drivers in a near‐global analysis

scientific article published in 2019

Elevational species richness gradients in a hyperdiverse insect taxon: a global meta-study on geometrid moths

article by Jan Beck et al published 9 December 2016 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Is the spatial distribution of mankind's most basic economic traits determined by climate and soil alone?

scientific article

Is there any empirical support for biodiversity offset policy?

scientific article

Mapping the biodiversity of tropical insects: species richness and inventory completeness of African sphingid moths

article by Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia et al published 22 January 2013 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints

scientific article

Mud-puddling behavior in tropical butterflies: in search of proteins or minerals?

scientific article (publication date: 14 April 1999)

Patterns or mechanisms? Bergmann’s and Rapoport’s rule in moths along an elevational gradient

scientific article published in December 2016

Seasonality in the altitude–diversity pattern of Alpine moths

article by Jan Beck et al published December 2010 in Basic and Applied Ecology

Small mammal species richness is directly linked to regional productivity, but decoupled from food resources, abundance, or habitat complexity

scientific article published in 2018

Species diversity of bats along an altitudinal gradient on Mount Mulanje, southern Malawi

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Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy.

scientific article published in March 2007

The importance of amino acids in the adult diet of male tropical rainforest butterflies.

scientific article

The jury is still out on biodiversity offsets: reply to Quétier et al..

scientific article published in September 2015

What's on the horizon for macroecology?

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Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide

scientific article published on 04 December 2018