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List of works by Christy M McCain

A Systematic Review of Global Drivers of Ant Elevational Diversity

scientific article

A taxonomically broad metagenomic survey of 339 species spanning 57 families suggests cystobasidiomycete yeasts are not ubiquitous across all lichens

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Assessing the threat to montane biodiversity from discordant shifts in temperature and precipitation in a changing climate

scientific article published on October 9, 2011

Body size and activity times mediate mammalian responses to climate change

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Climate change and elevational range shifts in insects

scientific article published in 2021

Different evolutionary histories underlie congruent species richness gradients of birds and mammals

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Elevational Gradients in Species Richness

Elevational Trends in Biodiversity

article published in 2013

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

Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography

scientific article (publication date: April 2007)

Habitat quality and disturbance drive lichen species richness in a temperate biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Is the ecological belt zonation of the Swiss Alps relevant for moth diversity and turnover?

scientific article published in 2017

Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates

scientific article published in June 2011

Metabolic theory and elevational diversity of vertebrate ectotherms

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

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Most lichens are rare, and degree of rarity is mediated by lichen traits and biotic partners

scientific article published in 2022

Multiple dimensions of bird beta diversity support that mountains are higher in the tropics

scientific article published in 2021

Natural population variability may be masking the more-individuals hypothesis

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

scientific article (publication date: October 2010)

Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology.

scientific article published in September 2009

Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals

scientific article (publication date: 22 July 2010)

Population variability complicates the accurate detection of climate change responses

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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 turnover in vertebrate communities along elevational gradients is idiosyncratic and unrelated to species richness

scientific article published in 2015

Substantial niche overlap in carrion beetle habitat and vegetation use

scientific article published in 2023

The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals

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The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes

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When does diversity fit null model predictions? Scale and range size mediate the mid-domain effect

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