Global analysis of bird elevational diversity

By C. McCain. 2009

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Species richness and evolutionary speed: the influence of temperature, water and area (2014, background): “Both water and temperature have also been found to be important for species richness patterns in birds, mammals, amphibians (Kalmar & Currie, 2007; Whittaker et al., 2007; McCain, 2009) and invertebrates (e.”
Food resources and vegetation structure mediate climatic effects on species richness of birds (2014, background): “Birds are an excellent model system for testing the three hypotheses as they occur in nearly all the climatic zones and habitat types of tropical mountains (McCain, 2009).”
Distribution pattern of trees along an elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India (2011, unknown): “Despite recent advances in elevational pattern studies on faunal (Ding et al., 2006; Fu et al., 2007;McCain, 2007, 2009; Sanders et al., 2007; Rowe, 2009; Chettri et al., 2010) and floral communities (Vàzquez and Givnish, 1998; Sánchez-González and López-Mata, 2005; Cardelus et al., 2006; Grytnes…”
Using functional and phylogenetic diversity to infer avian community assembly along elevational gradients (2019, unknown): “The width of the elevational band was chosen to have the maximum possible res‐ olution (minimum width) that balances the resolution of empirical records while being biologically meaningful (McCain, 2009; McCain & Grytnes, 2001).”
Elevational gradients in phylogenetic structure of ant communities reveal the interplay of biotic and abiotic constraints on diversity (2011, background): “A fundamental pattern in biogeography is that both the number of species in a local community (i.e. species density; Gotelli and Colwell 2001) and the composition of communities vary, often systematically, along elevational gradients (Rahbek 2005, McCain 2009).”
Explaining the species richness of birds along a subtropical elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains (2013, background): “McCain (2009) gathered and analysed data sets from birds, and showed that they fall in each of these four categories with almost equal frequency.”
Why mountains matter for biodiversity (2019, background): “Globally, species richness of birds and plants appears to be lowest at the highest elevations (Kessler, Herzog, Fjeldså, & Bach, 2001; McCain, 2009; Quintero & Jetz, 2018).”
Elevational Gradients in Species Richness (2010, background): “Birds and reptiles displayed all four common patterns of elevational species richness – evenly for birds (McCain, 2009), and with a predominance of decreasing patterns for reptiles (McCain, 2010).”
The effect of area on local and regional elevational patterns of species richness (2011, background): “It is still unknown if local and regional studies differ in any systematic way, and hence it is unclear whether they can be combined, for example in meta-analyses 1178 Journal of Biogeography 38, 1177–1185 ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd of elevational richness patterns (McCain, 2009).”
The relationship of tropical bird communities to tree species composition and vegetation structure along an Andean elevational gradient (2013, background): “…and evolutionary mechanisms operating across gradients to generate these patterns include physiological limitations for upward range expansion, reduced resource availability with elevation, historical effects on timing of diversification and phylogenetic niche conservatism (McCain, 2009).”
Causes of warm‐edge range limits: systematic review, proximate factors and implications for climate change (2014, background): “…low latitudes and elevations, many clades show higher richness in higher latitudes (e.g. Janzen, 1981; Smith et al., 2005; Buckley et al., 2010a) or at mid-elevations (e.g. Rahbek, 1995, 1997; McCain, 2005, 2007, 2009; Smith et al., 2007; Wiens et al., 2007; Li et al., 2009; Kozak & Wiens, 2010).”
Density compensation, species composition, and richness of ants on a neotropical elevational gradient (2011, background): “As sites of strong ecological pattern, elevational gradients can provide insights into the historical and contemporary forces that shape life on the planet (Lomolino 2001, Rahbek 2005, McCain 2009, Colwell and Rangel 2010).”