Diversity and Distributions

Papers
(The median citation count of Diversity and Distributions is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Explaining the anuran beta diversity by pond‐living tadpoles: the role of dispersal limitation and environmental gradients through multiple scales187
Invasive herbaceous respond more negatively to elevated ozone concentration than native species119
Population genetic patterns of a mangrove‐associated frog reveal its colonization history and habitat connectivity85
Implications of macroinvertebrate taxonomic resolution for freshwater assessments using functional traits: The Paute River Basin (Ecuador) case76
Connectivity and conservation of Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) habitat in Liberia65
Trait‐habitat associations explain novel bird assemblages mixing native and alien species across New Zealand landscapes53
International imports and climatic filtering drive compositional variation in non‐native insect establishments44
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Invasion disharmony in the global biogeography of native and non‐native beetle species40
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Estimating species distribution from camera trap by‐catch data, using jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) as an example39
Elevation filters bat, rodent and shrew communities differently by morphological traits38
Surprisingly wide climatic niche breadth of a relict mountain species raises hope for survival under climate change37
Conservation of Chinese Theaceae species under future climate and land use changes35
Mapping the impacts of multiple stressors on the decline in kelps along the coast of Victoria, Australia35
Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes35
Expanding from local to continental scale—A genetic assessment of the Eurasian wolverine34
Predicting potential distributions of large carnivores in Kenya: An occupancy study to guide conservation34
Changes in plant species richness due to land use and nitrogen deposition across the globe32
Dispersal models alert on the risk of non‐native species introduction by Ballast water in protected areas from the Western Antarctic Peninsula32
Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current32
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Independent variation of avian sensitivity to climate change and trait‐based adaptive capacity along a tropical elevational gradient30
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Connectivity modelling informs metapopulation structure and conservation priorities for a reef‐building species29
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Diversity of endemic cold‐water amphipods threatened by climate warming in northwestern China29
Biogeography of Angolan rodents: The first glimpse based on phylogenetic evidence28
Low species turnover of upland Amazonian birds in the absence of physical barriers28
Genetic divergence and ecological adaptation of an eastern North American spring ephemeral Sanguinaria canadensis27
Biogeographic patterns of Pacific white‐sided dolphins based on long‐term passive acoustic records26
Invasion genomics uncover complex introduction patterns of the globally invasive whitefly, Bemisia tabaciMED26
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Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon25
Global patterns of extinction risk and conservation needs for Rodentia and Eulipotyphla24
Fire, drought and flooding rains: The effect of climatic extremes on bird species’ responses to time since fire24
The Distribution of Wild Bee Species Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Northern Europe Depends on Their Flower Preferences24
Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean23
Abiotic and biotic drivers of functional diversity and functional composition of bird and bat assemblages along a tropical elevation gradient23
Ecological interactions mediate projected loss of kelp biomass under climate change23
A genus at risk: Predicted current and future distribution of all three Lagopus species reveal sensitivity to climate change and efficacy of protected areas23
Landscape simplification leads to loss of plant–pollinator interaction diversity and flower visitation frequency despite buffering by abundant generalist pollinators23
Energy and physiological tolerance explain multi‐trophic soil diversity in temperate mountains23
Environmental and socioeconomic correlates of extinction risk in endemic species23
Phylogenetic divergence and population genetics of the hydrothermal vent annelid genus Hesiolyra along the East Pacific Rise: Reappraisal using multi‐locus data22
Tracking a killer shrimp: Dikerogammarus villosus invasion dynamics across Europe22
British species that are present in Australia have different traits from British species that are not present in Australia22
High focus on threatened species and habitats may undermine biodiversity conservation: Evidence from the northern Baltic Sea22
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Seasonality shapes community structure and functional group dynamics of zooplankton in Changjiang River estuary and its adjacent waters21
A data‐driven geospatial workflow to map species distributions for conservation assessments21
Using automated content analysis to monitor global online trade in endemic reptile species21
Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity to protect functional diversity of reef corals21
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Elevational patterns of amphibian functional and phylogenetic structures in eastern Nepal Himalaya20
Hindcasting long‐term data unveils the influence of a changing climate on small mammal communities19
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A spatially explicit risk assessment of salamander populations to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the United States19
The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin, USA19
Exploring the biotic homogenization and diversity resistance hypotheses: The understorey of non‐native and native woodland canopies in three urban areas of Europe19
Warming drives poleward range contractions of Beringian endemic plant species at high latitudes19
Vertebrate taxonomic and functional hotspots in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest19
Species distributions models may predict accurately future distributions but poorly how distributions change: A critical perspective on model validation19
Range contractions and reduced body mass predicted for endemic skinks of the Cameroon Volcanic Line with future warming18
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Life history traits modulate the influence of environmental stressors on biodiversity: The case of fireflies, climate and artificial light at night18
Severe wildfires promoted by climate change negatively impact forest amphibian metacommunities18
Better together? Assessing different remote sensing products for predicting habitat suitability of wetland birds18
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Flying by the river side: Survey of bat distributions and environmental contexts along a 1000‐mile river corridor, Green and Colorado Rivers, USA18
Southward Migration: How Climate Change Alters the Prey Dynamics of Spotted Seal in Western Pacific Ocean18
Responding to the biodiversity impacts of a megafire: A case study from south‐eastern Australia’s Black Summer18
Multiple β‐diversity patterns and the underlying mechanisms across amphibian communities along a subtropical elevational gradient18
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Modelling the distribution and intraguild associations of an understudied mesocarnivore across the contiguous United States18
Staying in situ or shifting range under ongoing climate change: A case of an endemic herb in theHimalaya‐HengduanMountains across elevational gradients18
Niche differences may reduce susceptibility to competition between native and non‐native birds in oceanic islands18
Climate change alters global invasion vulnerability among ecoregions17
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Freshwater macroinvertebrate traits assessment as complementary to taxonomic information for mining impact detection in the northern Peruvian Andes17
Assessing the uncertainty arising from standard land‐cover mapping procedures when modelling species distributions17
Native fish assemblages in natural lakes across Japan: Endemism deterioration lasting centuries16
Riparian buffers provide refugia during secondary forest succession16
Gradients of genetic diversity and differentiation across the distribution range of a Mediterranean coral: Patterns, processes and conservation implications16
Bioindicators of edge effects within Atlantic Forest remnants: Conservation implications in a threatened biodiversity hotspot16
Data coverage, biases, and trends in a global citizen‐science resource for monitoring avian diversity16
What drives spatially varying ecological relationships in a wide‐ranging species?16
Capacity for recovery in Bornean orangutan populations when limiting offtake and retaining forest16
The impacts of extreme climate change on mammals differ among functional groups at regional scale: The case of Iranian terrestrial mammals16
Causes and effects of sampling bias on marine Western Atlantic biodiversity knowledge16
Identifying hotspots and priority areas for xenarthran research and conservation16
Phenotypic trait differences betweenIris pseudacorusin native and introduced ranges support greater capacity of invasive populations to withstand sea level rise16
Biogeographic Implications of Biodiversity Shortfalls in a Mid‐Altitude Desert Ecotone of the Arabian Peninsula16
Gaps in DNA sequence libraries for Macaronesian marine macroinvertebrates imply decades till completion and robust monitoring15
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Population decline at distribution margins: Assessing extinction risk in the last glacial relictual but still functional metapopulation of a European butterfly15
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Genomic evidence for adaptive differentiation amongMicrohyla fissipespopulations: Implications for conservation15
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Predicting the distribution of Australian frogs and their overlap with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis under climate change15
Niche shifts over spread of a biological invasion: Unveiling the role of changing habitat preference and density‐dependence15
Temporal Biotic Homogenisation Patterns due to Urbanisation Are Taxon‐Dependent15
Molecular Delimitation of Evolutionary Significant Units Reveals Hidden Geographic Drivers of Extinction Risk Within Island Arthropods15
Methods to detect spatial biases in tracking studies caused by differential representativeness of individuals, populations and time15
Dispersal restriction and facilitation in species with differing tolerance to development: A landscape genetics study of native and introduced lizards15
Explaining and predicting animal migration under global change15
Fish zeta diversity responses to human pressures and cumulative effects across a freshwater basin15
Citizen science can complement professional invasive plant surveys and improve estimates of suitable habitat15
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Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators15
A 3‐year plankton DNA metabarcoding survey reveals marine biodiversity patterns in Australian coastal waters14
Uncertainty in consensus predictions of plant species' vulnerability to climate change14
Community re‐assembly and divergence of woody plant traits in an island–mainland system after more than 50 years of regeneration14
Alpine plants are on the move: Quantifying distribution shifts of Australian alpine plants through time14
Genomic Assessment of Australian White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Challenges Previous Evidence of Population Subdivision14
Movement Ecology of a Coastal Foundation Seagrass Species: Insights From Genetic Data and Oceanographic Modelling14
Reproductive traits explain occupancy of predicted distributions in a genus of eastern North American understory herbs13
Three hundred years of past and future changes for native fish species in the upper Danube River Basin—Historical flow alterations versus future climate change13
Tight spatial coupling of a marine predator with soniferous fishes: Using joint modelling to aid in ecosystem approaches to management13
Analytical guidelines to increase the value of community science data: An example using eBird data to estimate species distributions13
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Biological traits, geographic distributions, and species conservation in aquatic ecosystems13
Comparing species and evolutionary diversity metrics to inform conservation13
Metabarcoding reveals seasonal and spatial patterns of arthropod community assemblages in two contrasting habitats: Desert and oasis of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico13
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Depth and temperature drive patterns of spatial overlap among fish thermal guilds in lakes across Ontario, Canada13
Collaboration for conservation: Assessing countrywide carnivore occupancy dynamics from sparse data13
Where have all the lions gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions13
Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities13
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Diversity and conservation of endemic true bugs for four family groups in China12
Plant–frugivore interactions across the Caribbean islands: Modularity, invader complexes and the importance of generalist species12
A hotspot of groundwater amphipod diversity on a crossroad of evolutionary radiations12
Marine mammal hotspots across the circumpolar Arctic12
Long‐Term Stability of Marine Forests Facing Moderate Gradual Warming in a Remote Biodiversity Hotspot12
Non‐stationary drivers on fish sampling efforts in Brazilian freshwaters12
Understanding patterns and pathways of exotic perennial grass invasion in South‐eastern Australian grassy communities12
Effects of land use and climate change on functional and phylogenetic diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in a Himalayan biodiversity hotspot12
Re‐surveys reveal biotic homogenization of Orthoptera assemblages as a consequence of environmental change12
Classic or hybrid? The performance of next generation ecological models to study the response of Southern Ocean species to changing environmental conditions12
DNA barcoding of Chironomidae from the Lake Skadar region: Reference library and a comparative analysis of the European fauna12
Invasion history of Lycium ferocissimum in Australia: The impact of admixture on genetic diversity and differentiation12
No Sign of Homogenisation in Reef Fish Communities Across an Ecological Transition Zone Exposed to Warming12
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Ecological niche modelling and population genomics provide insights into the geographic and demographic ‘explosion’ of a non‐indigenous salmonid12
Genogeographic clustering to identify cross‐species concordance of spatial genetic patterns12
Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming12
Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species12
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Demographic history, local adaptation and vulnerability to climate change in a tropical mountain bird in New Guinea12
How to Identify Priority Sites for Invasive Alien Species Policy and Management12
Anthropogenic habitat loss accelerates the range expansion of a global invader11
Identifying the environmental drivers of corridors and predicting connectivity between seasonal ranges in multiple populations of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) as tools for conserving migration11
Managing multiple uncertainties in species distribution modelling11
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Natural and Artificial Structures Influence the Movement and Habitat Connectivity of Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) Across Seascapes11
Future fire regimes increase risks to obligate‐seeder forests11
Remember your roots: Biogeographic properties of plants' native habitats can inform invasive plant risk assessments11
Responses of an endemic species (Roscoea humeana) in the Hengduan Mountains to climate change11
Podocarpus in the palaeogeographically complex island of Hispaniola: A stepping‐stone colonization and conservation recommendations11
Problems with combining modelling and social science approaches to understand artisanal fisheries bycatch11
The Contribution of Hydric Habitats to the Richness of the Cape Fynbos Flora10
Similarity of stream insect trait profiles across biogeographic regions10
Managing for biodiversity: The effects of climate, management and natural disturbance on wildlife species richness10
Effects of global change on bird and beetle populations in boreal forest landscape: An assemblage dissimilarity analysis10
Static species distribution models in the marine realm: The case of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean10
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Recent developments in Diversity and Distributions and trends in the field10
Environmental DNA of preservative ethanol performed better than water samples in detecting macroinvertebrate diversity using metabarcoding10
Multiple Threshold‐Selection Methods Are Needed to Binarise Species Distribution Model Predictions10
Phenotypic and genetic divergence in a cold‐adapted grasshopper may lead to lineage‐specific responses to rapid climate change10
Spatial dependency in abundance of Queen conch, Aliger gigas, in the Caribbean, indicates the importance of surveying deep‐water distributions10
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Patterns and drivers in the functional diversity decomposition of invaded stream fish communities10
Changes in the spatial patterns of avian migrations: Evidence, mechanisms and causes10
Evaluating the expansion of African species into Europe driven by climate change10
Interaction between regional temperature and shade level shapes saproxylic beetle communities10
Contrasting patterns of spatial genetic structure in endangered southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale) populations facing habitat fragmentation and urbanisation10
Sex‐specific shifts in morphology and diet in a frog after 50 years of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation10
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Vertebrate responses to human land use are influenced by their proximity to climatic tolerance limits9
Dispersal‐related plant traits are associated with range size in the Atlantic Forest9
Climate change affects Galliformes taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity indexes, shifting conservation priority areas in China9
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Distributional ecology: Opening new research windows by addressing aggregation‐related puzzles9
Climate tracking by freshwater fishes suggests that fish diversity in temperate lakes may be increasingly threatened by climate warming9
Rapid shifts in Arctic tundra species' distributions and inter‐specific range overlap under future climate change9
A Functional Assessment of Community Vulnerability to the Loss of Myrtaceae From Myrtle Rust9
Biogeography of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in Texas and implications on conservation biology9
Decomposing trends in bird populations: Climate, life histories and habitat affect different aspects of population change9
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Benefits of Modelling Abundance for Rare Species Conservation: A Case Study With Multiple Birds Across One Million Hectares9
Multi‐decadal land use impacts across the vast range of an iconic threatened species9
Guiding marine protected area network design with comparative phylogeography and population genomics: An exemplary case from the Southern Ocean9
Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions9
Spatial resolution impacts projected plant responses to climate change on topographically complex islands9
Integrating citizen‐science and planned‐survey data improves species distribution estimates9
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Elevational patterns of fish functional and phylogenetic community structure in a monsoon climate river basin9
Inclusion of biotic variables improves predictions of environmental niche models9
Molecular analyses revealed three morphologically similar species of non‐native apple snails and their patterns of distribution in freshwater wetlands of Hong Kong9
Progressing delineations of key biodiversity areas for seabirds, and their application to management of coastal seas8
Vegetation structure derived from airborne laser scanning to assess species distribution and habitat suitability: The way forward8
Smaller, more diverse and on the way to the top: Rapid community shifts of montane wild bees within an extraordinary hot decade8
Considering species functional and phylogenetic rarity in the conservation of fish biodiversity8
Predicting impacts of global climatic change on genetic and phylogeographical diversity of a Neotropical treefrog8
Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook8
Modelling the spatial extent of post‐fire sedimentation threat to estimate the impacts of fire on waterways and aquatic species8
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Exploring ecological specialization in pipefish using genomic, morphometric and ecological evidence8
Anthropogenic pressures coincide with Neotropical biodiversity hotspots in a flagship butterfly group8
Assessing the conservation priority of freshwater lake sites based on taxonomic, functional and environmental uniqueness8
Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization8
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Optimizing landscape‐scale monitoring programmes to detect the effects of megafires8
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Causal inference and large‐scale expert validation shed light on the drivers of SDM accuracy and variance8
Context dependency in interference competition among birds in an endangered woodland ecosystem8
National assessments of species vulnerability to climate change strongly depend on selected data sources8
Patterns of species richness and turnover in endemic amphibians of the Guineo‐Congolian rain forest8
Human‐associated genetic landscape of walnuts in the Himalaya: implications for conservation and utilization8
Heterogeneous environmental seascape across a biogeographic break influences the thermal physiology and tolerances to ocean acidification in an ecosystem engineer8
Evidence that post‐fire recovery of small mammals occurs primarily via in situ survival8
How functionally diverse are fish in the deep? A comparison of fish communities in deep and shallow‐water systems8
New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation7
Distance From the Road, Habitat Type and Environmental Factors Predict Distribution of Invasive and Native Plant Species in the Above‐Ground Vegetation and Soil Seedbanks7
Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long‐Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds7
Sticking around: Plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands7
Distribution of functionally distinct native and non‐indigenous species within marine urban habitats7
Macro‐evolutionary dynamics dominated by dispersal promote the formation of regional biodiversity hotspot‐insights from hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in South China7
Modelling the distribution of rare invertebrates by correcting class imbalance and spatial bias7
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Patch characteristics and domestic dogs differentially affect carnivore space use in fragmented landscapes in southern Chile7
Habitat alteration facilitates the dominance of invasive species through disrupting niche partitioning in floodplain wetlands7
Bringing the forest back: Restoration priorities in Colombia7
Combining expert‐based and computational approaches to design protected river networks under climate change7
Searching for refuge: A framework for identifying site factors conferring resistance to climate‐driven vegetation change7
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Non‐Native, Non‐Naturalised Plants Suffer Less Herbivory Than Native Plants Across European Botanical Gardens7
Seasonal patterns of juvenile fish assemblages in the surf zones of tropical sandy beaches along Gaolong Bay, Hainan Island, China7
When Birding Hotspots Get Too Hot: A Geographic Evaluation of Wildfire‐Related Disturbance on Spatiotemporal Biases in Citizen Science Data7
Extinction and Ecosystem Function Debt Across Dispersal Rate and Behaviour in a Heterogeneous Metacommunity Model7
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