Diversity and Distributions

Papers
(The TQCC of Diversity and Distributions is 8. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
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Population genetic patterns of a mangrove‐associated frog reveal its colonization history and habitat connectivity162
A tale of three vines: current and future threats to wild Eurasian grapevine by vineyards and invasive rootstocks98
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The “Trojan horse” strategy: Seed fungal endophyte symbiosis helps to explain the invasion success of the grass, Poa annua, in Maritime Antarctica71
Comparing species and evolutionary diversity metrics to inform conservation64
Native vegetation structure, landscape features and climate shape non‐native plant richness and cover in New Zealand native shrublands53
Traits help explain species' performance away from their climate niche centre51
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Plant–frugivore interactions across the Caribbean islands: Modularity, invader complexes and the importance of generalist species36
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Effects of land use and climate change on functional and phylogenetic diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in a Himalayan biodiversity hotspot35
Ecological niche modelling and population genomics provide insights into the geographic and demographic ‘explosion’ of a non‐indigenous salmonid34
Identifying Drivers of Shrubland Biomass in Southern California33
Macro‐evolutionary dynamics dominated by dispersal promote the formation of regional biodiversity hotspot‐insights from hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in South China33
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Habitat suitability models based on opportunistic citizen science data: Evaluating forecasts from alternative methods versus an individual‐based model31
Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current31
Depleted cultural richness of an avian vocal mimic in fragmented habitat30
Climate change threatens the future viability of translocated populations30
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Rapid bird species recovery following high‐severity wildfire but in the absence of early successional specialists29
Sticking around: Plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands28
Modelling the distribution of rare invertebrates by correcting class imbalance and spatial bias28
Design considerations for rapid biodiversity reconnaissance surveys and long‐term monitoring to assess the impact of wildfire27
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Global habitat loss of a highly migratory predator, the blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)26
Conservation of Chinese Theaceae species under future climate and land use changes26
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Riding an escalator: upward range shift and patterns of genetic response to climate change in Acer caudatifolium23
Increased landscape disturbance and streamflow variability threaten fish biodiversity in the Red River catchment, USA23
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Mollusc aquaculture homogenizes intertidal soft‐sediment communities along the 18,400 km long coastline of China21
Protecting alpine biodiversity in the Middle East from climate change: Implications for high‐elevation birds21
Seasonal patterns of juvenile fish assemblages in the surf zones of tropical sandy beaches along Gaolong Bay, Hainan Island, China20
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Analysing spatio‐temporal patterns of non‐native fish in a biodiversity hotspot across decades20
Estimating species distribution from camera trap by‐catch data, using jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) as an example20
How would estimation of geographic range shifts of marine fishes be different when using occurrence and abundance data?20
Explaining the anuran beta diversity by pond‐living tadpoles: the role of dispersal limitation and environmental gradients through multiple scales19
Seasonal distribution patterns and conservation gaps of blue sharks in the Indo‐Western Pacific Ocean19
Integrating multiple data sources to develop range and area of habitat maps tailored for local contexts19
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Challenging the geographic bias in recognising large‐scale patterns of diversity change18
Elevation filters bat, rodent and shrew communities differently by morphological traits18
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Depth and temperature drive patterns of spatial overlap among fish thermal guilds in lakes across Ontario, Canada18
Projected climate‐driven shifts in coral distribution indicate tropicalisation of Southwestern Atlantic reefs17
Combining expert‐based and computational approaches to design protected river networks under climate change17
Implications of macroinvertebrate taxonomic resolution for freshwater assessments using functional traits: The Paute River Basin (Ecuador) case17
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Trait‐habitat associations explain novel bird assemblages mixing native and alien species across New Zealand landscapes17
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Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming16
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Modelling the biodiversity enhancement value of seagrass beds16
Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California16
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Distribution of functionally distinct native and non‐indigenous species within marine urban habitats16
Searching for refuge: A framework for identifying site factors conferring resistance to climate‐driven vegetation change16
Limited complementarity of functional and taxonomic diversity in Chilean benthic marine invertebrates16
Invasive herbaceous respond more negatively to elevated ozone concentration than native species16
Rapid morphological change in a small mammal species after habitat fragmentation over the past half‐century16
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Functional biogeography of marine vertebrates in Atlantic Ocean reefs15
Connectivity and conservation of Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) habitat in Liberia15
Patch characteristics and domestic dogs differentially affect carnivore space use in fragmented landscapes in southern Chile15
Multi‐Taxon Predictions of Deep‐Sea Corals and Sponges From Stacked Species Distribution Models in the United States West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone and Relation to Trawl Closure Zones15
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Biases and distribution patterns in hard‐bodied microscopic animals (Acari: Halacaridae): Size does not matter, but generalism and sampling effort do15
New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation15
Reproductive traits explain occupancy of predicted distributions in a genus of eastern North American understory herbs15
Conservation prioritization based on past cascading climatic effects on genetic diversity and population size dynamics: Insights from a temperate tree species15
Biological traits, geographic distributions, and species conservation in aquatic ecosystems15
Distance From the Road, Habitat Type and Environmental Factors Predict Distribution of Invasive and Native Plant Species in the Above‐Ground Vegetation and Soil Seedbanks15
Hiking trails shift plant species' realized climatic niches and locally increase species richness15
Bringing the forest back: Restoration priorities in Colombia14
Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad‐ranged apex predator14
Climate change is predicted to impact the global distribution and richness of pines (genus Pinus) by 207014
Expanding from local to continental scale—A genetic assessment of the Eurasian wolverine14
Re‐surveys reveal biotic homogenization of Orthoptera assemblages as a consequence of environmental change14
Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities14
Collaboration for conservation: Assessing countrywide carnivore occupancy dynamics from sparse data14
Climate‐induced plasticity in leaf traits of riparian plants14
Using near‐ground leaf temperatures alters the projected climate change impacts on the historical range of a floristic biodiversity hotspot14
The observed link between urbanization and invasion can depend on how invasion is measured14
Predicting potential distributions of large carnivores in Kenya: An occupancy study to guide conservation14
Diversity and patterns of marine non‐native species in the archipelagos of Macaronesia14
Mapping the impacts of multiple stressors on the decline in kelps along the coast of Victoria, Australia13
Niche segregation mechanisms in marine apex predators inhabiting dynamic environments13
Naturalization of introduced plants is driven by life‐form‐dependent cultivation biases13
Where have all the lions gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions13
Past forest cover explains current genetic differentiation in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni), but not in the smooth newt (L. vulgaris)13
Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes13
Species' movement influence responses to habitat fragmentation13
Effective strategies for correcting spatial sampling bias in species distribution models without independent test data13
The climate crisis affects Mediterranean marine molluscs of conservation concern13
Diversity and conservation of endemic true bugs for four family groups in China13
Changes in plant species richness due to land use and nitrogen deposition across the globe13
Cross‐scale drivers of woody plant species commonness and rarity in the Brazilian drylands13
Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire13
No country for small birds: Potential positive association among medium‐sized, aggressive species in Australian bird communities13
Broad‐scale patterns of geographic avoidance between species emerge in the absence of fine‐scale mechanisms of coexistence13
Recent advances in environmental DNA‐based biodiversity assessment and conservation12
Hydrothermal vent fauna of the western Pacific Ocean: Distribution patterns and biogeographic networks12
Partitioning beta diversity to untangle mechanisms underlying the assembly of bird communities in Mediterranean olive groves12
eDNA metabarcoding in lakes to quantify influences of landscape features and human activity on aquatic invasive species prevalence and fish community diversity12
Mesophotic coral ecosystems of French Polynesia are hotspots of alpha and beta generic diversity for scleractinian assemblages12
Similar species, different fates: Abundance dynamics in spatially structured populations of common and threatened frogs12
Tight spatial coupling of a marine predator with soniferous fishes: Using joint modelling to aid in ecosystem approaches to management12
Genogeographic clustering to identify cross‐species concordance of spatial genetic patterns12
Local contributions to beta diversity in urban pond networks: Implications for biodiversity conservation and management12
Target‐group backgrounds prove effective at correcting sampling bias in Maxent models12
Temperature seasonality drives taxonomic and functional homogenization of tropical butterflies12
Adjacent crop type impacts potential pollinator communities and their pollination services in remnants of natural vegetation12
Eutrophication modifies the relationships between multiple facets of macroinvertebrate beta diversity and geographic distance in freshwater lakes12
A hotspot of groundwater amphipod diversity on a crossroad of evolutionary radiations12
Habitat alteration facilitates the dominance of invasive species through disrupting niche partitioning in floodplain wetlands12
Three hundred years of past and future changes for native fish species in the upper Danube River Basin—Historical flow alterations versus future climate change11
Extinction and Ecosystem Function Debt Across Dispersal Rate and Behaviour in a Heterogeneous Metacommunity Model11
Effects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest11
Widespread and Diverging Patterns of Change in Local Phylogenetic Diversity11
You Shall Not Pass: The Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone Creates a Boundary to Shortfin Mako Shark Distribution in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean11
International imports and climatic filtering drive compositional variation in non‐native insect establishments11
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Non‐Native, Non‐Naturalised Plants Suffer Less Herbivory Than Native Plants Across European Botanical Gardens11
Metabarcoding reveals seasonal and spatial patterns of arthropod community assemblages in two contrasting habitats: Desert and oasis of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico11
Invasion disharmony in the global biogeography of native and non‐native beetle species11
Accounting for uncertainty in marine ecosystem service predictions for spatial prioritisation11
Soundscapes and airborne laser scanning identify vegetation density and its interaction with elevation as main driver of bird diversity and community composition11
Surprisingly wide climatic niche breadth of a relict mountain species raises hope for survival under climate change11
Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long‐Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds11
The global exposure of species ranges and protected areas to forest management11
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The role of dispersal limitation and reforestation in shaping the distributional shift of a forest herb under climate change10
Evaluating temporal turnover in avian species richness in a Mediterranean semiarid region: Different responses to elevation and forest cover10
Global patterns of extinction risk and conservation needs for Rodentia and Eulipotyphla10
Understanding patterns and pathways of exotic perennial grass invasion in South‐eastern Australian grassy communities10
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Population genetic patterns across the native and invasive range of a widely distributed seagrass: Phylogeographic structure, invasive history and conservation implications10
Too much diversity—Multiple definitions of geodiversity hinder its potential in biodiversity research10
Behavioural thermoregulation by montane ungulates under climate warming10
Biological invasions and eutrophication reshape the spatial patterns of stream fish size spectra in France10
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Mapping opportunities and barriers for coexistence between people and pumas in the Argentine Dry Chaco10
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Influence of climate and landscape on genetic differentiation of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)10
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Highway(s) overhead: Strong differences in wetland connectivity and protected status challenge waterbird migration along the four Palearctic‐Afrotropical flyways10
Contrasting Patterns of Population Genomic Structure Between Broadcast‐Spawning and Brooding Corals in Southeast Asia9
Independent variation of avian sensitivity to climate change and trait‐based adaptive capacity along a tropical elevational gradient9
Impacts of climate change on dragonflies and damselflies in West and Central Asia9
Protected areas have remarkable spillover effects on forest conservation on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau9
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Limited hybridisation and introgression despite stocking among endemic Interior Highlands black basses (Centrarchidae: Micropterus)9
Invasion genomics uncover complex introduction patterns of the globally invasive whitefly, Bemisia tabaciMED9
Remember your roots: Biogeographic properties of plants' native habitats can inform invasive plant risk assessments9
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Climate and anthropogenic activities threaten two langur species irrespective of their range size9
Extinction risk is linked to lifestyle in freshwater gastropods9
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Colonization and coexistence of non‐native ants on a model Atlantic island9
Do large termite mounds effect woody plant phylogenetic diversity and endemism across African savannas?9
The role of artificial light at night and road density in predicting the seasonal occurrence of nocturnally migrating birds9
Invasion history of Lycium ferocissimum in Australia: The impact of admixture on genetic diversity and differentiation9
Fire and functional traits: Using functional groups of birds and plants to guide management in a fire‐prone, heathy woodland ecosystem9
Invasion of water hyacinth and water lettuce inhibits the abundance of epiphytic algae9
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Integrating dynamic processes into waterfowl conservation prioritization tools9
Intermediate fire severity diversity promotes richness of forest carnivores in California8
Inferring trends in pollinator distributions across the Neotropics from publicly available data remains challenging despite mobilization efforts8
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Transboundary conservation hotspots in China and potential impacts of the belt and road initiative8
Forest regeneration may reduce the negative impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of a tropical hotspot8
When bigger isn’t better—Implications of large high‐severity wildfire patches for avian diversity and community composition8
DNA barcoding of Chironomidae from the Lake Skadar region: Reference library and a comparative analysis of the European fauna8
Consequences of migratory coupling of predators and prey when mediated by human actions8
Which metrics derived from airborne laser scanning are essential to measure the vertical profile of ecosystems?8
Generalized nonlinear models can solve the prediction problem for data from species‐stratified use‐availability designs8
Global flows of insect transport and establishment: The role of biogeography, trade and regulations8
Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean8
Why so many Hemiptera invasions?8
Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities8
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Low species turnover of upland Amazonian birds in the absence of physical barriers8
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No Sign of Homogenisation in Reef Fish Communities Across an Ecological Transition Zone Exposed to Warming8
Biogeography of Angolan rodents: The first glimpse based on phylogenetic evidence8
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