Publications

McCain, C. M. 2009. Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be 'higher' in the tropics. Ecology Letters 12:550–560. [Online; Request]

McCain, C. M. 2009. Global analysis of bird elevational diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18:346–360. [Online; Request]

Grytnes, J. A. and C. M. McCain. 2007. Elevational patterns in species richness. Pages 1–8 in Encyclopedia of Biodiversity ( S. Levin , editor), Elsevier, Inc. [Invited article] [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2007. Area and mammalian elevational diversity. Ecology 88:76–86. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2007. Could temperature and water availability drive elevational diversity? A global case study for bats. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16:1–13. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. , R. M. Timm, and M. Weksler. 2007. Sigmodontomys aphrastus: Redescription, taxonomic comparison, and natural history. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120:117–136. [PDF]

Dunn, R. R., McCain, C. M., and Sanders, N. J. 2007. When does diversity fit null model predictions? Scale and range size mediate the mid-domain effect. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16:305–312. [PDF]

Mittelbach, G.G., D. Schemske, H.V. Cornell, A.P. Allen, J. Brown, M. Bush, S.P. Harrison, A. Hurlbert, N. Knowlton, H.A. Lessios, C. M. McCain, A.R. McCune, L.A. McDade, M.A. McPeek, T.J. Near, T.D. Price, R.E. Ricklefs, K. Roy, D.F. Sax, D. Schluter, J. M. Sobel, M. Turelli. 2007. Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction, and biogeography. Ecology Letters 10:315–331 . [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2006. Do elevational range size, abundance, and body size patterns mirror those documented for geographic ranges? A case study using Costa Rican rodents. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8:435–454. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2005. Elevational gradients in diversity of small mammals. Ecology 86:366–372. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2004. The mid-domain effect applied to elevational gradients: species richness of small mammals in Costa Rica. Journal of Biogeography 31:19–31. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2003. North American desert rodents: a test of the mid-domain effect in species richness. Journal of Mammalogy 84:967–980. [PDF]

McCain, C. M. 2001. First evidence of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Honduras. Southwestern Naturalist 46:252–254. [PDF]

Submitted:

McCain, C. M. Reptiles on mountains: Is there a consistent trend in biodiversity and its determinants?

McCain, C. M. and Sanders, N. J. Metabolic theory and elevational diversity of vertebrate ectotherms.

In Preparation:

McCain, C. M. Global meta-analysis of elevational diversity for amphibians. For submission toGlobal Ecology and Biogeography.

McCain, C. M. Is Rapoport’s Rule pervasive on mountains? For submission to Ecology.

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