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. Submitted. Global analysis of bird elevational diversity. Ecology.
McCain, C. M. Submitted. Testing range size predictions of Janzen’s Hypothesis “Are Mountain Passes Higher in the Tropics?" with vertebrates. American Naturalist.
In Preparation:
McCain, C. M. Global meta-analysis of elevational diversity for reptiles. For submission to Ecology.
McCain, C. M. Global meta-analysis of elevational diversity for amphibians. For submission to Ecology.
McCain, C. M. and H. Z. Van Dam (CU undergrad.) Is Rapoport’s Rule pervasive on mountains? For submission to Global Ecology and Biogeography.
McCain, C. M. Synthetic analysis of elevational gradients in diversity by taxa. Invited Review/Synthesis paper for Ecology Letters.
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