Journal of Biogeography

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Biogeography is 2. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Risk of plant invasions and management planning in the Tibetan Plateau, China92
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Sunda–Sahul floristic exchange and pathways into the Southwest Pacific: New insights from wet tropical forest trees45
Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities36
Linking landscape and genetic variation in the heterogeneous Yungas Andean forest' hotspot: a multi taxa approach35
Imprints of historical and ecological factors in the phylogenetic structure of Australian Meliphagides assemblages32
Larger distribution ranges of seagrasses towards the equator29
Uncovering the cause of breakup between species' range limits and niche limits under climate warming29
Island volcanism predicts pheomelanin‐based plumage colouration in a cosmopolitan raptor28
A range‐wide postglacial history of Swiss stone pine based on molecular markers and palaeoecological evidence28
Cryptic Diversity in the Living Fossil Barnacle Ibla cumingi (Phosphatothoracica: Iblidae) Across the Indo‐Pacific Is Driven by Multiple Vicariant Events From the Late Miocene to the Pleistocen27
Ecological and Evolutionary Predictors of Dorsal Colouration in Lagomorphs26
Coordination of bark and wood traits underlies forest‐to‐savanna evolutionary transitions25
Temperature and Moisture Interact to Shape Body Size of Appalachian Salamanders Across Elevation25
Origins and Diversification of the Caatinga Dry Forest Endemic Avifauna25
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Weak phylogenetic effect on specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on habitat islands24
Why studying the response of trait coordination to insularity matters?24
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Solar Radiation and Temperature as Key Predictors of Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Beta Diversity in Sigmodontine Rodents24
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Development of high diversity beech forest in the eastern Carpathians23
Holocene Climate Change Promoted Allopatric Divergence and Disjunct Geographic Distribution in a Bee Orchid Species23
Reduced host‐plant specialization is associated with the rapid range expansion of a Mediterranean butterfly22
Non‐random distribution of ungulate salt licks relative to distance from North American oceanic margins22
In Situ Speciation of Dispersal‐Limited Taxa Leads to Strong Phylogenetic Community Clustering22
Towards causal relationships for modelling species distribution22
Growing Completeness of Multitaxon Biodiversity Data From Citizen Science Is Associated With Long‐Term Socioeconomic Advance in China22
Gulls contribute to olive seed dispersal within and among islands in a Mediterranean coastal area21
Functional and phylogenetic diversity of sharks in the Northeastern Pacific21
The origins of marine fishes endemic to subtropical islands of the Southwest Pacific21
Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Beta Diversity of Upland Forest Birds in the Amazon: The Relative Importance of Biogeographic Regions, Climate and Geographic Distance21
Zoogeographical regions in the Atlantic Forest: patterns and potential drivers21
A new method based on surface‐sample pollen data for reconstructing palaeovegetation patterns20
Simple null model analysis subsumes a new species co‐occurrence index: A comment on Mainali et al. (2022)20
Linking environmental stability with genetic diversity and population structure in two Atlantic Forest palm trees20
Naturalizations have led to homogenization of the Malesian flora in the Anthropocene20
A Stroll Along Australian Ecosystems: Using Bioclimatic Transects to Examine Environmental Drivers of Community Assembly in Birds20
The role of glaciations in the evolutionary history of a widely distributed Neotropical open habitat bird20
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Geographic Variation in Acoustic Signals in Wildlife: A Systematic Review20
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Phylogeography of cicadas on continental and oceanic islands in the northwestern Pacific region19
‘Null model analyses are not adequate to summarise strong associations: Rebuttal to Ulrich et al. (2022)’ by Mainali & Slud (2023)19
Pleistocene climate oscillations and habitat connectivity contributed to avian beta‐diversity in the megadiverse Colombian Paramo ecosystems18
Time for speciation and niche conservatism explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in clupeiform fishes18
Unveiling Macroecological Patterns of Elasmobranchs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean18
Genomic Signatures of Ancient Vicariance in Host‐Specific Fungal Endophytes Across the Soltis Line in the Pacific Northwest18
Do large‐scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?18
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Uncovering the hidden biodiversity of streams at the upper distribution limit of fish18
Sugar‐Rich Resources Mediate Geographic Morphological Variation in a Dominant, Neotropical Savanna Ant18
β‐Diversity Scaling Patterns Across Different Bioregionalisations for a Megadiverse Neotropical Fish Family18
Non‐natives are linked to higher plant diversity across spatial scales18
A database of the morphology, ecology and literature of the world's limb‐reduced skinks18
Global Free‐Living Symbiodiniaceae Biodiversity Mirrors Local Environments18
Oligocene Odyssey: Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Describe the Origin and Diversification of Freshwater Gammarus in Eastern North America18
Patterns and determinants of lichen abundance and diversity across a subarctic to arctic latitudinal gradient17
Biogeographic Patterns in Density, Recruitment, Body Size and Zonation of Rocky Intertidal Predators Suggest Increased Population Vulnerability Near Southern Range Limits17
Did Hainan Island (Southern China) Undergo Significant Cenozoic Tectonic Displacement, and Impact Its Biota's Sourcing and Evolution?17
Low winter temperatures and divergent freezing resistance set the cold range limit of widespread alpine graminoids17
Decomposing drivers in avian insectivory: Large‐scale effects of climate, habitat and bird diversity17
Unravelling Multiple Facets of Fish Diversity: Temporal Changes and Key Drivers in the Pearl River Basin17
Global distribution range of birds is negatively correlated with their level of diet specialization17
Leaf traits and temperature shape the elevational patterns of phyllosphere microbiome17
A test of species' mobility hypothesis in ecological niche modelling17
Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5‐km altitudinal gradient16
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Biogeography and diversification of bare‐eyes, an endemic Amazonian clade16
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Tracking data as an alternative to resighting data for inferring population ranges16
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The Impact of Climate Change on High‐Priority Areas of Conservation for Amphibians in North American Drylands15
Matrix type affects carabid beetle community and trait composition, and intraspecific variation in remnant forests15
Five decades of biogeography: A view from the Journal of Biogeography15
Trait‐based response of lichens to large‐scale patterns of climate and forest availability in Norway15
Vertebrates, but not ants, protect rainforest from herbivorous insects across elevations in Papua New Guinea15
Trends in Early Larval Traits of a Global Invader at Home Across a Latitudinal Gradient: The European Shore Crab Carcinus maenas15
Phylogenomics of arboreal alligator lizards shed light on the geographical diversification of cloud forest‐adapted biotas15
Convergent evolution of the environmental adaptability of high‐elevation populations of waist‐shaped bugs15
Higher growth synchrony and climate change‐sensitivity in European beech and silver linden than in temperate oaks15
Biogeography and Niche Evolution of Odorrana schmackeri Complex in Southern China15
Celebrating Judith Masters and introducing a memorial fund to support scholars under‐represented in biogeography15
Phylogenetic origin of an insect fauna at the boundary of the Palaearctic and Oriental realms: Evidence from ‘site‐based’ mitogenomics15
Robustness of Bergmann’s and Rapoport’s rules to different geographical range estimates in New World pit vipers15
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Continental‐Scale α‐ and β‐Diversity Patterns of Terrestrial Eukaryotic Microbes: Effect of Climate and Microhabitat on Testate Amoeba Assemblages in Eurasian Peatlands14
Considering biotic interactions exacerbates the predicted impacts of climate change on coral‐dwelling species14
Machine learning and phylogenetic models identify predictors of genetic variation in Neotropical amphibians14
Environmental and geographical factors structure cauliflower coral's algal symbioses across the Indo‐Pacific14
The Biogeography of Invasive Exotic Vertebrates in Island Systems of the Southeast Pacific Ocean14
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Recent changes in forest structure and growth at the alpine‐treeline ecotone in the Rocky and Columbia Mountains of central British Columbia, Canada14
Stuck on top of a mountain: Consequences of dispersal limitations for alpine diversity14
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Long‐Term Human Land‐Use Change Throughout Southeast Asia Reshapes the Distribution of Suitable Habitat for a Human‐Commensal Bird Species13
Seals, whales and the Cenozoic decline of nautiloid cephalopods13
Late Quaternary Montane Forest Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa: A Biome Perspective13
Three dispersal routes out of Africa: A puzzling biogeographical history in freshwater planarians13
Phylogenetic Insights Into Canidae Trait Variation Across Continents13
History predicts contemporary community diversity within a biogeographic province of freshwater fish13
Drivers of Phenotypic Variation Along a Late Pleistocene Range Expansion Route13
Habitat diversity, resource availability and island age in the species‐area relationship13
Ecological versus biogeographical regionalization: Colliding or colluding?13
Precipitation and temperature shape the biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across the Brazilian Caatinga13
Paleoclimate Fluctuations Facilitate the Biogeographical History of Endemic Species of Freshwater Crabs in China via Cycles of Introgressive Hybridisation and Habitat Isolation13
Physiological Stresses Under Climate Change Drive Range Shifts in Small Ectotherms13
Scale dependency in fish beta diversity–hydrology linkages in lowland rivers13
The challenges and potential of geogenomics for biogeography and conservation in Amazonia13
Assessing Cetacean Habitat Suitability in the Northeast Pacific From Citizen Science Data12
Morphological differentiation in a migratory bird across geographic gradients in mountains of southern Europe12
Implications of barrier ephemerality in geogenomic research12
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Species Traits and Island Biogeography: Wing Metrics Linked to Avian Dispersal Ability Predict Species Occurrence on Remote Islands Worldwide12
The biogeography of Gabonese savannas: Evidence from termite community richness and composition12
A dynamic theory of the area of distribution12
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Clay larvae do not accurately measure biogeographic patterns in predation12
Paleoecological History of Maplecrest Fen, Catskill Mountains (NY, USA) From Deglaciation to the Industrial Age12
Drivers of genetic differentiation and recent evolutionary history of an Eurasian wild pea12
Spatial extent predicts Andean epiphyte biodiversity responses to habitat loss and fragmentation across human‐modified landscapes11
Spatio‐temporal shift in body size and plumage coloration is associated with the magnitude of climate change in a cosmopolitan owl11
On the Importance of Expert‐Informed Variable Selection in Species Distribution Modelling11
Niche Differentiation and Spatial Segregation of Melanistic and Non‐Melanistic Colour Morphs in a Widespread Palearctic Reptile11
The Continuity‐Contiguity Problem in Fragmentation‐Biodiversity Research11
Niche and geographical expansions of North American trees and tall shrubs in Europe11
An environmental resistance model to inform the biogeography of aquatic invasions in complex stream networks11
Canary in the forest?—Tree mortality and canopy dieback of western redcedar linked to drier and warmer summers11
The two faces of secondary contact on islands: Introgressive hybridization between endemics and reproductive interference between endemics and introduced species11
Trophic Reorganisation of Animal Communities Under Climate Change11
Biogeography of Therorhodion in Northeast Asia and Western North America Emphasising Their Past and Future Expansion11
Arctic‐Boreal Bryophyte Dynamics Since the Last Glacial Inferred From Ancient DNA Metabarcoding11
Phylogeographical breaks and limited connectivity among multiple refugia in a pan‐Antarctic moss species11
Rolling with the punches—How competition shapes the morphology of small passerines on small islands11
Snow depth drives habitat selection by overwintering birds in built‐up areas, farmlands and forests11
Tectonically driven climate change and the spread of temperate biomes: Insights from dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudotyrannochthoniidae), a globally distributed arachnid lineage11
Predicting Suitable Areas for Cold‐Water Scleractinian Corals in Southwestern Australian Submarine Canyons11
Occurrences of tropical, subtropical and rare marine fishes in Aotearoa New Zealand indicate biodiversity change11
Changes in β‐diversity of saproxylic beetles along environmental gradients in temperate forests depend on species relative abundances11
Global patterns of the species richness and distribution of eriophyoid mites: a response to Li et al. 202310
Mangrove distribution and diversity during three Cenozoic thermal maxima in the Northern Hemisphere (pollen records from the Arctic–North Atlantic–Mediterranean regions)10
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Apomixis goes a long way: Genetic evidence of persistence and long‐distance seed dispersal in an ancient landscape10
The tangled biogeographic history of tarantulas: An African centre of origin rules out the centrifugal model of speciation10
Bird diversity on shelf islands does not benefit from recent land‐bridge connections10
Reflections of Grinnellian and Eltonian niches on the distribution of phyllostomid bats in the Atlantic Forest10
Habitat suitability and centrality—not peripherality—predict demographic performance in a Neotropical lizard10
The Amazon‐Orinoco Barrier as a driver of reef‐fish speciation in the Western Atlantic through time10
The paradox of island evolution10
Drivers of contemporary lacustrine fish species richness in the glacial Lake Agassiz basin10
The contemporary distribution of grasses in Australia: A process of immigration, dispersal and shifting dominance10
Neotropical niche evolution of Otoba trees in the context of global biogeography of the nutmeg family10
Opposing genetic patterns of range shifting temperate and tropical gastropods in an area undergoing tropicalisation10
Island biogeography of mixed‐species bird flocks: A gregarious nuclear species influences island area effects10
Late Cenozoic evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient10
Soil chemical variables improve models of understorey plant species distributions10
Changes in the foliar fungal community between oak leaf flushes along a latitudinal gradient in Europe9
Connecting Amazonian historical biogeography and local assemblages of understorey birds: Recurrent guild proportionality within areas of endemism9
Abundance patterns of mammals across Russia explained by remotely sensed vegetation productivity and snow indices9
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Distance From Nest and Climate Explain Geographical Trends of Harvester Ant's Food Resource Use: A Multi‐Species Approach9
Climate Change Effects on the Only Western Palearctic Plethodontids: Range Changes and Possible Depletion of Intraspecific Genetic Diversity9
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Out of the tropics: Macroevolutionary size trends in an old insect order are shaped by temperature and predators9
Host phylogeny and elevation predict infection by avian haemosporidians in a diverse New Guinean bird community9
A Revision to the Distribution of Plumage Polymorphism in the Red‐Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)9
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Using a Nested Sampling Design Across Spatial Scales to Gain Insights Into Distribution Patterns of Fishes, Mussels and Macroinvertebrates in a Riverine System9
Climatic‐niche breadth, niche position, and speciation in lizards and snakes9
Amazonian pollen assemblages reflect biogeographic gradients and forest cover9
On the Brink of Change? Environmental Drivers of Voluntary Thermal Maximum in South American Pitvipers9
How to cross the desert if you are small and need mountains? Out‐of‐Ethiopia dispersal in Afromontane shrews9
Recruitment, mortality and growth in semi‐arid conifer‐eucalypt forest: Small trees insure against fire and drought9
Past and future climate effects on population structure and diversity of North Pacific surfgrasses9
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Phenotypic differentiation among native, expansive and introduced populations influences invasion success9
Paleoenvironmental models for Australia and the impact of aridification on blindsnake diversification9
Revealing genetic patterns across ecoregions in the northeastern Pacific of California and Baja California9
The ‘island syndrome’ is an alternative state9
Global patterns and drivers of beta diversity facets of reef fish faunas9
Environmental effects, gene flow and genetic drift: Unequal influences on genetic structure across landscapes9
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Metabarcoding reveals high‐resolution biogeographical and metaphylogeographical patterns through marine barriers8
Concordance and drivers of marine spatial structure determined using genogeographic clustering8
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How Old Is the Presence of the Canary Pine Forests in the Canary Islands?8
Tracking the xeric biomes of South America: The spatiotemporal diversification of Mandacaru cactus8
Evolution of the Geographic Range of a European Montane Leaf Beetle in Response to Climate Changes at the End of the Quaternary8
The central Alps comprise a major dispersal barrier between western and eastern populations of two butterfly species8
Temperature dissimilarity drives flower–visitor interaction turnover across elevation in the Mexican Transition Zone8
Correlates of geoxyle diversity in Afrotropical grasslands8
The Composition and Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities Associated With the Invasive Plant Solidago canadensis Vary Across Locations and Time Since Invasion8
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BIOREALM—An ontology of comparative biogeography: New insights into the semantics of biodiversity conservation8
Spatial Connectivity Through Mountains and Deserts Drove South American Scorpions Dispersal8
There and back again: when and how the world's richest snake family (Dipsadidae) dispersed and speciated across the Neotropical region8
Phylogenetic Diversity and Dispersion of Angiosperms in Plant Communities Along an Elevational Gradient in the Western United States8
The integration of the small‐island effect and nestedness pattern8
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Pantropical diversification of padauk trees and relatives was influenced by biome‐switching and long‐distance dispersal8
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Host‐Cleptoparasite Biogeographical Congruence Through Time: The Case of Cuckoo Oil Bees8
On the relationship between species diversity and range size8
Basin‐scale variables drive macroinvertebrate biomass in low‐order streams across different mountain ecoregions8
Diversification and divergence of rainforest woody plants in South India and Madagascar relate to geomorphological history8
The Rise (and Fall?) of European Water Shrews: Phylogeography and Species Distribution Models Uncover the Impact of Climate Change8
Projected Climate Change Scenarios Spatially Decouple Desert Extrafloral Nectary–Bearing Plant–Ant Interactions8
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The Role of the Middle East in the Biogeographical Dispersal of Host‐Specific Parasites: Monogeneans and Their Cyprinoid Fish Hosts8
The Origins of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Revisiting the Tropical Conservatism Hypothesis8
Geographic and taxonomic biases in the vertebrate tree of life7
Same places, same stories? Genomics reveals similar structuring and demographic patterns for four Pocillopora coral species in the southwestern Indian Ocean7
Higher Contribution of Generalists Than Specialists to the Bacterial Biogeography Across Lakes in Northern China7
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ETIB‐T: An Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography for plant traits7
Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats7
Reconstructing ancient dispersal through Antarctica: A case study of stream‐inhabiting beetles7
Analysis of Changes in Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) and the Impacts of Various Drivers in Subtropical Ecological Civilization Areas of Southern China7
The importance of seawater tolerance and native status in mediating the distribution of inland fishes7
Spatial phylogenetic patterns in the North American moss flora are shaped by history and climate7
Habitat heterogeneity determines species richness on small habitat islands in a fragmented landscape7
How people, rainfall and vegetation shape tropical island fire regimes across Micronesia7
Localized Native American impacts on past forest composition across a regional extent in north‐easternUnited States7
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New Insights Into the Phylogeny and Biogeography of Goji Berries (Lycium, Solanaceae) Inferred From Plastid Data7
A Geological Imprint on Plant Biodiversity: Eastern Australia's Cenozoic Volcanic Flora7
From Genes to Shapes: Exploring Local Adaptation in Carpathian Ox‐Eye Daisies7
Factors shaping the abundance of two butterflies sharing resources and enemies across a biogeographic region7
Evaluating compositional changes in the avian communities of eastern North America using temperature and precipitation indices7
In both directions: Expansions of European land snails to the north and south from glacial refugia7
Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians7
Patterns and drivers of beta diversity across geographic scales and lineages in the Macaronesian flora7
Island Biogeography Theory and the Island Rule in Orchid Bees in Panama7
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Dietary flexibility promotes range expansion: The case of golden jackals in Eurasia7
Phylogeography of a riparian earthworm shows environmental factors influence genetic structure7
Associating the structure of Lepidoptera‐plant interaction networks across clades and life stages to environmental gradients7
Using point data to assess biogeographical signal, endemicity and factors associated with macrofungal diversity in the data‐poor Pacific oceanic island bioregion7
Eurasian drylands are both evolutionary cradles and museums of Nitrariaceae diversity7
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