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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Risk of plant invasions and management planning in the Tibetan Plateau, China85
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Sunda–Sahul floristic exchange and pathways into the Southwest Pacific: New insights from wet tropical forest trees44
Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities41
Linking landscape and genetic variation in the heterogeneous Yungas Andean forest' hotspot: a multi taxa approach34
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 Pleistocen32
Imprints of historical and ecological factors in the phylogenetic structure of Australian Meliphagides assemblages31
Uncovering the cause of breakup between species' range limits and niche limits under climate warming28
Larger distribution ranges of seagrasses towards the equator27
Coordination of bark and wood traits underlies forest‐to‐savanna evolutionary transitions27
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A range‐wide postglacial history of Swiss stone pine based on molecular markers and palaeoecological evidence26
Island volcanism predicts pheomelanin‐based plumage colouration in a cosmopolitan raptor26
Ecological and Evolutionary Predictors of Dorsal Colouration in Lagomorphs24
Origins and Diversification of the Caatinga Dry Forest Endemic Avifauna24
Solar Radiation and Temperature as Key Predictors of Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Beta Diversity in Sigmodontine Rodents24
Temperature and Moisture Interact to Shape Body Size of Appalachian Salamanders Across Elevation24
Why studying the response of trait coordination to insularity matters?24
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Holocene Climate Change Promoted Allopatric Divergence and Disjunct Geographic Distribution in a Bee Orchid Species23
Weak phylogenetic effect on specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on habitat islands23
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Unlocking the history of a trans‐Atlantic invader: Did the human slave trade impact Brown mussel dispersal?22
The origins of marine fishes endemic to subtropical islands of the Southwest Pacific22
Simple null model analysis subsumes a new species co‐occurrence index: A comment on Mainali et al. (2022)22
In Situ Speciation of Dispersal‐Limited Taxa Leads to Strong Phylogenetic Community Clustering22
Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Beta Diversity of Upland Forest Birds in the Amazon: The Relative Importance of Biogeographic Regions, Climate and Geographic Distance22
A Stroll Along Australian Ecosystems: Using Bioclimatic Transects to Examine Environmental Drivers of Community Assembly in Birds22
Gulls contribute to olive seed dispersal within and among islands in a Mediterranean coastal area22
Functional and phylogenetic diversity of sharks in the Northeastern Pacific22
Patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in the global cleaner reef fish fauna21
Linking environmental stability with genetic diversity and population structure in two Atlantic Forest palm trees21
The role of glaciations in the evolutionary history of a widely distributed Neotropical open habitat bird21
Naturalizations have led to homogenization of the Malesian flora in the Anthropocene20
Growing Completeness of Multitaxon Biodiversity Data From Citizen Science Is Associated With Long‐Term Socioeconomic Advance in China20
A new method based on surface‐sample pollen data for reconstructing palaeovegetation patterns20
Non‐random distribution of ungulate salt licks relative to distance from North American oceanic margins20
Development of high diversity beech forest in the eastern Carpathians20
Towards causal relationships for modelling species distribution20
Reduced host‐plant specialization is associated with the rapid range expansion of a Mediterranean butterfly19
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Geographic Variation in Acoustic Signals in Wildlife: A Systematic Review19
Zoogeographical regions in the Atlantic Forest: patterns and potential drivers19
One of the least disturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin’s sub‐Antarctic giant kelp forests19
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Pleistocene climate oscillations and habitat connectivity contributed to avian beta‐diversity in the megadiverse Colombian Paramo ecosystems18
‘Null model analyses are not adequate to summarise strong associations: Rebuttal to Ulrich et al. (2022)’ by Mainali & Slud (2023)18
Decomposing drivers in avian insectivory: Large‐scale effects of climate, habitat and bird diversity18
Patterns and determinants of lichen abundance and diversity across a subarctic to arctic latitudinal gradient18
A test of species' mobility hypothesis in ecological niche modelling18
Phylogeography of cicadas on continental and oceanic islands in the northwestern Pacific region18
Non‐natives are linked to higher plant diversity across spatial scales17
Uncovering the hidden biodiversity of streams at the upper distribution limit of fish17
Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5‐km altitudinal gradient17
β‐Diversity Scaling Patterns Across Different Bioregionalisations for a Megadiverse Neotropical Fish Family17
A database of the morphology, ecology and literature of the world's limb‐reduced skinks17
Tracking data as an alternative to resighting data for inferring population ranges17
Leaf traits and temperature shape the elevational patterns of phyllosphere microbiome17
Sugar‐Rich Resources Mediate Geographic Morphological Variation in a Dominant, Neotropical Savanna Ant17
Genomic Signatures of Ancient Vicariance in Host‐Specific Fungal Endophytes Across the Soltis Line in the Pacific Northwest17
Unveiling Macroecological Patterns of Elasmobranchs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean17
Time for speciation and niche conservatism explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in clupeiform fishes17
Low winter temperatures and divergent freezing resistance set the cold range limit of widespread alpine graminoids17
Global Free‐Living Symbiodiniaceae Biodiversity Mirrors Local Environments17
Do large‐scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?17
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Biogeographic Patterns in Density, Recruitment, Body Size and Zonation of Rocky Intertidal Predators Suggest Increased Population Vulnerability Near Southern Range Limits16
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Oligocene Odyssey: Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Describe the Origin and Diversification of Freshwater Gammarus in Eastern North America16
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Did Hainan Island (Southern China) Undergo Significant Cenozoic Tectonic Displacement, and Impact Its Biota's Sourcing and Evolution?16
Global distribution range of birds is negatively correlated with their level of diet specialization16
Recent changes in forest structure and growth at the alpine‐treeline ecotone in the Rocky and Columbia Mountains of central British Columbia, Canada15
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
Convergent evolution of the environmental adaptability of high‐elevation populations of waist‐shaped bugs15
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Higher growth synchrony and climate change‐sensitivity in European beech and silver linden than in temperate oaks15
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Phylogenomics of arboreal alligator lizards shed light on the geographical diversification of cloud forest‐adapted biotas15
Biogeography and diversification of bare‐eyes, an endemic Amazonian clade15
Machine learning and phylogenetic models identify predictors of genetic variation in Neotropical amphibians15
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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Fundamental resource specialization of herbivorous butterflies decreases towards lower latitudes14
The Impact of Climate Change on High‐Priority Areas of Conservation for Amphibians in North American Drylands14
Environmental and geographical factors structure cauliflower coral's algal symbioses across the Indo‐Pacific14
Continental‐Scale α‐ and β‐Diversity Patterns of Terrestrial Eukaryotic Microbes: Effect of Climate and Microhabitat on Testate Amoeba Assemblages in Eurasian Peatlands14
The Biogeography of Invasive Exotic Vertebrates in Island Systems of the Southeast Pacific Ocean14
Vertebrates, but not ants, protect rainforest from herbivorous insects across elevations in Papua New Guinea14
Trait‐based response of lichens to large‐scale patterns of climate and forest availability in Norway14
Celebrating Judith Masters and introducing a memorial fund to support scholars under‐represented in biogeography14
Biogeography and Niche Evolution of Odorrana schmackeri Complex in Southern China14
Trends in Early Larval Traits of a Global Invader at Home Across a Latitudinal Gradient: The European Shore Crab Carcinus maenas14
Considering biotic interactions exacerbates the predicted impacts of climate change on coral‐dwelling species14
Stuck on top of a mountain: Consequences of dispersal limitations for alpine diversity14
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Phylogenetic Insights Into Canidae Trait Variation Across Continents13
Physiological Stresses Under Climate Change Drive Range Shifts in Small Ectotherms13
Long‐Term Human Land‐Use Change Throughout Southeast Asia Reshapes the Distribution of Suitable Habitat for a Human‐Commensal Bird Species13
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Implications of barrier ephemerality in geogenomic research13
Paleoecological History of Maplecrest Fen, Catskill Mountains (NY, USA) From Deglaciation to the Industrial Age13
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Precipitation and temperature shape the biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across the Brazilian Caatinga13
Late Quaternary Montane Forest Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa: A Biome Perspective13
History predicts contemporary community diversity within a biogeographic province of freshwater fish12
Morphological differentiation in a migratory bird across geographic gradients in mountains of southern Europe12
Clay larvae do not accurately measure biogeographic patterns in predation12
Drivers of genetic differentiation and recent evolutionary history of an Eurasian wild pea12
Paleoclimate Fluctuations Facilitate the Biogeographical History of Endemic Species of Freshwater Crabs in China via Cycles of Introgressive Hybridisation and Habitat Isolation12
Habitat diversity, resource availability and island age in the species‐area relationship12
The challenges and potential of geogenomics for biogeography and conservation in Amazonia12
Scale dependency in fish beta diversity–hydrology linkages in lowland rivers12
A dynamic theory of the area of distribution12
Seals, whales and the Cenozoic decline of nautiloid cephalopods12
The biogeography of Gabonese savannas: Evidence from termite community richness and composition12
Ecological versus biogeographical regionalization: Colliding or colluding?12
Canary in the forest?—Tree mortality and canopy dieback of western redcedar linked to drier and warmer summers11
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
Species Traits and Island Biogeography: Wing Metrics Linked to Avian Dispersal Ability Predict Species Occurrence on Remote Islands Worldwide11
Three dispersal routes out of Africa: A puzzling biogeographical history in freshwater planarians11
Biogeography of Therorhodion in Northeast Asia and Western North America Emphasising Their Past and Future Expansion11
The Continuity‐Contiguity Problem in Fragmentation‐Biodiversity Research11
Assessing Cetacean Habitat Suitability in the Northeast Pacific From Citizen Science Data11
Opposing genetic patterns of range shifting temperate and tropical gastropods in an area undergoing tropicalisation11
Spatial extent predicts Andean epiphyte biodiversity responses to habitat loss and fragmentation across human‐modified landscapes11
The two faces of secondary contact on islands: Introgressive hybridization between endemics and reproductive interference between endemics and introduced species11
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Snow depth drives habitat selection by overwintering birds in built‐up areas, farmlands and forests11
Niche and geographical expansions of North American trees and tall shrubs in Europe11
Predicting Suitable Areas for Cold‐Water Scleractinian Corals in Southwestern Australian Submarine Canyons11
Trophic Reorganisation of Animal Communities Under Climate Change11
Occurrences of tropical, subtropical and rare marine fishes in Aotearoa New Zealand indicate biodiversity change11
An environmental resistance model to inform the biogeography of aquatic invasions in complex stream networks11
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Tectonically driven climate change and the spread of temperate biomes: Insights from dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudotyrannochthoniidae), a globally distributed arachnid lineage11
Changes in β‐diversity of saproxylic beetles along environmental gradients in temperate forests depend on species relative abundances11
The Amazon‐Orinoco Barrier as a driver of reef‐fish speciation in the Western Atlantic through time11
Niche Differentiation and Spatial Segregation of Melanistic and Non‐Melanistic Colour Morphs in a Widespread Palearctic Reptile11
Island biogeography of mixed‐species bird flocks: A gregarious nuclear species influences island area effects10
The tangled biogeographic history of tarantulas: An African centre of origin rules out the centrifugal model of speciation10
Global patterns and drivers of beta diversity facets of reef fish faunas10
A Revision to the Distribution of Plumage Polymorphism in the Red‐Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)10
The paradox of island evolution10
Late Cenozoic evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient10
Drivers of contemporary lacustrine fish species richness in the glacial Lake Agassiz basin10
Changes in the foliar fungal community between oak leaf flushes along a latitudinal gradient in Europe10
Mangrove distribution and diversity during three Cenozoic thermal maxima in the Northern Hemisphere (pollen records from the Arctic–North Atlantic–Mediterranean regions)10
How to cross the desert if you are small and need mountains? Out‐of‐Ethiopia dispersal in Afromontane shrews10
The contemporary distribution of grasses in Australia: A process of immigration, dispersal and shifting dominance10
Out of the tropics: Macroevolutionary size trends in an old insect order are shaped by temperature and predators10
Apomixis goes a long way: Genetic evidence of persistence and long‐distance seed dispersal in an ancient landscape10
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Global patterns of the species richness and distribution of eriophyoid mites: a response to Li et al. 202310
Bird diversity on shelf islands does not benefit from recent land‐bridge connections10
Soil chemical variables improve models of understorey plant species distributions10
Recruitment, mortality and growth in semi‐arid conifer‐eucalypt forest: Small trees insure against fire and drought10
Environmental effects, gene flow and genetic drift: Unequal influences on genetic structure across landscapes10
Neotropical niche evolution of Otoba trees in the context of global biogeography of the nutmeg family10
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
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Spatio‐temporal shift in body size and plumage coloration is associated with the magnitude of climate change in a cosmopolitan owl10
The ‘island syndrome’ is an alternative state9
Distance From Nest and Climate Explain Geographical Trends of Harvester Ant's Food Resource Use: A Multi‐Species Approach9
Correlates of geoxyle diversity in Afrotropical grasslands9
Past and future climate effects on population structure and diversity of North Pacific surfgrasses9
Climate Change Effects on the Only Western Palearctic Plethodontids: Range Changes and Possible Depletion of Intraspecific Genetic Diversity9
Paleoenvironmental models for Australia and the impact of aridification on blindsnake diversification9
Metabarcoding reveals high‐resolution biogeographical and metaphylogeographical patterns through marine barriers9
On the relationship between species diversity and range size9
Connecting Amazonian historical biogeography and local assemblages of understorey birds: Recurrent guild proportionality within areas of endemism9
Host phylogeny and elevation predict infection by avian haemosporidians in a diverse New Guinean bird community9
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Amazonian pollen assemblages reflect biogeographic gradients and forest cover9
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Phenotypic differentiation among native, expansive and introduced populations influences invasion success9
Climatic‐niche breadth, niche position, and speciation in lizards and snakes9
Abundance patterns of mammals across Russia explained by remotely sensed vegetation productivity and snow indices9
On the Brink of Change? Environmental Drivers of Voluntary Thermal Maximum in South American Pitvipers9
Using a Nested Sampling Design Across Spatial Scales to Gain Insights Into Distribution Patterns of Fishes, Mussels and Macroinvertebrates in a Riverine System9
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Pantropical diversification of padauk trees and relatives was influenced by biome‐switching and long‐distance dispersal9
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Revealing genetic patterns across ecoregions in the northeastern Pacific of California and Baja California9
Temperature dissimilarity drives flower–visitor interaction turnover across elevation in the Mexican Transition Zone9
Integrating presence‐only and presence–absence data to model changes in species geographic ranges: An example in the Neotropics8
Spatial phylogenetic patterns in the North American moss flora are shaped by history and climate8
Intraspecific trait variation in a dryland tree species corresponds to regional climate gradients8
Spatial Connectivity Through Mountains and Deserts Drove South American Scorpions Dispersal8
Basin‐scale variables drive macroinvertebrate biomass in low‐order streams across different mountain ecoregions8
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Concordance and drivers of marine spatial structure determined using genogeographic clustering8
Host‐Cleptoparasite Biogeographical Congruence Through Time: The Case of Cuckoo Oil Bees8
The central Alps comprise a major dispersal barrier between western and eastern populations of two butterfly species8
In both directions: Expansions of European land snails to the north and south from glacial refugia8
Tracking the xeric biomes of South America: The spatiotemporal diversification of Mandacaru cactus8
Phylogenetic Diversity and Dispersion of Angiosperms in Plant Communities Along an Elevational Gradient in the Western United States8
Diversification and divergence of rainforest woody plants in South India and Madagascar relate to geomorphological history8
Eurasian drylands are both evolutionary cradles and museums of Nitrariaceae diversity8
How Old Is the Presence of the Canary Pine Forests in the Canary Islands?8
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The Origins of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Revisiting the Tropical Conservatism Hypothesis8
BIOREALM—An ontology of comparative biogeography: New insights into the semantics of biodiversity conservation8
Habitat heterogeneity determines species richness on small habitat islands in a fragmented landscape8
The importance of seawater tolerance and native status in mediating the distribution of inland fishes8
Geographic and taxonomic biases in the vertebrate tree of life8
Evaluating compositional changes in the avian communities of eastern North America using temperature and precipitation indices8
Same places, same stories? Genomics reveals similar structuring and demographic patterns for four Pocillopora coral species in the southwestern Indian Ocean8
The integration of the small‐island effect and nestedness pattern8
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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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Associating the structure of Lepidoptera‐plant interaction networks across clades and life stages to environmental gradients7
Factors shaping the abundance of two butterflies sharing resources and enemies across a biogeographic region7
Dietary flexibility promotes range expansion: The case of golden jackals in Eurasia7
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There and back again: when and how the world's richest snake family (Dipsadidae) dispersed and speciated across the Neotropical region7
Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians7
Island Biogeography Theory and the Island Rule in Orchid Bees in Panama7
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Analysis of Changes in Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) and the Impacts of Various Drivers in Subtropical Ecological Civilization Areas of Southern China7
Reconstructing ancient dispersal through Antarctica: A case study of stream‐inhabiting beetles7
Using point data to assess biogeographical signal, endemicity and factors associated with macrofungal diversity in the data‐poor Pacific oceanic island bioregion7
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Phylogeography of a riparian earthworm shows environmental factors influence genetic structure7
From Genes to Shapes: Exploring Local Adaptation in Carpathian Ox‐Eye Daisies7
A Geological Imprint on Plant Biodiversity: Eastern Australia's Cenozoic Volcanic Flora7
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How people, rainfall and vegetation shape tropical island fire regimes across Micronesia7
Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats7
Higher Contribution of Generalists Than Specialists to the Bacterial Biogeography Across Lakes in Northern China7
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Patterns and drivers of beta diversity across geographic scales and lineages in the Macaronesian flora7
Localized Native American impacts on past forest composition across a regional extent in north‐easternUnited States7
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