Ecography

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Early View (Articles online in advance of print)

Edited by: Carsten Rahbek, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Miguel Araújo

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ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2009: 17/127 (Ecology); 3/28 (Biodiversity Conservation)

Online ISSN: 1600-0587

  1. Research

    1. Increasing variation in taxonomic distinctness reveals clusters of specialists in the deep sea

      Vinzen Zintzen, Marti J. Anderson, Clive D. Roberts and Carol E. Diebel

      Article first published online: 24 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06546.x

    2. Temperature, rainfall and butterfly morphology: does life history theory match the observed pattern?

      Melanie Gibbs, Christer Wiklund and Hans Van Dyck

      Article first published online: 24 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06573.x

    3. Scale dependency of processes structuring metacommunities of cladocerans in temporary pools of High-Andes wetlands

      Steven A. J. Declerck, Jorge S. Coronel, Pierre Legendre and Luc Brendonck

      Article first published online: 24 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06462.x

    4. Distance decay of similarity in temperate aquatic communities: effects of environmental transition zones, distance measure, and life histories

      Kelly O. Maloney and Pablo Munguia

      Article first published online: 23 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06518.x

    5. Geographic variation in fruit colour is associated with contrasting seed disperser assemblages in a south-Andean mistletoe

      Guillermo C. Amico, Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal and Marcelo A. Aizen

      Article first published online: 23 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06459.x

    6. Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Arctic caribou populations

      Kyle Joly, David R. Klein, David L. Verbyla, T. Scott Rupp and F. Stuart Chapin III

      Article first published online: 23 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06377.x

    7. Spatio-temporal covariation in abundance between the cyclic common vole Microtus arvalis and other small mammal prey species

      David Carslake, Thomas Cornulier, Pablo Inchausti and Vincent Bretagnolle

      Article first published online: 23 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06334.x

    8. Metapopulation dynamics of the bog fritillary butterfly: experimental changes in habitat quality induced negative density-dependent dispersal

      Michel Baguette, Jean Clobert and Nicolas Schtickzelle

      Article first published online: 23 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06212.x

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      Biome transitions as centres of diversity: habitat heterogeneity and diversity patterns of West African bat assemblages across spatial scales

      Jakob Fahr and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05510.x

    10. Measuring and comparing the accuracy of species distribution models with presence–absence data

      Canran Liu, Matt White and Graeme Newell

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06354.x

    11. Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition

      Lars A. Brudvig and Ellen I. Damschen

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06381.x

    12. Partitioning the impact of abiotic factors and spatial patterns on species richness and community structure of ground ant assemblages in four Bornean rainforests

      Dirk Mezger and Martin Pfeiffer

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06538.x

    13. Multiple interacting ecosystem drivers: toward an encompassing hypothesis of oak forest dynamics across eastern North America

      Ryan W. McEwan, James M. Dyer and Neil Pederson

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06390.x

    14. Quantitative predictions for patch occupancy of capercaillie in fragmented habitats

      Kurt Bollmann, Roland F. Graf and Werner Suter

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06314.x

    15. Viability analysis of a threatened amphibian population: modelling the past, present and future

      Enrico Di Minin and Richard A. Griffiths

      Article first published online: 13 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06263.x

    16. Estimating similarity of communities: a parametric approach to spatio-temporal analysis of species diversity

      Steinar Engen, Vidar Grøtan and Bernt-Erik Sæther

      Article first published online: 20 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06082.x

    17. Multiple successional pathways of boreal forest stands in central Canada

      Anthony R. Taylor and Han Y. H. Chen

      Article first published online: 20 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06455.x

    18. An intraspecific application of the leaf-height-seed ecology strategy scheme to forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient

      Pieter De Frenne, Bente J. Graae, Annette Kolb, Anna Shevtsova, Lander Baeten, Jörg Brunet, Olivier Chabrerie, Sara A. O. Cousins, Guillaume Decocq, Rob Dhondt, Martin Diekmann, Robert Gruwez, Thilo Heinken, Martin Hermy, Mathias Öster, Robert Saguez, Sharon Stanton, Wesley Tack, Margot Vanhellemont and Kris Verheyen

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06399.x

    19. The consequences of using indirect signs that decay to determine species' occupancy

      Jonathan R. Rhodes, Daniel Lunney, Chris Moon, Alison Matthews and Clive A. McAlpine

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05908.x

    20. Species richness and diversity in different functional groups across environmental stress gradients: a model for marine rocky shores

      Ricardo A. Scrosati, Barbara Van Genne, Christine S. Heaven and Cortney A. Watt

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06119.x

    21. Ensemble modelling of species distribution: the effects of geographical and environmental ranges

      Gael Grenouillet, Laetitia Buisson, Nicolas Casajus and Sovan Lek

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06152.x

    22. The impact of sterile populations on the perception of elevational richness patterns in ferns

      Michael Kessler, Sandra Hofmann, Thorsten Krömer, Daniele Cicuzza and Jürgen Kluge

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06371.x

    23. Reproductive patterns in central and marginal populations of a large brown seaweed: drastic changes at the southern range limit

      Rosa M. Viejo, Brezo Martínez, Julio Arrontes, Carmen Astudillo and Laura Hernández

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06365.x

    24. Species–area and species–sampling effort relationships: disentangling the effects

      Andrey I. Azovsky

      Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06288.x

    25. Scale-dependence of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of ectoparasites

      Boris R. Krasnov, Robert Poulin and David Mouillot

      Article first published online: 5 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06502.x

  2. Software notes

    1. Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity

      Shawn W. Laffan, Eugene Lubarsky and Dan F. Rosauer

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06237.x

    2. ModEco: an integrated software package for ecological niche modeling

      Qinghua Guo and Yu Liu

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06416.x

  3. Research

    1. Landscape size affects the relative importance of habitat amount, habitat fragmentation, and matrix quality on forest birds

      Adam C. Smith, Lenore Fahrig and Charles M. Francis

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06201.x

    2. A method to incorporate the effect of taxonomic uncertainty on multivariate analyses of ecological data

      Luis Cayuela, Marcelino De La Cruz and Kalle Ruokolainen

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05899.x

  4. Software notes

    1. GeoPhylo: an online tool for developing visualizations of phylogenetic trees in geographic space

      Andrew W. Hill and Robert P. Guralnick

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06312.x

  5. Research

    1. Demographic processes of upward range contraction in a long-lived Mediterranean high mountain plant

      Luis Giménez-Benavides, María José Albert, José María Iriondo and Adrián Escudero

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06250.x

    2. Seasonality and nestedness of bird communities in urban parks in Valencia, Spain

      Enrique Murgui

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05816.x

    3. Wetland conservation and sustainable use under global change: a tropical Australian case study using magpie geese

      Lochran W. Traill, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Steven Delean and Barry W. Brook

      Article first published online: 28 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06205.x

    4. Resources driving landscape-scale distribution patterns of grazers in an African savanna

      Izak P. J. Smit

      Article first published online: 28 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06029.x

    5. Biogeomorphologic succession dynamics in a Mediterranean river system

      Dov Corenblit, Johannes Steiger and Eric Tabacchi

      Article first published online: 28 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05894.x

    6. State-dependent dynamics of cycles in red grouse abundance

      Douglas H. Kerlin, Simon J. Thirgood, David R. Miller, Nicholas J. Aebischer, A. Adam Smith and Daniel T. Haydon

      Article first published online: 28 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05842.x

    7. Spatial relationships in a dendritic network: the herpetofaunal metacommunity of the Mattole River catchment of northwest California

      Hartwell H. Welsh Jr and Garth R. Hodgson

      Article first published online: 28 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06123.x

    8. How well does presence-only-based species distribution modelling predict assemblage diversity? A case study of the Tenerife flora

      Silvia C. Aranda and Jorge M. Lobo

      Article first published online: 15 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06134.x

    9. Differential response to abiotic conditions and predation risk rather than competition avoidance determine breeding site selection by anurans

      Lukas Indermaur, Michael Schaub, Jukka Jokela, Klement Tockner and Benedikt R. Schmidt

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06150.x

    10. How much do we overestimate future local extinction rates when restricting the range of occurrence data in climate suitability models?

      Morgane Barbet-Massin, Wilfried Thuiller and Frédéric Jiguet

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06181.x

    11. Determinants of tapeworm species richness in elasmobranch fishes: untangling environmental and phylogenetic influences

      Haseeb S. Randhawa and Robert Poulin

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06169.x

    12. Assembly rules are rare in SE Australian bird communities, but sometimes apply in fragmented agricultural landscapes

      Don A. Driscoll and David B. Lindenmayer

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06094.x

    13. Comparing methods for measuring the rate of spread of invading populations

      Marius Gilbert and Andrew Liebhold

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06018.x

    14. Reproducibility of the multi-component aspect of species diversity across different areas and scales: towards the constitution of a shortlist of complementary indices for monitoring fish diversity?

      Jean-Claude Gaertner, Bastien Mérigot, Giulio Rélini, Jacques A. Bertrand, Nabila Mazouni, Chrissi-Yianna Politou, Luis Gil de Sola, Argyris Kallianiotis, Paolo Carpentieri, Matteo Murenu, Jean-Pierre Durbec, Nedo Vrgoc and Nicola Ungaro

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06259.x

    15. Habitat fragmentation disrupts the demography of a widespread native mammal

      Greg J. Holland and Andrew F. Bennett

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06127.x

    16. Allometric density responses in butterflies: the response to small and large patches by small and large species

      Peter A. Hambäck, Karl-Olof Bergman, Riccardo Bommarco, Jochen Krauss, Mikko Kuussaari, Juha Pöyry and Erik Öckinger

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06125.x

    17. A comparison of patch connectivity measures using data on invertebrates in hollow oaks

      Thomas Ranius, Victor Johansson and Lenore Fahrig

      Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06363.x

    18. Grizzly bear movements relative to roads: application of step selection functions

      Carrie L. Roever, Mark S. Boyce and Gordon B. Stenhouse

      Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06077.x

    19. The geographic and seasonal dimensions of habitat use in Galerida larks: implications for species coexistence and range limits

      Alban Guillaumet, Julien Gonin, Roger Prodon and Pierre-André Crochet

      Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06087.x

    20. Assessing the relationship between forest types and canopy tree beta diversity in Amazonia

      Thaise Emilio, Bruce Walker Nelson, Juliana Schietti, Sylvain J.-M. Desmoulière, Helder M. V. Espírito Santo and Flávia R. C. Costa

      Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06139.x

    21. What drives fine-scale movements of large herbivores? A case study using moose

      Mathieu Leblond, Christian Dussault and Jean-Pierre Ouellet

      Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06104.x

    22. Multiple environmental determinants of regional species richness and effects of geographic range size

      J. Sebastián Tello and Richard D. Stevens

      Article first published online: 23 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05991.x

    23. Predicting species distributions based on incomplete survey data: the trade-off between precision and scale

      Veronika Braunisch and Rudi Suchant

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05891.x

    24. Use of simulated data from a process-based habitat model to evaluate methods for predicting species occurrence

      Justin D. Hoffman, Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui and Andrew J. Tyre

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05495.x

    25. The influence of diet on foraging habitat models: a case study using nursing Antarctic fur seals

      Ruth M. Casper, Michael D. Sumner, Mark A. Hindell, Nicholas J. Gales, Iain J. Staniland and Simon D. Goldsworthy

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06155.x

    26. Fire-induced taxonomic and functional changes in saproxylic beetle communities in fire sensitive regions

      Marco Moretti, Miquel De Cáceres, Cinzia Pradella, Martin K. Obrist, Beat Wermelinger, Pierre Legendre and Peter Duelli

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06172.x

    27. Spatio-temporal modelling of Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina tachinoides apparent densities in fragmented ecosystems of Burkina Faso

      Luigi Sedda, Laure Guerrini, Jérémy Bouyer, Naférima Koné and David J. Rogers

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06135.x

    28. Predicting growth of mat-forming lichens on a landscape scale – comparing models with different complexities

      Anna V. Jonsson Čabrajič, Jon Moen and Kristin Palmqvist

      Article first published online: 9 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06079.x

    29. Variation partitioning as a tool to distinguish between niche and neutral processes

      Tyler W. Smith and Jeremy T. Lundholm

      Article first published online: 9 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06105.x

    30. Predicting range expansion of an ectoparasite – the effect of spring and summer temperatures on deer ked Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) performance along a latitudinal gradient

      Laura Härkönen, Sauli Härkönen, Arja Kaitala, Sirpa Kaunisto, Raine Kortet, Sauli Laaksonen and Hannu Ylönen

      Article first published online: 9 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05890.x

    31. Understanding the migration ecology of European red admirals Vanessa atalanta using stable hydrogen isotopes

      Oskar Brattström, Staffan Bensch, Leonard I. Wassenaar, Keith A. Hobson and Susanne Åkesson

      Article first published online: 16 MAR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05748.x

    32. Spatial variation in keystone effects: small mammal diversity associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies

      Jack F. Cully Jr, Sharon K. Collinge, Ron E. VanNimwegen, Chris Ray, Whitney C. Johnson, Bala Thiagarajan, David B. Conlin and Brian E. Holmes

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05746.x

    33. Looking at the unseen: combining animal bio-logging and stable isotopes to reveal a shift in the ecological niche of a deep diving predator

      Frédéric Bailleul, Matthieu Authier, Simon Ducatez, Fabien Roquet, Jean-Benoît Charrassin, Yves Cherel and Christophe Guinet

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06034.x

    34. Modelling spatial patterns in harbour porpoise satellite telemetry data using maximum entropy

      Susi M. C. Edrén, Mary S. Wisz, Jonas Teilmann, Rune Dietz and Johan Söderkvist

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05901.x

    35. Landscape epidemiology of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in central California

      Gretchen E. Padgett-Flohr and Robert L. Hopkins II

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05994.x

    36. Population persistence in a landscape context: the case of endangered arctic fox populations in Fennoscandia

      Ivar Herfindal, John D. C. Linnell, Bodil Elmhagen, Roy Andersen, Nina E. Eide, Karl Frafjord, Heikki Henttonen, Asko Kaikusalo, Matti Mela, Magnus Tannerfeldt, Love Dalén, Olav Strand, Arild Landa and Anders Angerbjörn

      Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05971.x

    37. Area-sensitivity by forest songbirds: theoretical and practical implications of scale-dependency

      André Desrochers, Christine Renaud, Wesley M. Hochachka and Mike Cadman

      Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06061.x

    38. Climatic adaptation in an isolated and genetically impoverished amphibian population

      Germán Orizaola, María Quintela and Anssi Laurila

      Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06033.x

    39. Patterns of functional and taxonomic organization of stream fishes: inferences based on α, β, and γ diversities

      Christopher L. Higgins

      Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05958.x

    40. Efficiency of buffer zones around ponds to conserve odonates and songbirds in mined peat bogs

      Sylvain Bonifait and Marc-André Villard

      Article first published online: 11 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06088.x

    41. The species–energy theory: a role for energy variability

      Rodolfo Carrara and Diego P. Vázquez

      Article first published online: 11 FEB 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05756.x

    42. Variation in pika (Ochotona collaris, O. princeps) vocalizations within and between populations

      Sarah A. Trefry and David S. Hik

      Article first published online: 2 JUN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05589.x

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