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Geographic Range Size

Geographic Range Size is a biogeographical metric that quantifies the spatial extent occupied by a species or taxon, typically measured as the area or distance over which it is distributed across the Earth's surface.

723

Publications

52.9K

Citations

2.3K

Authors

931

Institutions

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2017–2026

142

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Publications

723

The Latitudinal Gradient in Geographical Range: How so Many Species Coexist in the Tropics

George C. Stevens · The American Naturalist · 1989 · 1.9K citations

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Predicting extinction risk in declining species

Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Guy Cowlishaw et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2000 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Neotropical rainforest mammals: a field guide

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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THE GEOGRAPHIC RANGE: Size, Shape, Boundaries, and Internal Structure

James H. Brown, George C. Stevens, Dawn M. Kaufman · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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Neotropical rainforest mammals: A field guide

JoséMárcio Ayres · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1991 · 881 citations

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Authors

2.3K

  1. KJ
    Kevin J. Gaston

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    37 publications · 3.7K citations

    29

    h-index

  2. TM
    Tim M. Blackburn

    Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 2K citations

    24

    h-index

  3. JA
    José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho

    Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil

    10 publications · 555 citations

    10

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  4. RD
    Richard D. Gregory

    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 489 citations

    7

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  5. GI
    Georgy I. Shenbrot

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    7 publications · 328 citations

    7

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Institutions

931

  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    49 publications

    6.3K citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    33 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    35 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Zoological Society of London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    7K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    39 publications · 2.7K citations

    28

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    38 publications · 2.4K citations

    28

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  3. Ecography

    32 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

    h-index

  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 23 publications · 4.5K citations

    20

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  5. PLoS ONE

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

    17

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