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Range Size Dynamics

Range Size Dynamics is a theoretical framework in ecological biogeography that characterizes the spatiotemporal changes in the geographic extent of species distributions and identifies the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving variation in range size over time.

177

Publications

10.7K

Citations

557

Authors

295

Institutions

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2017–2026

35

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Publications

177

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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How Large Is a Species' Geographic Range?

Kevin J. Gaston · Oikos · 1991 · 335 citations

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Species-range size distributions: products of speciation, extinction and transformation

Kevin J. Gaston · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1998 · 328 citations · Full text

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Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be ‘higher’ in the tropics

Christy M. McCain · Ecology Letters · 2009 · 260 citations · Full text

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Extirpations of Grizzly Bears in the Contiguous United States, 1850 –2000

David J. Mattson, Troy Merrill · Conservation Biology · 2002 · 216 citations

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Authors

557

  1. KJ
    Kevin J. Gaston

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

    10

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  2. TM
    Tim M. Blackburn

    Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 354 citations

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  3. MK
    Michael Kessler

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 185 citations

    4

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  4. AR
    Adriana Ruggiero

    National University of Comahue, Argentina

    3 publications · 194 citations

    3

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  5. RS
    Rampal S. Etienne

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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Institutions

295

  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    584 citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    824 citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    331 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    211 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    622 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    217 citations

  7. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    217 citations

  8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    161 citations

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Venues

  1. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    9 publications · 533 citations

    9

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    8 publications · 287 citations

    8

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  3. Oikos

    7 publications · 749 citations

    7

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  4. Journal of Zoology

    6 publications · 362 citations

    6

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 6 publications · 469 citations

    6

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