Geographic range size has long fascinated ecologists and evolutionary biologists, yet our
understanding of the factors that cause variation in range size among species and across …

Earth is changing rapidly and so are many plant species' ranges. Here, we synthesize eco-
evolutionary patterns found in plant range studies and how knowledge of species ranges …

Understanding forest tree responses to climate warming and heatwaves is important for
predicting changes in tree species diversity, forest C uptake, and vegetation–climate …

Species differ dramatically in their prevalence in the natural world, with many species
characterized as rare due to restricted geographic distribution, low local abundance and/or …

Myrmecophagy is one of the most common dietary specializations among vertebrates. Ants
are an important food resource for many lizard species. Here, we use a large dataset on ant …

Species responses to climate change will be primarily driven by their environmental
tolerance range, or niche breadth, with the expectation that broad niches will increase …

Aim Species with broader environmental tolerances are expected to be more widely
distributed than specialist species, implying a positive correlation between niche breadth …

Protected areas and ecotourism are both conservation measures for plant resources, but for
one specific plant species, the priority of them needs a reasonable planning. The suitable …

High-elevation species are predicted to have larger elevational ranges compared with
species of lower elevations. The reasoning is that temperature variability is greater at higher …

Ecological theory predicts that species that can utilise a greater diversity of resources and,
therefore, have wider niche breadths should also occupy larger geographic areas (the 'niche …