Lauren B Buckley

..Our results illustrate how the environmental and historical explanations of species richness gradients can be reconciled and how the perspectives are complements for understanding broad-scale patterns of diversity...

..Our results demonstrate the dramatic effect insularity has on the interplay between biotic and abiotic control of animal abundances and the heightened sensitivity of island communities to species' losses and gains...

..The results highlight the limitations of correlative models and the need for more dynamic models of species' ranges...

..Our results provide initial insights into how energy needs and availability differentially constrain ectotherm and endotherm density across broad spatial scales...

..that climate change poses an equal or greater threat to global biodiversity than land-use change. We contest this claim, however, on the grounds that Thomas et al. incorrectly apply species-area relationships...