Christy M. McCain

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Christy M. McCain is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christy M. McCain has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecological Modeling, 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Christy M. McCain's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Christy M. McCain is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Christy M. McCain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christy M. McCain's co-authors include Patrick R. Stephens, Ellen I. Damschen, Lauren B. Buckley, Brian L. Anacker, T. Jonathan Davies, Bradford A. Hawkins, Susan Harrison, Howard V. Cornell, John‐Arvid Grytnes and John J. Wiens and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Christy M. McCain

58 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

2010 1.4k citations John J. Wiens, David D. Ackerly et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christy M. McCain United States	29	2.9k	2.8k	2.6k	2.4k	865	59	5.8k
Susanne A. Fritz Germany	29	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	55	5.8k
Mark V. Lomolino United States	39	2.0k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	90	6.6k
Dawn M. Kaufman United States	15	3.4k 1.2×	4.2k 1.5×	3.8k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	912 1.1×	23	7.9k
Kostas A. Triantis Greece	35	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	465 0.5×	85	4.6k
Peter B. Pearman Switzerland	36	3.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	331 0.4×	68	6.3k
Kenneth H. Kozak United States	25	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	41	5.9k
Ellen I. Damschen United States	34	1.6k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	374 0.4×	82	5.6k
Pedro Cardoso Finland	45	2.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	661 0.8×	221	7.7k
Fabricio Villalobos Mexico	26	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	421 0.5×	127	4.1k
Gavin H. Thomas United Kingdom	36	2.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 2.2×	79	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christy M. McCain

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20 of 20 papers shown

McCain, Christy M., et al.. (2025). The role of life stage and season in critical thermal limits of carrion beetles. Journal of Thermal Biology. 127. 104063–104063.

Smith, Geoffrey R., et al.. (2024). The Herpetofauna of the Chihuahuan Desert Biogeographic Province of Mexico: Diversity, Similarity to Other Provinces, and Conservation Status. Diversity. 16(12). 771–771. 1 indexed citations

Beck, Jan, Christy M. McCain, & Gunnar Brehm. (2024). Can you trust comparative trait data based on singleton species?. Frontiers of Biogeography. 16(1). 2 indexed citations

McCain, Christy M., et al.. (2024). Disturbance and diversity: Lichen species richness decreases with increasing anthropogenic disturbance. Biological Conservation. 293. 110598–110598. 5 indexed citations

Resasco, Julian, et al.. (2024). Revisiting Clements and Gleason: Insights from Plant Distributions on Pikes Peak, Clements’s Life-Long Study Site. The American Naturalist. 204(6). 533–545. 2 indexed citations

Koch, Natália Mossmann, James C. Lendemer, Erin A. Tripp, Christy M. McCain, & Daniel E. Stanton. (2023). Carbon‐concentrating mechanisms are a key trait in lichen ecology and distribution. Ecology. 104(5). e4011–e4011. 7 indexed citations

McCain, Christy M., et al.. (2021). Climate change and elevational range shifts in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 47. 111–118. 49 indexed citations

Tripp, Erin A., James C. Lendemer, & Christy M. McCain. (2019). Habitat quality and disturbance drive lichen species richness in a temperate biodiversity hotspot. Oecologia. 190(2). 445–457. 39 indexed citations

McCain, Christy M., et al.. (2016). A Systematic Review of Global Drivers of Ant Elevational Diversity. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155404–e0155404. 68 indexed citations

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King, Sarah R. B. & Christy M. McCain. (2015). Robust discrimination ofReithrodontomys megalotisandR. montanus(Mammalia: Rodentia) from Colorado, using cranial morphology and external characteristics within age classes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 128(1). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

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Botero, Carlos A., Roi Dor, Christy M. McCain, & Rebecca J. Safran. (2013). Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds. Molecular Ecology. 23(2). 259–268. 78 indexed citations

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McCain, Christy M. & Robert K. Colwell. (2011). Assessing the threat to montane biodiversity from discordant shifts in temperature and precipitation in a changing climate. Ecology Letters. 14(12). 1236–1245. 221 indexed citations

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Fierer, Noah, Christy M. McCain, Patrick Meir, et al.. (2010). Microbes do not follow the elevational diversity patterns of plants and animals. Ecology. 92(4). 797–804. 317 indexed citations

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McCain, Christy M.. (2010). Global analysis of reptile elevational diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19(4). 541–553. 142 indexed citations

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Wiens, John J., David D. Ackerly, Andrew P. Allen, et al.. (2010). Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology. Ecology Letters. 13(10). 1310–1324. 1397 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCain, Christy M.. (2009). Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be ‘higher’ in the tropics. Ecology Letters. 12(6). 550–560. 191 indexed citations

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Latta, Robert G. & Christy M. McCain. (2009). Path analysis of natural selection via survival and fecundity across contrasting environments in Avena barbata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22(12). 2458–2469. 22 indexed citations

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McCain, Christy M.. (2007). AREA AND MAMMALIAN ELEVATIONAL DIVERSITY. Ecology. 88(1). 76–86. 146 indexed citations

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McCain, Christy M.. (2006). Do elevational range size, abundance, and body size patterns mirror those documented for geographic ranges? A case study using Costa Rican rodents. Evolutionary ecology research. 8(3). 435–454. 14 indexed citations

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McCain, Christy M.. (2003). NORTH AMERICAN DESERT RODENTS: A TEST OF THE MID-DOMAIN EFFECT IN SPECIES RICHNESS. Journal of Mammalogy. 84(3). 967–980. 54 indexed citations

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