Ecological Archives E088-005-A1

**Christy M. McCain. 2007. Area and mammalian elevational diversity. Ecology 88:76–86.**

Appendix A. All mammalian elevational data sets, including diversity curve shape, mountain type, total diversity, latitude, area profile, and total mountain area.

TABLE A1. The elevational diversity data sets included in species–area analyses: 25 regional nonvolant small mammal (NVSM) data sets and eight regional bat data sets ordered by latitude south to north. All the citations for the studies can be found in McCain (2005) for NVSM and McCain (in press) for bats except those noted otherwise. Significant species–area effects are denoted with a star on the area profile. Mountain area units are in million m². Abbreviations are: GP = geopolitical, Range = mountain range, Cone = cone shaped mountain, SRD = strongly recurved decreasing, DEC = generally decreasing, MID = mid-elevation peak.

NVSM	Diversity curve	Mountain type	Total diversity	Latitude	Area profile	Mountain area
Madagascar	mid-elev.	GP	39	-19.2	DEC*	546.52
New Guinea	mid-elev.	GP	136	-5.5	SRD*	769.86
Rwenzori Mtns., Uganda	mid-elev.	Range	34	0.1	SRD*	2.73
Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo	mid-elev.	Cone	54	6.1	SRD*	3.58
Mindanao, Philippines	mid-elev.	GP	14	7.8	SRD	92.79
Costa Rica^†	mid-elev.	GP	35	9.7	SRD*	64.22
E Tiliran Mtns., Costa Rica	mid-elev.	Range	18	10.2	SRD	1.84
Oaxaca, Mexico	mid-elev.	GP	26	18	SRD	89.53
Ba Vi Highlands, Vietnam	mid-elev.	Cone	28	22	SRD	0.92
Taiwan	mid-elev.	GP	11	23.8	SRD	35.87
Central Nepal	mid-elev.	GP, Range	43	28	SRD	66.41
Great Smokey Mtns., USA^‡	mid-elev.	Range	34	35.7	DEC*	17.89
Abajo Mtns., UT, USA	low plateau	Cone	21	37.9	MID*	2.92
Yosemite (W Slope), CA, USA^§	mid-elev.	GP, Range	49	38	SRD*	23.18
Mt. Qilian Region, China	mid-elev.	Range	18	38.3	MID	283.28
Aquarius Mtns., UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	33	38.4	DEC	12.95
Henry Mtns., UT, USA	low plateau	Range	18	38.4	SRD*	2.59
Tushar Mtns., UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	29	38.5	DEC*	2.58
La Sal Mtns. UT and CO, USA	mid-elev.	Cone	25	38.7	MID*	3.16
Pavant Mtns., UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	25	39.1	DEC*	2.74
Wasatch Plateau, UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	36	39.4	MID*	8.27
Deep Creek Mtns., USA	mid-elev.	Range	29	40	SRD*	9.37
Oquirrh Mtns., UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	24	40.2	SRD	3.85
Ruby Mtns., NV, USA	decreasing	Range	27	40.3	SRD*	3.52
Wasatch Range, UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	34	40.3	SRD*	5.48
Uinta Mtns., UT, USA	mid-elev.	Range	46	40.4	MID*	24.38
Bats
SE Peru (E. Slope)	decreasing	GP	101	-12.5	SRD*	366.95
Manu NP Region, Peru	decreasing	GP	129	-12.5	SRD*	146.16
New Guinea	decreasing	GP	69	-5.5	SRD*	769.86
Ecuador (E. Slope)	mid-elev.	GP	67	-2	MID	50.10
Venezuela	decreasing	GP	147	7	SRD*	900.99
Sierra de Manantlan, Mexico	mid-elev.	GP, Range	25	19	MID*	4.11
White and Inyo Mtns., USA	mid-elev.	Range	14	37.5	MID*	8.73
W Yosemite NP, CA, USA	mid-elev.	GP, Range	17	38	SRD	22.40

† McCain (2006)

‡ Linzey (1995)

§ Grinnell and Storer (1924)

LITERATURE CITED

Grinnell, J., and T. I. Storer. 1924. Animal life in the Yosemite. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, USA.

Linzey, D. W. 1995. Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. McDonald and Woodward Publishing, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

McCain, C. M. 2005. Elevational gradients in diversity of small mammals. Ecology 86:366–372.

McCain, C. M. 2006. Do elevational range size, abundance, body size patterns mirror those documented for geographic ranges? A case study using Costa Rican rodents. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 435–454.

McCain, C. M. In press. Could temperature and water availability drive elevational diversity? A global case study for bats. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

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