Publications

*indicates a student under my supervision

  • Currie, D. J. 2016.  Mountain passes are higher not only in the tropics.  Ecography (in press).
  • Boucher-Lalonde, V.*, Morin, A. and Currie, D.J. 2016. Can the richness–climate relationship be explained by systematic variations in how individual species’ occurrences relate to climate? Global Ecology and Biogeography 25(5):527-539.
  • Boucher-Lalonde, V.*, De Camargo, R.X.*, Fortin, J.-M.*; Khair, S.*, So, R. I.*, Watson, D.S.*, Vazquez-Rivera, H.*, Zuloaga, J.* and Currie, D. J. 2015. The weakness of evidence supporting tropical niche conservatism as a main driver of current richness–temperature gradients.  Global Ecology and Biogeography 24(7):795-803.
  • De Camargo, R. X.* and Currie, D.J. 2015 An empirical investigation of why species-area relationships overestimate species losses.  Ecology 96 :1253-1263
  • Vázquez-Rivera, H.* and Currie, D. J. 2015.  Broad scale diversity-climate relationships have remained consistent during changing climate since the late-Pleistocene.  Global Ecology and Biogeography 24(1):97-106.
  • Boucher-Lalonde, V.*, Morin, A. and Currie, D.J. 2014. A consistent occupancy-climate relationship across birds and mammals of the Americas.  Oikos 123(9):1029-1036
  • Boucher-Lalonde, V.*, Kerr, J.T. and Currie, D.J. 2014. Does climate limit species richness by limiting individual species’ ranges? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 281(1776):2013269.
  • Boucher-Lalonde,V*., Thériault, F.*, and Currie, D. J. 2014.  Is geographic variation in extinction rates predictable?   Journal of Biogeography 41:443-451
  • Fortin, J.M.* and Currie, D. J. 2013. Big science vs. little science: How scientific impact scales with funding.  PLoS One 8(6):e65263
  • Gibbs, K. E.* and Currie, D. J. 2012. Protecting endangered species: do the main legislative tools work? PLoS One.  7(5): e35730. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.
  • Boucher Lalonde, V.*, Morin, A. and Currie, D. J. 2012. : How are tree species distributed in climatic space? A simple and general pattern.   Global Ecology and Biogeography 21:1157-1166.
  • Desrochers, R. R.*, Kerr, J. T, and Currie, D. J. 2011 How, and how much, natural cover loss increases species richness.  Global Ecology and Biogeography  20:857-867
  • Algar, A. C.*, Kerr, J. T., and Currie, D. J. 2011 Quantifying the importance of regional and local filters for community trait structure in tropical and temperate zones.  Ecology 92(4):903-914.
  • Kalmar, A.*, and Currie, D. J. 2010. The completeness of the continental fossil record and its impact on patterns of diversification.  Paleobiology  36(1):51-60.
  • Gotelli, N. J., Anderson, M.J., Arita, H. T., Chao, A., Colwell, R. K., Connolly, S. R., Currie, D. J., Dunn, R. R., Graves, G. R., Green, J. L., Grytnes, J.-A., Jiang, Y.-H., Jetz, W., Lyons, S. K., McCain, C. M., Magurran, A. E., Rahbek, C., Rangel, T. F. L. V. B., Soberón, J., Cambell, O. W., and Willig, M. R. 2009.  Patterns and causes of species richness: A general model for macroecology.  Ecology Letters 12:873-886.
  • Gibbs, M. K.*, MackeyR. L.*, and Currie D. J. 2009. Human-dominated land-use, agriculture, and the loss of imperiled species.  Diversity and Distributions 15(2):242-253.
  • Algar, A. C*, Kerr, J. T. and Currie, D. J. 2009. Evolutionary constraints on regional faunas: whom, but not how many.  Ecology Letters12:57-65.
  • Field, R., Hawkins, B. A., Cornell, H. V., Currie, D. J., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Guégan, F., Kaufmann, D. M., Kerr, J. T., MIttelbach, G. G., Oberdorff, T., O’Brien, E. M., and J. R. G. Turner.  2009 Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis.  J. Biogeogr.  36(1)132-147.
  • Houlahan, J. E. et al, 2008. The utility of covariances: A response to Ranta et al. Oikos 17:1912-1913.
  • Currie, D. J., and Kerr, J. T.  2008.  Tests of the mid-domain hypothesis: A review of the evidence.   Ecological Monographs 78:3-18.
  • Currie, D. J. 2007.  Disentangling the roles of environment and of space in ecology.  Journal of Biogeography 34:2009-2111.
  • Currie, D. J. and Kerr, J. T. 2007. Testing, as opposed to supporting, the Mid-domain Hypothesis: a response to Lees and Colwell.  Ecology Letters 10(9):E9-E10.
  • Kerr, J. T., Karouba, H. M. and Currie, D. J.  2007.  The macroecological contribution to global change solutions.  Science 316: 1581-1584.
  • Kalmar, A.* and Currie, D. J. 2007. A unified model of avian biodiversity on islands and continents.  Ecology 88(5):1309-1321.
  • Houlahan, J.E., Currie, D.J., Cottenie, K., Cumming, G.S., Ernest, S.K.M., Findlay, C.S., Fuhlendorf, S.D., Gaedke, U., Legendre, P., Magnuson, J.J., McArdle, B.H., Muldavin, E.H., Noble, D., Russell, R., Stevens, R.D., Willis, T.J., Woiwod, I.P., Wondzell, S.M.  Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities.  2007. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US 104:3273-3277.
  • Algar, A. C.*, Kerr, J. T. and Currie, D. J. 2007. A test of Metabolic Theory as the mechanism underlying broad-scale species richness gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 16(2):170-178.
  • Kalmar, A.* and Currie, D. J. 2006. A global model of island biogeography.  Global Ecology and Biogeography.  15:72-81. 
  • Kilpatrick, M. A.,  Mitchell, W. A., Porter, W. P. and Currie, D. J.  2006.  Testing a mechanistic explanation for the latitudinal gradient in mammalian species diversity across North America.  Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:333-344.
  • Kerr, J. T., Perring, M. and Currie, D. J. 2006.  The missing Madagascan mid-domain effect.Ecology Letters.  9:149-159.
  • Currie, D. J., G. G.  Mittelbach, H. V. Cornell, R. Field, J.-F. Guégan, B. A. Hawkins, D. M. Kaufman, J. T. Kerr, T. Oberdorff, E. O’Brien, J. R. G. Turner. 2004 Predictions and tests of climate-based hypotheses of  broad-scale variation in taxonomic richness.  Ecology Letters 7(12): 1121-1134.
  • Currie, D. J. and A. Francis*. 2004. Regional versus climatic effect on taxon richness in angiosperms: Reply to Qian and Ricklefs. American Naturalist 163:780-785.
  • H.-Acevedo, D.* and Currie, D. J.  2003 Does climate determine broad-scale patterns of species richness? A test of the causal link by natural experiment.  Global Ecology & Biogeography 12(6):461-473.
  • Hawkins, B. A.,  R. Field, H. V. Cornell, D. J. Currie, J.-F. Guégan, D. M. Kauffman, J. T. Kerr, G. G. Mittelbach, T. Oberdorff, E. M. O’Brien, E. E. Porter, and J. R G. Turner 2003  Energy, water and broad-scale geographic patterns of species richness.  Ecology 84:3105-3117.
  • Currie, D. J. 2003.  Conservation of endangered species and the patterns and propensities of biodiversity.  La préservation des espèces en péril et les patterns et propensions de la biodiversité.  Comptes Rendus Biologie  326 Suppl 1:98-103.
  • Francis, A.* and Currie, D. J. 2003. A globally consistent richness-climate relationship for angiosperms.  American Naturalist 161:523-536.
  • Lee, M., Fahrig, L., Freemark, K., and Currie, D. J.  2002.  Importance of patch scale vs. landscape scale on selected forest birds.  Oikos 96:110-118.
  • Mackey, R. L.* and Currie, D. J.  2001.  The disturbance-diversity relationship: is it generally strong and peaked?  Ecology 82(12): 3479-3492.
  • Currie, D. J. 2001. Projected effects of climate change on patterns of vertebrate and tree species richness in the conterminous United States.  Ecosystems. 4:216-225.  
  • Hansen, A. J.,  R. P. Neilson, V. Dale, C. Flather, L. Iverson, D. J. Currie, S. Shafer, R. Cook, P. J. Bartlein.  2001. Global change in forests: Responses of species, communities, and biomes.  BioScience  51:765-779.
  • Rivard, D. H. , J. Poitevin, D. Plasse, M. Carleton and D. J. Currie.  2000.  Species richness and changes in species composition in Canada's national parks:  With-in park habitat and the regional context.  Conservation Biology.  14:1099-1110.
  • Mackey, R. L.*, and D. J. Currie. 2000.  A re-examination of the expected relationship between diversity and disturbance.  Oikos 88:483-493.
  • Currie, D. J., J. T. Kerr and A. P. Francis*.  1999. General propositions about the study of spatial patterns of species richness. Ecoscience 6(3):392-399.
  • Kerr, J. T. and Currie, D. J. 1999.  The relative importance of evolutionary and environmental controls on species richness.  Ecoscience 6(3):329-337.
  • Currie, D. J. 1999.  Introductory remarks.  Ecoscience 6(3):iii-iv.
  • Currie, D. J., P. Dilworth-Christie*, and F. Chapleau.  1999.  Assessing the strength of top-down influences on plankton abundance in unmanipulated lakes.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.  56:427-436.
  • Kerr, J. T., Vincent, R.*, and Currie, D. J.  1998. Lepidopteran richness patterns in North America. Ecoscience 5:448-453.
  • Francis, A. P.* and Currie, D. J. 1998.  Global patterns of tree species richness in moist forests: another look.  Oikos 81:598-602.
  • Fraser, R. H.* and Currie, D. J. 1996.  The species richness-energy hypothesis in a system where historical factors are thought to prevail: coral reefs. American Naturalist 148:138-159.
  • Kent, R. A.* and Currie, D. J. 1995.  Predicting algal sensitivity to a pesticide stress. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14:983-991.
  • Kerr, J. T.* and Currie, D. J. 1995.  Effects of human activity on global extinction risk. Conservation Biology 9:1528-1538.
  • Richardson, G. M.* and Currie, D. J. 1995.  Using empirical methods to assess the risks of mercury accumulation in fish from lakes receiving acid rain. Human Ecology and Risk Assessment 3:
  • Richardson, G. M.*, Egyed, M. and Currie, D. J. 1995.  Does acid rain increase human exposure to mercury?  A review and analysis of recent literature. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14:809-813.
  • Richardson, G. M.*, Egyed, M. and Currie, D. J. 1995.  Human exposure to mercury may decrease as acidic deposition increases. Water Air and Soil Pollution 80:31-39.
  • Currie, D. J. 1993.  What shape is the relationship between body size and population density? Oikos 66:353-358.
  • Currie, D. J. and Fritz, J.* 1993.  Global patterns of animal abundance and species energy use. Oikos 67:56-68.
  • Maguire, S.* and Currie, D. J. 1993.  Factors related to the variation in mixing depth among meromictic lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:1338-1342.
  • Richardson, G. M*. and Currie, D. J. 1993.  Estimating fish consumption rates for Ontario Amerindians. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 3:23-38.
  • Wylie, J. L.* and Currie, D. J. 1993.  Species-energy theory and patterns of species richness: I. Patterns of bird, angiosperm, and mammal species richness on islands. Biological Conservation 63:137-144.
  • Wylie, J. L. and Currie, D. J. 1993.  Species-energy theory and patterns of species richness: II. Predicting mammal species richness on isolated nature reserves. Biological Conservation 63:145-148.
  • Wylie, J. L. and Currie, D. J. 1991.  The relative importance of bacteria and algae as a food source for crustacean zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 36:708-728.
  • Currie, D. J.. 1991.  Energy and large scale patterns of animal and plant species richness. American Naturalist 137:27-49.
  • Currie, D. J. 1990.  Large scale variability and interactions among phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and phosphorus. Limnology and Oceanography 45:1437-1455.
  • Currie, D. J.  1990.  Phosphorus deficiency and its variation among lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:1077-1084.
  • Currie, D. J. and Paquin, V.*  1987.  Large-scale biogeographical patterns of species richness in trees. Nature 329:326-327.
  • Currie, D. J. 1986.  Does orthophosphate uptake supply sufficient phosphorus to phytoplankton to sustain their growth? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:1482-1487.
  • Currie, D. J., Bentzen, E. and Kalff, J. 1986.  Does algal-bacterial phosphorus partitioning vary among lakes? A comparative study of orthophosphate uptake and alkaline phosphatase activity in freshwater. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:311-318.
  • Currie, D. J.. 1984.  Microscale nutrient patches: Do they matter to the phytoplankton? Limnology and Oceanography 29:211-214.
  • Currie, D. J.  1984.  Phytoplankton growth and the microscale nutrient patch hypothesis. Journal of Plankton Research 6:591-599.
  • Currie, D. J. and Kalff, J. 1984.  Can bacteria out-compete phytoplankton for phosphorus? A chemostat test. Microbial Ecology 10:205-216.
  • Currie, D. J. and Kalff, J.  1984.  A comparison of the abilities of freshwater algae and bacteria to acquire and retain phosphorus. Limnology and Oceanography 29:298-310.
  • Currie, D. J. and Kalff, J.. 1984.  The relative importance of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in phosphorus uptake in freshwater. Limnology and Oceanography 29:311-321.
  • Currie, D. J. 1982.  Estimating Michaelis-Menten parameters: Bias, variance and experimental design. Biometrics 38:907-919.