Midpoint attractor models resolve the mid‐elevation peak in Himalayan plant species richness

The midpoint attractor (MPA) models of species richness integrate a unimodal environmental favourability gradient and neutral effects forced by geometric constraints and thus extend the ecologically neutral mid‐domain model. However, both alternative MPA algorithms assume that underlying environmental favourability peaks within the modelling domain. Here, we used elevational distribution data for 1054 plant species occurring in northwest...