Introduction: An introduction to the phylogenetic comparative method / Emmanuel Paradis ; Working with the tree of life in comparative studies : how to build and tailor phylogenies to interspecific ...

Focus: Developing and improving methods to compare phylogenies Funding: European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant We are developing new methods to compare phylogenies, improving existing ...

Biologists will be able to reconstruct the process of evolution, determine relationships between species and build phylogenetic trees with greater accuracy thanks to a new method for identifying ...

Phylogeny can provide information about the processes that have shaped extant diversity. Here, we complement existing comparative phylogenetic methods by developing a model that couples ...

1. The phylogenetic distance of an introduced plant species to a resident native community may play a role in determining its establishment success. While Darwin's naturalization hypothesis predicts a ...