The five basic historical biogeographic methods are: dispersalism, phylogenetic
biogeography, panbiogeography, cladistic biogeography, and parsimony analysis of …

The application of molecular systematics to the anisakid nematodes of the genera Anisakis,
Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum, parasites of aquatic organisms, over the last two …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Autocorrelation is a very general statistical property of ecological variables observed across
geographic space; it most common forms are patches and gradients. Spatial autocorrelation …

This book is both a manual for the computer program MacClade, describing its features and
potential uses, as well as a portrayal of a phylogenetic approach to studying diversity and …

Exploration of the relationship between gene trees and their containing species trees leads
to consideration of how to reconstruct species trees from gene trees and of the concept of …

The Quaternary cold periods in Europe are thought to have heavily influenced the amount
and distribution of intraspecific genetic variation in both animals and plants. The …

Understanding the causes of spatial variation in species richness is a major research focus
of biogeography and macroecology. Gridded environmental data and species richness …

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …

Quantification in historical biogeography has usually been based on the search for a single
branching relationship among areas of endemism. Unlike organisms, however, areas rarely …