A. O. Mooers

75 years of anthropogenic change and its impact on Canadian butterfly taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity

This study examines 75 years of anthropogenic impact on Canadian butterfly diversity, finding no overall trend in phylogenetic clustering but significant variation linked to climate and land use changes.

EDGE2: advancing the prioritisation of threatened evolutionary history for conservation action

The paper introduces EDGE2, an updated metric for prioritizing species with threatened evolutionary history, showing it prioritizes species with fewer close relatives more than the original EDGE method.

Predicting long pendant edges in model phylogenies, with applications to biodiversity and tree inference

The paper analyzes the expected lengths of pendant edges in phylogenetic trees under birth-death processes and applies findings to biodiversity and tree inference.

Predictors of taxonomic splitting and its role in primate conservation

This study examines predictors of taxonomic splitting in primates and its impact on conservation, finding no strong link between splitting and extinction risk.

The role of behavioural flexibility in primate diversification

This study investigates how behavioural flexibility influences primate diversification rates across different phylogenetic depths.

Formal Links between Feature Diversity and Phylogenetic Diversity

This paper establishes a mathematical condition under which phylogenetic diversity and feature diversity coincide and explores their relationship through cooperative game theory concepts.

The Effect of Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Imputation on EDGE Scores

This study assesses how phylogenetic uncertainty and imputation affect EDGE scores by simulating missing species and evaluating score robustness and accuracy.