L. Bromham

Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary

This study evaluates molecular dating methods under realistic models of rate variation, finding significant errors in divergence time estimates when substitution and speciation rates covary.

Adapting to extremes: reconstructing evolution in response to changing climate over time and space in the diverse Australian plant genus Acacia

This study uses a new method to show Acacia plants evolved greater tolerance to aridity and salinity as Australia became drier, enabling their spread across diverse habitats.

Tracking niche change through time: simultaneous inference of ecological niche evolution and estimation of contemporary niches

This paper introduces NEMo, a method that simultaneously infers ecological niche evolution and estimates contemporary niches by modeling adaptation, speciation, and dispersal on phylogenies.

The ecological drivers of variation in global language diversity

The paper analyzes global language diversity to determine the ecological factors driving variation, finding climate has a stronger effect than landscape features.