L. Valente

Impact of Evolutionary Relatedness on Species Diversification and Tree Shape

The paper presents a birth-death model where speciation rates depend on evolutionary relatedness, showing how different scales of relatedness affect tree shape and diversification patterns.

Inferring state-dependent diversification rates using approximate Bayesian computation (ABC)

This paper develops an ABC framework to estimate state-dependent diversification rates in the BiSSE model and evaluates its performance against likelihood-based methods.

Identifying summary statistics for approximate Bayesian computation in a phylogenetic island biogeography model

This study proposes summary statistics for approximate Bayesian computation in a phylogenetic island biogeography model and evaluates their performance against likelihood-based methods.

DAISIEprep: an R package for the extraction and formatting of data for the island biogeography model DAISIE

DAISIEprep is an R package that extracts and formats data for the DAISIE island biogeography model, enabling analysis of colonization, speciation, and extinction rates in insular communities.

The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar

The paper quantifies the long-term evolutionary impact of current and potential mammal extinctions in Madagascar, showing that losing threatened species would have a deeper impact than past extinctions.

The limits to ecological limits to diversification

The paper introduces a new DAISIE model to test for phylogenetic limits to ecological limits to diversification using phylogenetic data from Eleutherodactylus frogs on Hispaniola.

The effect of mainland dynamics on data and parameter estimates in island biogeography

This study examines how mainland species turnover and sampling affect phylogenetic patterns and parameter estimates in island biogeography models.

A simple island biodiversity model is robust to trait dependence in diversification and colonization rates

This study evaluates how trait-dependent diversification rates affect the accuracy of phylogenetic models on islands, finding that moderate rate differences do not significantly impact diversity metrics.

The robustness of a simple dynamic model of island biodiversity to geological and eustatic change

This paper evaluates how well a phylogenetic model handles dynamic island area changes by testing it on simulated data with varying geological scenarios.

Multiple origins of insular woodiness on the Canary Islands are consistent with palaeoclimatic aridification

The paper estimates the timing of woodiness origin in Canary Island plant lineages and links it to historical aridification events.