Sean W. McHugh

This paper introduces a framework to summarize evolutionary trajectories of discrete traits using trajectory trees, applied to lizard biogeography and ecomorph evolution, revealing more unique paths than expected under standard models.

The paper introduces EMPIRE, a model for inferring range evolution in phylogenetics, and applies it to skinks in Australia, finding speciation linked to aridification but not ecological partitioning in daughter lineages.

The paper introduces a phylogenetic model, RFBS, to distinguish between established and enabled biome affinities in species evolution and applies it to flowering plants.