Biogeographic Analysis Reveals Ancient Continental Vicariance and Recent Oceanic Dispersal in Amphibians

The first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot

(2014) Michael F Barej et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Divergent maximum-likelihood-branch-support values for polytomies

(2014) Mark P. Simmons et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Early Miocene origin and cryptic diversification of South American salamanders

(2013) Kathryn R Elmer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The role of phylogeny and ecology in shaping morphology in 21 genera and 127 species of Australo-Papuan myobatrachid frogs

(2013) M. Vidal-García et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine)

(2013) Davit Vasilyan et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Evolutionary conservatism and convergence both lead to striking similarity in ecology, morphology and performance across continents in frogs

(2013) D. S. Moen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity

(2013) R. A. Pyron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bayesian Analysis of Biogeography when the Number of Areas is Large

(2013) Michael J. Landis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A Conceptual and Statistical Framework for Adaptive Radiations with a Key Role for Diversity Dependence

(2012) Rampal S. Etienne et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

treePL: divergence time estimation using penalized likelihood for large phylogenies

(2012) Stephen A. Smith et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

RAxML-Light: a tool for computing terabyte phylogenies

(2012) A. Stamatakis et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Molecular phylogeny of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) with emphasis on relationships among New World genera

(2012) Rafael O de Sá et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, theAlsodes + Eupsophusclade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly ofEupsophus

(2012) Boris L. Blotto et al.   CLADISTICS

Understanding the formation of ancient intertropical disjunct distributions using Asian and Neotropical hinged-teeth snakes (Sibynophis and Scaphiodontophis: Serpentes: Colubridae)

(2012) Xin Chen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Late Jurassic salamandroid from western Liaoning, China

(2012) K.-Q. Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa

(2012) R. G. Kamei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Pipid Root

(2012) Adam J. Bewick et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Clade Age and Species Richness Are Decoupled Across the Eukaryotic Tree of Life

(2012) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic origins of local-scale diversity patterns and the causes of Amazonian megadiversity

(2011) John J. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

RE-EVOLUTION OF LOST MANDIBULAR TEETH IN FROGS AFTER MORE THAN 200 MILLION YEARS, AND RE-EVALUATING DOLLO'S LAW

(2011) John J. Wiens   EVOLUTION

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Biogeography and ecology: towards the integration of two disciplines

(2011) R. E. Ricklefs et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The historical biogeography of Mammalia

(2011) M. S. Springer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The niche, biogeography and species interactions

(2011) J. J. Wiens   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae)

(2011) T. M. Townsend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Divergence Time Estimation Using Fossils as Terminal Taxa and the Origins of Lissamphibia

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Inference of Reciprocal Effects between Geographic Range Evolution and Diversification

(2011) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Survey of Branch Support Methods Demonstrates Accuracy, Power, and Robustness of Fast Likelihood-based Approximation Schemes

(2011) Maria Anisimova et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Missing Data in Phylogenetic Analysis: Reconciling Results from Simulations and Empirical Data

(2011) John J. Wiens et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous frog Beelzebufo from Madagascar and the placement of fossil constraints based on temporal and phylogenetic evidence

(2010) S. RUANE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Coming to America: multiple origins of New World geckos

(2010) T. GAMBLE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A multilocus timescale for the origin of extant amphibians

(2010) Diego San Mauro   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees

(2010) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents

(2010) Jason R. Ali et al.   NATURE

Gradual Adaptation Toward a Range-Expansion Phenotype Initiated the Global Radiation of Toads

(2010) I. Van Bocxlaer et al.   SCIENCE

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Hypothesis testing in biogeography

(2010) Michael D. Crisp et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Tracing the Origins of Iguanid Lizards and Boine Snakes of the Pacific

(2009) Brice P. Noonan et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY THROUGH EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION AND DISPERSAL IN MIDDLE AMERICAN TREEFROGS

(2009) Daniel S. Moen et al.   EVOLUTION

EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF HIGH TROPICAL DIVERSITY IN OLD WORLD FROGS (RANIDAE)

(2009) John J. Wiens et al.   EVOLUTION

A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of living caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

(2009) Peng Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Higher-level salamander relationships and divergence dates inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

(2009) Peng Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

(2009) M. E. Alfaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Likelihood Method for Assessing Molecular Divergence Time Estimates and the Placement of Fossil Calibrations

(2009) R. Alexander Pyron   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

(2009) Juan C Santos et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Age of Seychelles–India break-up

(2008) J.S. Collier et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Patterns of community composition in two tropical tree frog assemblages: separating spatial structure and environmental effects in disturbed and undisturbed forests

(2008) Raffael Ernst et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Phylogeny and biogeography of the family Salamandridae (Amphibia: Caudata) inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

(2008) Peng Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders

(2008) Jason S. Anderson et al.   NATURE

Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history

(2008) J. S. Keogh et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

(2008) S. E. Evans et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maximum Likelihood Inference of Geographic Range Evolution by Dispersal, Local Extinction, and Cladogenesis

(2008) Richard H. Ree et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)

(2008) Tony Gamble et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting

(2007) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters