Mixed evidence for early bursts of morphological evolution in extant clades

The impact of rate heterogeneity on inference of phylogenetic models of trait evolution

(2016) A. M. Chira et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species

(2016) Yuchi Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

How Well Can We Detect Lineage-Specific Diversification-Rate Shifts? A Simulation Study of Sequential AIC Methods

(2016) Michael R. May et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Fast and accurate detection of evolutionary shifts in Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models

(2016) Mohammad Khabbazian et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Model Adequacy and the Macroevolution of Angiosperm Functional Traits

(2015) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

A cautionary note on the use of Ornstein Uhlenbeck models in macroevolutionary studies

(2015) Natalie Cooper et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

What defines an adaptive radiation? Macroevolutionary diversification dynamics of an exceptionally species-rich continental lizard radiation

(2015) Daniel Pincheira-Donoso et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles

(2015) Nathan P. Myhrvold et al.   ECOLOGY

Adaptive radiation versus ‘radiation’ and ‘explosive diversification’: why conceptual distinctions are fundamental to understanding evolution

(2015) Thomas J. Givnish   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Iterative adaptive radiations of fossil canids show no evidence for diversity-dependent trait evolution

(2015) Graham J. Slater   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

(2014) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Automatic Detection of Key Innovations, Rate Shifts, and Diversity-Dependence on Phylogenetic Trees

(2014) Daniel L. Rabosky   PLoS One

A Novel Bayesian Method for Inferring and Interpreting the Dynamics of Adaptive Landscapes from Phylogenetic Comparative Data

(2014) Josef C. Uyeda et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Intrinsic inference difficulties for trait evolution with Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models

(2014) Lam Si Tung Ho et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Clades reach highest morphological disparity early in their evolution

(2013) Martin Hughes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exceptional Convergence on the Macroevolutionary Landscape in Island Lizard Radiations

(2013) D. L. Mahler et al.   SCIENCE

Robust Regression and Posterior Predictive Simulation Increase Power to Detect Early Bursts of Trait Evolution

(2013) Graham J. Slater et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

(2013) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   Nature Communications

SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise Akaike Information Criterion

(2013) Travis Ingram et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

When should we expect early bursts of trait evolution in comparative data? Predictions from an evolutionary food web model

(2012) T. Ingram et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Fast likelihood calculations for comparative analyses

(2012) Robert P. Freckleton   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A NOVEL COMPARATIVE METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SHIFTS IN THE RATE OF CHARACTER EVOLUTION ON TREES

(2011) Jonathan M. Eastman et al.   EVOLUTION

LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN A LARGE-SCALE CONTINENTAL RADIATION: THE NEOTROPICAL OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS (AVES: FURNARIIDAE)

(2011) Elizabeth P. Derryberry et al.   EVOLUTION

Multiple routes to mammalian diversity

(2011) Chris Venditti et al.   NATURE

Simulating Trees with a Fixed Number of Extant Species

(2011) Tanja Stadler   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

MOTMOT: models of trait macroevolution on trees

(2011) Gavin H. Thomas et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Body Size Evolution in Mammals: Complexity in Tempo and Mode

(2010) Natalie Cooper et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Adaptive Radiation, Ecological Opportunity, and Evolutionary Determinism

(2010) Jonathan B. Losos   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans

(2010) G. J. Slater et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY CORRELATION USING LIKELIHOOD

(2009) Liam J. Revell et al.   EVOLUTION

HOW DOES ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY INFLUENCE RATES OF SPECIATION, EXTINCTION, AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN NEW WORLD RATSNAKES (TRIBE LAMPROPELTINI)?

(2009) Frank T. Burbrink et al.   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