Macroevolution and Macroecology Group
Research School of Biology, Australian National University

Our Research

We study the evolutionary and ecological processes responsible for generating patterns of biodiversity. Our research covers a wide range of questions, taxonomic groups and spatial scales. Some current topics of interest include: 
  • diversification and biogeography of Proteaceae
  • extinction risk and large-scale conservation
  • the link between molecular evolution and diversification
  • evolution of languages and linguistic diversity
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Latest Publications

Cardillo, M. (in press) Clarifying the relationship between body size and extinction risk in amphibians by complete mapping of model space. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B

Warren DL, Matzke NJ, Cardillo M, Baumgartner J, Beaumont LJ, Turelli M, Glor R, Huron NA, Simões M, Iglesias TL, Dinnage R (2021) ENMTools 1.0: an R package for comparative ecological biogeography. Ecography

Ritchie AM, Hua X, Cardillo M, Yaxley KJ, DinnageR, Bromham L (2020) Phylogenetic diversity metrics from molecular phylogenies: modelling expected degree of error under realistic rate variation. Diversity & Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13179

Bromham L., Hua X., Cardillo M. (2020) Macroevolutionary and macroecological approaches to understanding the evolution of stress tolerance in plants. Plant, Cell & Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13857

Roberts SG, Killin A, Deb A, Sheard C, Greenhill SJ, Sinnemäki K, Segovia-Martín J, Nölle J, Berdicevskis A, Humphreys-Balkwill A, Little H, Opie C, Jacques G, Bromham L, Tinits P, Ross RM, Lee S, Gasser E, Calladine J, Spike M, Mann SF, Shcherbakova O, Singer R, Zhang S, Benítez-Burraco A, Kliesch C, Thomas-Colquhoun E, Skirgård H, Tamariz M, Passmore S, Pellard T, Jordan F (2020) CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. Journal of Language Evolution lzaa001, https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzaa001

Dinnage R., Skeels A., & Cardillo, M. (2020) Spatiophylogenetic modelling of extinction risk reveals evolutionary distinctiveness and brief flowering period as threats in a hotspot plant genus. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2817

Bromham L (2020) Substitution rate analysis and molecular evolution. In: Phylogenetics in the Genomic Era, eds C. Scornavacca, F. Delsuc, N. Galtier. pp.4.4:1--4.4:21 https://hal.inria.fr/PGE/

Bromham L, Hua X, Algy C, Meakins F (2020) Language endangerment: A multidimensional analysis of risk factors. Journal of Language Evolution 5(1): 75–91, https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzaa002

Skeels, A., Esquerré, D. & Cardillo, M. (2020) Alternative pathways to diversity across ecologically distinct lizard radiations. Global Ecology & Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13044

Contacts

Prof. Lindell Bromham
Research School of Biology
Australian National University
Building 116, Daley Rd
Canberra, ACT, 0200
Australia
Prof. Marcel Cardillo
Research School of Biology
Australian National University
Building 116, Daley Rd
Canberra, ACT, 0200
Australia
We are affiliated with the ANU/CSIRO Centre for Biodiversity Analysis and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Lanuage