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

Ritchie AM, Hua X, Bromham L (2022) Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 61 DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02015-8

Sopniewski, J., Scheele, B., Cardillo, M. (2022) Predicting the distribution of Australian frogs and their overlap with Batrachochytrium dendrobatis under climate change. Diversity & Distributions

Hua X, Cardillo, M, Bromham L, (2022) Adapting to extremes: reconstructing evolution in response to changing climate over time and space in the diverse Australian plant genus Acacia. Journal of Biogeography

Reynolds, Z.K.M., Boulton, R.L., Cardillo, M. (2022) Unburnt patches maintain bird abundance and species richness following large wildfires in an Australian semiarid woodland ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 199 (2022) 104713

Bromham L, Dinnage R, Skirgard H., Ritchie AM., Cardillo M., Meakins F., Greenhill S.,  (2021) Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Skeels A, Dinnage R, Medina I, Cardillo M. (2021) Ecological interactions shape the evolution of flower colour in communities across a temperate biodiversity hotspot. Evolution Letters

Bromham L, Skeels A, Schneemann H, Dinnage R, Hua X (2021) There is little evidence that spicy food in hot countries is an adaptation to reducing infection risk. Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-01039-8

Cardillo, M. (2021) 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

Contacts

Prof. Lindell Bromham
Research School of Biology,
Building 46
Australian National University,
Acton, ACT 0200
Australia
Prof. Marcel Cardillo
Research School of Biology,
Building 46
Australian National University,
Acton, ACT 0200
Australia
Dr. Xia Hua
Mathematical Sciences Institute,
Building 145,
Australian National University,
Acton, ACT 0200
Australia
We are affiliated with the ANU/CSIRO Centre for Biodiversity Analysis and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language