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Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change by González-Orozco, Carlos E., Pollock, Laura J., Thornhill, Andrew H., Mishler, Brent D., Knerr, Nunzio, Laffan, Shawn W., Miller, Joseph T., Rosauer, Dan F., Faith, Daniel P., Nipperess, David A., Kujala, Heini, Linke, Simon, Butt, Nathalie, Külheim, Carsten, Crisp, Michael D., Gruber, Bernd

“…Climate change is expected to lead to significant changes in phylogenetic diversity and endemism at a continental scale in Australia, threatening the…”
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Spatial phylogenetics of the native California flora by Thornhill, Andrew H, Baldwin, Bruce G, Freyman, William A, Nosratinia, Sonia, Kling, Matthew M, Morueta-Holme, Naia, Madsen, Thomas P, Ackerly, David D, Mishler, Brent D

“…California is a world floristic biodiversity hotspot where the terms neo- and paleo-endemism were first applied. Using spatial phylogenetics, it is now…”
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Phylogenetic diversity meets conservation policy: small areas are key to preserving eucalypt lineages by Pollock, Laura J., Rosauer, Dan F., Thornhill, Andrew H., Kujala, Heini, Crisp, Michael D., Miller, Joseph T., McCarthy, Michael A.

“…Evolutionary and genetic knowledge is increasingly being valued in conservation theory, but is rarely considered in conservation planning and policy. Here, we…”
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Quantifying phytogeographical regions of Australia using geospatial turnover in species composition by González-Orozco, Carlos E, Ebach, Malte C, Laffan, Shawn, Thornhill, Andrew H, Knerr, Nunzio J, Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N, Cargill, Christine C, Clements, Mark, Nagalingum, Nathalie S, Mishler, Brent D, Miller, Joseph T

“…The largest digitized dataset of land plant distributions in Australia assembled to date (750,741 georeferenced herbarium records; 6,043 species) was used to…”
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Spatial phylogenetics of the native woody plant species in Hainan, China by Zhu, Zhi‐Xin, Harris, AJ, Nizamani, Mir Muhammad, Thornhill, Andrew H., Scherson, Rosa A., Wang, Hua‐Feng

“…To better identify biodiversity hotspots for conservation on Hainan Island, a tropical island in southern China, we assessed spatial variation in phylogenetic…”
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Phylogenetic diversity and conservation of crop wild relatives in Colombia by González‐Orozco, Carlos E., Sosa, Chrystian C., Thornhill, Andrew H., Laffan, Shawn W.

“…Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an important agricultural resource as they contain genetic traits not found in cultivated species due to localized adaptation to…”
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emerging example of tritrophic coevolution between flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and nematodes (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) on Myrtaceae host plants by Nelson, Leigh A, Davies, Kerrie A, Scheffer, Sonja J, Taylor, Gary S, Purcell, Matthew F, Giblin‐Davis, Robin M, Thornhill, Andrew H, Yeates, David K

“…A unique obligate mutualism occurs between species of Fergusonina Malloch flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and nematodes of the genus Fergusobia Currie…”
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Interpreting the modern distribution of Myrtaceae using a dated molecular phylogeny by Thornhill, Andrew H., Ho, Simon Y.W., Külheim, Carsten, Crisp, Michael D.

“…[Display omitted] •Vicariance or long-distance dispersal tested using a molecular clock.•Up to six potential vicariance events.•Three overland dispersals via…”
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Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity and neo- and paleo-endemism in Australian Acacia by Mishler, Brent D., Knerr, Nunzio, González-Orozco, Carlos E., Thornhill, Andrew H., Laffan, Shawn W., Miller, Joseph T.

“…Understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity is critical for conservation planning, particularly given rapid habitat loss and human-induced climatic change…”
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Riparian areas as a conservation priority under climate change by Zhang, Xiaoyan, Ci, Xiuqin, Hu, Jianlin, Bai, Yang, Thornhill, Andrew H., Conran, John G., Li, Jie

“…Identifying climatic refugia is important for long-term conservation planning under climate change. Riparian areas have the potential to provide climatic…”
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Facets of phylodiversity: evolutionary diversification, divergence and survival as conservation targets by Kling, Matthew M, Mishler, Brent D, Thornhill, Andrew H, Baldwin, Bruce G, Ackerly, David D

“…Biodiversity is often described as having multiple facets, including species richness, functional diversity and phylogenetic diversity. In this paper, we argue…”
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Spatial phylogenetics of the vascular flora of Chile by Scherson, Rosa A., Thornhill, Andrew H., Urbina-Casanova, Rafael, Freyman, William A., Pliscoff, Patricio A., Mishler, Brent D.

“…[Display omitted] •Adds evolutionary information to standard assays of biodiversity that use species.•Interesting centers with significant paleo-endemism were…”
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Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation by Thornhill, Andrew H., Mishler, Brent D., Knerr, Nunzio J., González-Orozco, Carlos E., Costion, Craig M., Crayn, Darren M., Laffan, Shawn W., Miller, Joseph T.

“…Aim: Biodiversity studies typically use species, or more recently phylogenetic diversity (PD), as their analysis unit and produce a single map of observed…”
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Global predictors of alien plant establishment success: combining niche and trait proxies by Gallien, Laure, Thornhill, Andrew H, Zurell, Damaris, Miller, Joseph T, Richardson, David M

“…Biological invasions are on the rise globally. To reduce future invasions, it is imperative to determine the naturalization potential of species. Until now,…”
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A nuclear phylogenomic study of the angiosperm order Myrtales, exploring the potential and limitations of the universal Angiosperms353 probe set by Maurin, Olivier, Anest, Artemis, Bellot, Sidonie, Biffin, Edward, Brewer, Grace, Charles‐Dominique, Tristan, Cowan, Robyn S., Dodsworth, Steven, Epitawalage, Niroshini, Gallego, Berta, Giaretta, Augusto, Goldenberg, Renato, Gonçalves, Deise J.P., Graham, Shirley, Hoch, Peter, Mazine, Fiorella, Low, Yee Wen, McGinnie, Catherine, Michelangeli, Fabián A., Morris, Sarah, Penneys, Darin S., Pérez Escobar, Oscar Alejandro, Pillon, Yohan, Pokorny, Lisa, Shimizu, Gustavo, Staggemeier, Vanessa G., Thornhill, Andrew H., Tomlinson, Kyle W., Turner, Ian M., Vasconcelos, Thais, Wilson, Peter G., Zuntini, Alexandre R., Baker, William J., Forest, Félix, Lucas, Eve

“…Premise To further advance the understanding of the species‐rich, economically and ecologically important angiosperm order Myrtales in the rosid clade,…”
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Truncation of thermal tolerance niches among Australian plants by Bush, Alex, Catullo, Renee A., Mokany, Karel, Thornhill, Andrew H., Miller, Joseph T., Ferrier, Simon

“…Aim: Despite recognition that realized distributions inherently underestimate species' physiological tolerances, we are yet to identify the extent of these…”
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Flammable biomes dominated by eucalypts originated at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary by Crisp, Michael D, Burrows, Geoffrey E, Cook, Lyn G, Thornhill, Andrew H, Bowman, David M. J. S

“…Fire is a major modifier of communities, but the evolutionary origins of its prevalent role in shaping current biomes are uncertain. Australia is among the…”
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Phylogenetic diversity is a better measure of biodiversity than taxon counting by Miller, Joseph T., Jolley‐Rogers, Garry, Mishler, Brent D., Thornhill, Andrew H.

“…Biodiversity is most commonly measured in taxonomic richness. For example, it is common to describe how diverse a genus or a geographic area is by counting the…”
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Differential patterns of floristic phylogenetic diversity across a post‐glacial landscape by Mienna, Ida M., Speed, James D. M., Bendiksby, Mika, Thornhill, Andrew H., Mishler, Brent D., Martin, Michael D.

“…Aim In this study, we explored spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity (PD) and endemism in the flora of Norway and tested hypothesized post‐glacial…”
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Transitional areas of vegetation as biodiversity hotspots evidenced by multifaceted biodiversity analysis of a dominant group in Chinese evergreen broad-leaved forests by Zhou, Run, Ci, Xiuqin, Hu, Jianlin, Zhang, Xiaoyan, Cao, Guanlong, Xiao, Jianhua, Liu, Zhifang, Li, Lang, Thornhill, Andrew H., Conran, John G., Li, Jie

“…•Congruent and incongruent in multifaceted spatial patterns of Lauraceae are found.•Hotspots are identified in transitional areas between EBLF and other…”
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