Teacher: Alexandre Diniz-Filho (Full Professor)
Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brasil)
DATE: 16-20 July
SCHEDULE: 40 hours; 8 hours/day sessions organized by slots of 2 hour each; between 09:00-13:00-, 15:00-19:00h
VENUE: NUFOR Casa Cordovil
Rua Dr. Joaquim Henrique da Fonseca Universidade de Évora, Portugal.
COST: 650 €
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: up to 20 (minimum 10)
LANGUAGE: English
REQUEIREMENTS: Students should bring their own computer. Software wil be provided by the course.
REGISTRATION: Open. Pré-Register to: Fill this form and send to nufor@uevora.pt until 31 of May. Payment data will be available after the selection of candidates.
PAYMENT: The payment should be executed before 30 of June 2012. Payment is required to registration confirmation.
Short (Resumed) Program
1. Introduction and historical notes on comparative methods
2. Phylogenetic reconstruction and relationships
3. Evolutionary models and phylogenetic distances
4. Estimating phylogenetic signals
5. Correlated evolution
6. Phylogenetic diversity and community structure
Detailed Program
1. Introduction and historical notes on comparative methods
2. Phylogenetic reconstruction and relationships
2.1. Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction
2.2. Phylogenetic structure and properties of phylogenies
3. Evolutionary models and phylogenetic distances
3.1. Evolutionary models and mechanisms of evolution
3.2. Brownian motion and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes
3.3. Phylogenetic distances, tree shape and evolutionary models
4. Estimating phylogenetic signal
4.1. Phylogenetic autocorrelation
4.2. Phylogenetic Non-stationarity
4.3. Partition Methods (PVR and autoregressive models)
4.4. Blomberg’s K and Pagel’s lambda
4.5. PSR Curve
4.6. Geographical patterns, niche conservatism and phylogenetic signal
5. Correlated evolution
5.1. Phylogenetic correlation and statistical inference of adaptation
5.2. Phylogenetic independent contrasts
5.3. PGLS
5.4. Partition methods and correlated evolution
6. Phylogenetic diversity and community structure
6.1. Metrics Phylogenetic diversity
6.2. Extinction and loss of phylogenetic diversity
6.3. Phylogenetic cluster and overdispersion
6.4. Phylobetadiversity
6.5. Trait evolution and community structure
More information: nufor@uevora.pt
