Melbourne Systematics Forum

   A discussion group for topics in ecology, systematics and evolution
hosted by Museum Victoria Sciences Department
next meeting

References and links from the May presentation by Anna Syme and Franck Stefani on Phylogenetic methods using Beast, R and Geneious

Tutorials on many phylogenetic methods
Phylogenetic software
Software and tutorials
BEAST software
BEAST users' group
Another BEAST tutorial
Phytools
Geneious
Geneious Biocode plugin
Geneious Species Delimitation Plugin

On calibrating nodes:
Ho SY, Phillips MJ (2009) Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times. Systematic Biology 58, 367-380

The R Project for Statistical Computing

The R Project
R-bloggers news and tutorials
R resources for phylogenetics
Paradis E. 2012. Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R (Second Edition). Springer, New York.
CRAN - Package ape

Other taxonomic and phylogenetic software

DELTA DEscription Language for TAxonomy [original Windows software]
Open DELTA - A Java port of the DEscription Language for TAxonomy suite
DeltaAccess
Lucid
Mesquite
TNT
PAUP
Biodiversity and WORLDMAP.
PaDIL - images and information tools designed for biosecurity and biodiversity.

Societies

The Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB)
Australian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS)
The Australasian Evolution Society (AES)
The Ecological Society of Australia (ESA)
The Society of Systematic Biologists, and the journal Systematic Biology
The Linnean Society
SCAMIT - The Southern Californian Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists
The Willi Hennig Society and the journal Cladistics
the venue
2012 meeting calendar
documents
contact the organisers
previous meetings The Melbourne Systematics Forum provides an opportunity for students, academics and others with an interest in systematic biology and related topics to discuss their research results and current ideas in an informal environment. Unless advised otherwise, meetings take place in The Discovery Centre, (previously called InfoZone) lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 6 pm on the first Thursday of the month. Sessions commence with an introduction from the convenor, followed by an informal talk for about 20 minutes. Participants are encouraged to intervene and generate discussion. Meetings generally conclude after about 90 minutes, and everyone who attends a session is encouraged to actively participate.