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 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
R
R resources for phylogenetics
Phytools Good paper about calibrating nodes:
Ho SY, Phillips MJ (2009) Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times. Systematic Biology 58, 367-380
The APE package in R:
Paradis E. 2012. Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R (Second Edition). Springer, New York.

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

Software

Digital Taxonomy (A comprehensive listing of software and other data for systematic biology and related fields)
DELTA DEscription Language for TAxonomy
Open DELTA - a java rewrite of Delta from the Atlas of Living Australia
Lucid Key System
PhenexPhenex is an application for annotating character matrix files with ontology terms.
Biodiversity and WORLDMAP.
DeltaAccess
PAUP
Mesquite

the venue

2016 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, lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 12:30 pm on the first Thursday of the month February-November. Informal presentations which encourage audience discussion are encouraged. Meetings will aim to conclude by 1:30 pm.

	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 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 R R resources for phylogenetics Phytools Good paper about calibrating nodes: Ho SY, Phillips MJ (2009) Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times. Systematic Biology 58, 367-380 The APE package in R: Paradis E. 2012. Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R (Second Edition). Springer, New York. 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 Software Digital Taxonomy (A comprehensive listing of software and other data for systematic biology and related fields) DELTA DEscription Language for TAxonomy Open DELTA - a java rewrite of Delta from the Atlas of Living Australia Lucid Key System PhenexPhenex is an application for annotating character matrix files with ontology terms. Biodiversity and WORLDMAP. DeltaAccess PAUP Mesquite
the venue
2016 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, lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 12:30 pm on the first Thursday of the month February-November. Informal presentations which encourage audience discussion are encouraged. Meetings will aim to conclude by 1:30 pm.