Robert Edwards
National Museum of Natural History
21 Papers
99 Citations
Robert Edwards is an academic researcher from National Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Ecological niche. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 21 publications. Previous affiliations of Robert Edwards include University of Memphis & University of Queensland.
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Papers
Bayesian models for comparative analysis integrating phylogenetic uncertainty.
Pierre de Villemereuil,Pierre de Villemereuil,Jessie A. Wells,Robert Edwards,Simon P. Blomberg +4 more
TL;DR: BUGS is shown to be a useful, flexible general purpose tool for phylogenetic comparative analyses, particularly for modelling in the face of phylogenetic uncertainty and accounting for measurement error or individual variation in explanatory variables.
Congruent biogeographical disjunctions at a continent-wide scale: Quantifying and clarifying the role of biogeographic barriers in the Australian tropics
TL;DR: Two novel disjunctions in the Australian Tropics flora are identified in addition to eleven putative barriers previously recognized for animals, and these were found to correspond to range-ending barriers to a significant number of species.
Species delimitation in asexual insects of economic importance: The case of black scale (Parasaissetia nigra), a cosmopolitan parthenogenetic pest scale insect
TL;DR: The results indicate that the sampled specimens of P. nigra should be considered to comprise at least two ecotypes (or "species") that are ecologically differentiated, particularly in relation to temperature and moisture.
Reticulate evolution in the natural range of the invasive wetland tree species Melaleuca quinquenervia.
TL;DR: DNA sequence data derived from the chloroplast and two nuclear regions are used to explore the relationships of M. quinquenervia and suggest considerable past introgression into this taxon from some other members of the M. leucadendra complex, and this has implications for biocontrol efforts.
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