I have been working on methods for reconstructing biogeography on phylogenies. These include methods for large scale biogeography including those implemented in the program lagrange (with Rick Ree) as well as studies involving niche modeling.
Relevant publications
- Smith, S. A. accepted. Taking into account phylogenetic and divergence-time uncertainty in a parametric biogeographic analysis of the Northern Hemisphere plant clade Caprifolieae. Journal of Biogeography
- Smith, S. A. and M. J. Donoghue. accepted. Informing large-scale biogeography with niche models in Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales) subgenus Caprifolium. Syst. Biol.
- Ree, R. H. and S. A. Smith. 2008. Maximum-likelihood Inference of Geographic Range Evolution by Dispersal, Local Extinction, and Cladogenesis. Syst. Biol. 57: 4-14. pdf
- Moore, B. R., S. A. Smith, Richard H. Ree, M. J. Donoghue. accepted. Incorporating Fossil Data in Biogeographic Inference: A Likelihood Approach. Evolution.
- Evans, M. E., S. A. Smith, R. E. Flynn and M. J. Donoghue. 2009. Climate, niche evolution, and diversification of the “bird-cage” evening primroses (Oenothera, sections Anogra and Kleinia). American Naturalist. pdf
- Cellinese, N., S. A. Smith, E. J. Edwards, S. T. Kim, R. C. Haberle, M. Avramakis and M. J. Donoghue. in press. Historical biogeography of the endemic Campanulaceae of Crete. Journal of Biogeography.
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