- Smith, S. A.* 2009. (Chicago, IL) Large-scale angiosperm phylogenies uncover broad evolutionary patterns. A. Watson Armour Research Seminar Series, Field Museum.
- Smith, S. A.* 2009. (Raleigh, NC) Large-scale angiosperm phylogenies uncover broad evolutionary patterns. Symposium on large phylogenies. Seminar Series, North Carolina State University.
- Smith, S. A.* , J. Beaulieu & M. Donoghue. 2009. (Snowbird, UT) Large-scale phylogenies uncover large-scale evolutionary patterns. BSA Past-President’s Symposium, Botany conference.
- Smith, S. A.* & J. Beaulieu. 2009. (Moscow, ID) Mega-phylogeny: an alternative to supertree and supermatrix approaches. Symposium on large phylogenies. Symposium on Advances in Tree Reconstruction from Complex Data Matrices, Evolution conference.
- Smith, S. A.* 2007. A novel method for estimating the rate of evolution of niches: an example from desert evening primroses (Oenothera, Sections Anogra and Kleinia). (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris).
- Smith, S. A.*, M. Evans, R. Flynn & M. J. Donoghue. 2007. (Chicago, IL) Rates of climatic niche evolution in Oenothera sect. Anogra and Kleinia (Onagraceae) link
- Cellinese, N.*, S. A. Smith, E. Edwards, S. Kim, & M. J. Donoghue. 2007. (Chicago, IL) Dating the Campanulaceae: implications for the biogeography of Cretan campanulas.
- Ree, R. H.* & S. A. Smith. 2007. (Chicago, IL) Likelihood models for inferring the evolution of geographic ranges on phylogenetic trees.
- Ree, R. H.* & S. A. Smith. 2007. (Christchurch, NZ) Maximum-likelihood inference of geographic range evolution.
- Ree, R. H.* & S. A. Smith. 2007. Stochastic models of geographic range evolution and likelihood- based inference of ancestral ranges. Origin and Evolution of Biota in Mediterranean Climate Zones, (Zurich, Switzerland).
- Donoghue, M.J.*, S. A. Smith, S. Carlson, & B. Moore. 2007. Phylogenetic Biogeography: Past, Present, and Future. Origin and Evolution of Biota in Mediterranean Climate Zones, (Zurich, Switzerland).
- Ree, R. H.*, M. J. Donoghue, B. R. Moore & S. A. Smith. 2005. Likelihood-based inference of historical biogeography. 52nd Annual Systematics Symposium, (Missouri Botanical Garden).
- Smith, S. A.*, R. H. Ree, M. J. Donoghue & B. R. Moore. 2005. Computer Demonstration: Likelihood-based inference of historical biogeography. 52nd Annual Systematics Symposium, (Missouri Botanical Garden).
- Smith, S. A.* 2004. New methods for Biogeography. Sarah Lawrence Col lege Science Seminar, (Sarah Lawrence College, NY).
- Donoghue, M.J.*, S. A. Smith, R. C. Winkworth, & R. Ree. 2004. Assembly of temperate deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere.Plant phylogeny and the origin of major biomes, Royal Society Scientific Discussion Meeting, (London, UK).
- Smith, S. A.* 2005. (Austin, TX) Likelihood methods for inference of geographic ranges.
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