Thomas, Gavin - University of Sheffield - Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

个人简介

Senior Research Fellow & Royal Society URF (2015-present) Royal Society University Research Fellow (2013-present) NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sheffield (2012-2013) NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol (2010-2012) Postdoctoral Associate, Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College (2006-2010) Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Birmingham (2005-2006) PhD, University of Bath (2005) MSc Palaeobiology, University of Bristol (2001) BSc (Hons) Ecology, Cardiff University (1998)

研究领域

My research focuses on modelling the diversification of species and traits at a macroevolutionary scale. I am particularly interested in how we can use information on the phylogenetic relationships among species to infer how present day biodiversity has arisen over time and ask: How and why do lineages and traits diversify? What are the consequences of varying tempo and mode of lineage and trait evolution for temporal and spatial patterns of diversity

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Jetz W, Thomas GH, Joy JB, Redding DW, Hartmann K & Mooers AO (2014) Global distribution and conservation of evolutionary distinctness in birds.. Curr Biol, 24(9), 919-930. View this article in WRRO Puttick MN, Thomas GH & Benton MJ (2014) High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds.. Evolution, 68(5), 1497-1510. View this article in WRRO Thomas GH, Hartmann K, Jetz W, Joy JB, Mimoto A & Mooers AO (2013) PASTIS: an R package to facilitate phylogenetic assembly with soft taxonomic inferences. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 4(11), 1011-1017. Ezard THG, Thomas GH & Purvis A (2013) Inclusion of a near-complete fossil record reveals speciation-related molecular evolution. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 4(8), 745-753. Jetz W, Thomas GH, Joy JB, Hartmann K & Mooers AO (2012) The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature. Thomas GH & Freckleton RP (2012) MOTMOT: models of trait macroevolution on trees. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 3(1), 145-151. Thomas GH, Meiri S & Phillimore AB (2009) Body size diversification in anolis: novel environment and island effects.. Evolution, 63(8), 2017-2030. Thomas GH (2008) Phylogenetic distributions of British birds of conservation concern.. Proc Biol Sci, 275(1647), 2077-2083. Thomas GH, Orme CDL, Davies RG, Olson VA, Bennett PM, Gaston KJ, Owens IPF & Blackburn TM (2008) Regional variation in the historical components of global avian species richness. GLOBAL ECOL BIOGEOGR, 17(3), 340-351. Thomas GH, Freckleton RP & Székely T (2006) Comparative analyses of the influence of developmental mode on phenotypic diversification rates in shorebirds.. Proc Biol Sci, 273(1594), 1619-1624.