Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the list of keynote speakers for the conference on Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and their Application in Evolutionary Biology (11th-15th November 2014, Seville, Spain) is now complete.
Accordingly, the following experts confirmed to give plenary talks: Thomas F. Hansen (University of Oslo, Norway) Anthony R. Ives (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Emília Martins (Indiana University, USA) Charles L. Nunn (Duke University, USA) Emmanuel Paradis (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France) Samantha Price (University of California, Davis, USA) Liam Revell (University of Massachusetts, USA) The conference will focus on phylogenetic comparative methods that are now widely used in very diverse fields of evolutionary biology to make robust inferences from interspecific data and phylogenies. Currently, we witness a rapid flourishing of the phylogenetic toolbox allowing researchers to tackle diverse questions concerning the evolution of species and their traits. We aim at providing a bouquet of overviews on the most recent developments by the most prominent experts of the comparative methodology, and also at attracting an audience from different fields of evolutionary biology to demonstrate how the phylogenetic comparative approach can be used to address an ample array of biological questions in different taxa. We still welcome contributions to the main program (oral presentation or poster) For more info on the scientific and social program as well as for the registration, please visit http://www.mpcm-evolution.org/conference/ . Please, note that places are limited! We look forward to seeing you in Seville! the organising committee: László Zsolt Garamszegi (Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Spain) Alejandro Gonzalez Voyer (Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Spain) Carles Vilà (Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Spain) Juan Arroyo (University of Seville, Spain)
