Hello EVOLDIR members

Last chance - We invite you to explore advanced methods for understanding evolutionary processes and phenotypic change. Modelling and Mapping Trait Evolution is a 2-day seminar livestreaming May 11 and 13 with Renan Maestri (Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul). This seminar provides statistical and computational methods for modelling and mapping phenotypic trait evolution on phylogenies, integrating theoretical foundations with practical R implementation. Researchers can apply these rigorous tools to infer evolutionary processes, test macroevolutionary hypotheses, and produce publication-ready visualisations and results in their own studies. Participants will acquire methodological clarity on continuous and categorical trait models, ancestral-state estimation, and parameter-rich extensions to strengthen inference and improve study design.

Sign up today (https://instats.org/seminar/modelling-and-mapping-trait-evolution) to reserve your place before it starts, and feel free to circulate this with colleagues and students!

Best wishes

Michael Zyphur
Professor and Director
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