OverviewBiodiverse is a tool for the spatial analysis of diversity using indices based on taxonomic, phylogenetic and matrix-based (e.g. genetic distance) relationships, as well as related environmental and temporal variations. Biodiverse supports four processes:
linked visualisation of data distributions in geographic, taxonomic, phylogenetic and matrix spaces; spatial moving window analyses including richness, endemism, phylogenetic diversity and beta diversity; spatially constrained agglomerative cluster analyses; and randomisations for hypothesis testing. Biodiverse is open-source and supports user developed extensions. It can be used both through a graphical user interface (GUI) and through user written scripts.
Currently more than 170 indices are supported. See the Indices page.
An overview of the system is provided in Dan Rosauer's talk at TDWG2008:
Rosauer, D.F. & Laffan, S.W. (2008) Linking phylogenetic trees, taxonomy & geography to map phylogeography using Biodiverse. Taxonomic Data Working Group 2008, Perth, Australia. (PPT) (SWF with audio). Screen shots can be found on the ScreenShots page.
AcknowledgmentsThis research has been supported by Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP0562070 (Laffan and West) and UNSW FRGP funding to Laffan.
