Downloads
Software
- HybridNumber (ZIP, 119 KB), a Perl script for an exact calculation of the minimum number of hybridization events to explain two rooted binary phylogenetic trees on the same taxa set.
- Bordewich, M., Linz, S., St. John, K., and Semple, C. A reduction algorithm for computing the hybridization number of two trees (PDF, 173 KB). Evolutionary Bioinformatics 3 (2007), 86-98.
- AncestralBuild (TAR.GZ, 1.75 MB), a Java programme for deciding if a collection of phylogenies with nested taxa is compatible.
- Berry, V. and Semple, C. Fast computation of supertrees for compatible phylogenies with nested taxa (PDF, 345 KB). Systematic Biology 55 (2006), 270-288.
Index Of Patchiness for Stations
Algorithm by Dr. Jennifer Brown. Programming by Dietrich Radel
Windows executable version. (ZIP, 171 KB)
C source code in a .tar.gz file (TAR.GZ, 4 KB)
C source code in a .zip file (ZIP, 5 KB)
Contact Jennifer Brown, for help.
Algorithm for Trap Catch Index of Patchiness
Brown, J.A., McAuliffe, R.J. and Hickling, G.J. A new trap-catch index of patchiness in animal distribution. Submitted to Wildlife Research, 2nd revision April 2004.
The Annual New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting
Download the photo collage (ZIP, 2.8 MB) of snaps taken over the last 10 years of meetings.
Interview videos (www.mathsreach.org)
- Alex James interview - Bugs and Beech trees
- Ben Martin interview - Crytography
- Charles Semple interview - Algorithms and the Postie's Dilemma
- Jennifer Brown interview - Counting Possums
- Mike Steel interview - Biomathematics
Requires QuickTimeTM to view the videos.
Media appearances
- "Tree Of Life" (listener.co.nz) - Tracing the evolutionary pathway of life owes a lot to mathematics as well as biology. NZ Listener, Vol 226 No 3683, 11-17 December 2010.
- Mathematical Approaches to Evolution (MP3, 4.29 MB, radionz.co.nz) Thursday, 30 September 2010
- Featuring Assoc. Prof. Charles Semple and Prof. Mike Steel on Radio New Zealand's
Our Changing World (radionz.co.nz) program. - Degrees of separation (tvnz.co.nz) 26 August 2009
- Featuring Prof. Mike Steel on TVNZ's "Breakfast" show. - Plus Magazine (PDF, 428 KB, plus.maths.org) March 2008
- "Reconstructing the tree of life" by D.Huson, V.Moulton & M.Steel - "Making the cut for the modern Ark"(JPG, 1.7 MB) The Press, 8 September 2006
- newspaper article about the "Noah's Ark problem". - Cyberworld Episode 12, 2005 (WMV, 4.6 MB)
- TV appearance on Maori TV.
Tuatara: Conservation priority in a phylogenetic context
Tuatara package for Mesquite - by Wayne P. Maddison & Arne Ø. Mooers.
Download the package from the mesquiteproject.org website.