Overview

Biodiverse 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:

1. Linked visualisation of data distributions in geographic, taxonomic, phylogenetic and matrix spaces;
2. Spatial moving window analyses including richness, endemism, phylogenetic diversity and beta diversity;
3. Spatially constrained agglomerative cluster analyses; and
4. 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.

More than 200 indices are supported. See the Indices page.

Screen shots can be found on the ScreenShots page.

Help can be located via the help pages (these are also listed at the left of this page).

A discussion group is at http://groups.google.com.au/group/biodiverse-users

To cite Biodiverse or acknowledge its use, use the following details, substituting the version of the application that you used for "Version 0.15".

Laffan, S.W., Lubarsky, E. & Rosauer, D.F. (2010) Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity. Ecography. Vol 33, 643-647 (Version 0.15).

An overview of the system is also 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).

Installation

Installation instructions can be accessed through the Installation page.

News

07Oct2010

Biodiverse version 0.15 has been released. Go to the downloads section to download it.

The summary of changes is at http://code.google.com/p/biodiverse/wiki/ReleaseNotes

Installation instructions are at http://code.google.com/p/biodiverse/wiki/Installation

Acknowledgements

This research has been supported by Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP0562070 (Laffan and West) and UNSW FRGP funding to Laffan.

Persistent URL

http://www.purl.org/biodiverse

Keywords

Biodiversity analysis tool, spatial analysis, phylogeography, spatial analysis, endemism, phylogenetic diversity, beta diversity