Range-weighted branch length difference (RWiBaLD), a new method for distinguishing meso-endemism from neo-endemism and paleo-endemism

• Brent D. Mishler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bmishler@berkeley.edu

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-4916

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• Nunzio Knerr,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Australian National Herbarium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Joseph T. Miller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Andrew H. Thornhill,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium, School of Environmental and Rural Science - Botany, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Shawn W. Laffan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5996-0570

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