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Historical biogeography special issue: part 1

Historical biogeography special issue: part 1 CSIRO PUBLISHING Australian Systematic Botany, 2016, 29,i Editorial http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SBv29n6_ED Daniel J. Murphy In writing this editorial I would like to put this special issue on Botany. In some ways historical biogeography has had Historical Biogeography, edited by Malte C. Ebach, Juan J. difficulties finding a home. Even though biogeographic Morrone, Isabel Sanmartín and Tania Escalante, into a discipline-based journals exist and many other journals include historical context of its own in Australian Systematic Botany. biogeography in their scope, biogeography can be difficult to The journal has a strong heritage and precedent in publishing comprehensively cover, because of the many sub-disciplines biogeographical research, and indeed the ground-breaking and theoretical heterogeneity. Also, I was especially concerned book, Austral Biogeography, edited by Ladiges et al.(1991), that Australasian biogeography was somewhat ignored, and was produced from a Special Issue of Australian Systematic therefore less well understood, than in other regions of Botany (in volume 4). That volume brought together many the world. As such, in 2015, Malte Ebach was appointed as a biogeographical studies of Australasia and surrounding areas, specialist Associate Editor for Australian Systematic Botany to applying a variety of methodologies contemporary to that time cover biogeography, and, in writing his own editorial, outlined (mainly cladistic biogeography and panbiogeography), and like a vision for the biogeographical content of the journal (Ebach the current Special Issue most of the studies were not of plant or 2015). This current issue is Malte’s initiative and he, along fungal groups; rather than straying from the scope of Australian with a team of international biogeographers Juan Morrone, Systematic Botany this taxonomic diversity reflects the taxa on Isabel Sanmartín and Tania Escalante, have edited all of the which biogeographical interest and research focussed in 1991. fascinating and diverse papers collected herein. It is intended as Similarly, in this Special Issue the taxonomic groups covered part 1 of a ‘Biogeography Special Issue’ and we eagerly anticipate reflect the variety of biodiversity being studied in historical a second part in 2017, and possibly additional biogeographical biogeography today. It is interesting to contrast the current special issues in the future. series of papers with those in Austral Biogeography 26 years ago. In reading that volume again recently, I found somewhat Dr Dan Murphy is the Editor-in-Chief of Australian surprisingly that we are still debating many of the same issues Systematic Botany and is a systematic botanist at the Royal today, including the virtues (or failings) of panbiogeography, and Botanic Gardens Melbourne the relative importance of dispersal in biogeographic hypotheses. Soon after I became Editor-in-Chief of Australian Systematic Botany, I wrote an editorial highlighting the journal scope, which References clearly included biogeography (Murphy 2014). Yet, I felt we Ebach MC (2015) The multidisciplinary nature of biogeography. Australian needed an increased emphasis in this important research area. Systematic Botany 28(3), 79–80. doi:10.1071/SB15013 Many (perhaps most) systematic and taxonomic studies include Ladiges PY, Humphries CJ, Martinelli LW (Eds) (1991). ‘Austral a biogeographic component, and indeed distribution of taxa is Biogeography.’ (CSIRO: Melbourne, Vic., Australia) of key importance to studying biodiversity; however, I felt that Murphy DJ (2014) Editorial 2014 – the scope and publication trends of biogeography, as a scientific discipline in its own right, was Australian Systematic Botany. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1), 1–2. lacking some of the focus it deserved in Australian Systematic doi:10.1071/SB14014 Journal compilation  CSIRO 2016 www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Systematic Botany CSIRO Publishing

Historical biogeography special issue: part 1

Murphy, Daniel J.
Australian Systematic Botany , Volume 29 (6): 1 – May 11, 2017
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CSIRO PUBLISHING Australian Systematic Botany, 2016, 29,i Editorial http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SBv29n6_ED Daniel J. Murphy In writing this editorial I would like to put this special issue on Botany. In some ways historical biogeography has had Historical Biogeography, edited by Malte C. Ebach, Juan J. difficulties finding a home. Even though biogeographic Morrone, Isabel Sanmartín and Tania Escalante, into a discipline-based journals exist and many other journals include historical context of its own in Australian Systematic Botany. biogeography in their scope, biogeography can be difficult to The journal has a strong heritage and precedent in publishing comprehensively cover, because of the many sub-disciplines biogeographical research, and indeed the ground-breaking and theoretical heterogeneity. Also, I was especially concerned book, Austral Biogeography, edited by Ladiges et al.(1991), that Australasian biogeography was somewhat ignored, and was produced from a Special Issue of Australian Systematic therefore less well understood, than in other regions of Botany (in volume 4). That volume brought together many the world. As such, in 2015, Malte Ebach was appointed as a biogeographical studies of Australasia and surrounding areas, specialist Associate Editor for Australian Systematic Botany to applying a variety of methodologies contemporary to that time cover biogeography, and, in writing his own editorial, outlined (mainly cladistic biogeography and panbiogeography), and like a vision for the biogeographical content of the journal (Ebach the current Special Issue most of the studies were not of plant or 2015). This current issue is Malte’s initiative and he, along fungal groups; rather than straying from the scope of Australian with a team of international biogeographers Juan Morrone, Systematic Botany this taxonomic diversity reflects the taxa on Isabel Sanmartín and Tania Escalante, have edited all of the which biogeographical interest and research focussed in 1991. fascinating and diverse papers collected herein. It is intended as Similarly, in this Special Issue the taxonomic groups covered part 1 of a ‘Biogeography Special Issue’ and we eagerly anticipate reflect the variety of biodiversity being studied in historical a second part in 2017, and possibly additional biogeographical biogeography today. It is interesting to contrast the current special issues in the future. series of papers with those in Austral Biogeography 26 years ago. In reading that volume again recently, I found somewhat Dr Dan Murphy is the Editor-in-Chief of Australian surprisingly that we are still debating many of the same issues Systematic Botany and is a systematic botanist at the Royal today, including the virtues (or failings) of panbiogeography, and Botanic Gardens Melbourne the relative importance of dispersal in biogeographic hypotheses. Soon after I became Editor-in-Chief of Australian Systematic Botany, I wrote an editorial highlighting the journal scope, which References clearly included biogeography (Murphy 2014). Yet, I felt we Ebach MC (2015) The multidisciplinary nature of biogeography. Australian needed an increased emphasis in this important research area. Systematic Botany 28(3), 79–80. doi:10.1071/SB15013 Many (perhaps most) systematic and taxonomic studies include Ladiges PY, Humphries CJ, Martinelli LW (Eds) (1991). ‘Austral a biogeographic component, and indeed distribution of taxa is Biogeography.’ (CSIRO: Melbourne, Vic., Australia) of key importance to studying biodiversity; however, I felt that Murphy DJ (2014) Editorial 2014 – the scope and publication trends of biogeography, as a scientific discipline in its own right, was Australian Systematic Botany. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1), 1–2. lacking some of the focus it deserved in Australian Systematic doi:10.1071/SB14014 Journal compilation  CSIRO 2016 www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb

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Published: May 11, 2017

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  • The multidisciplinary nature of biogeography.
    Ebach MC
  • Editorial 2014 – the scope and publication trends of Australian Systematic Botany.
    Murphy DJ