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Phylolink: phylogenetically-based profiling, visualisations and metrics for biodiversity.

Joseph T Miller^1,2,3, Rebecca Pirzl³, Dan Rosauer⁴

¹National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO National Facilities and Collections, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

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|September 12, 2018

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Phylolink is a new toolkit for exploring biodiversity using phylogenetic and spatial data. It enables novel analyses of species distributions and environmental attributes for biodiversity research.

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Area of Science:

Biodiversity informatics
Phylogenetics
Spatial ecology

Background:

Biodiversity exploration requires integrated data analysis.
Existing tools may lack comprehensive phylogenetic and spatial integration.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Phylolink, an updated toolkit for phylogenetic biodiversity exploration.
To integrate phylogenetic analysis with spatial and environmental data within the Atlas of Living Australia framework.

Main Methods:

Phylolink connects phylogenetic tree nodes with species occurrence, environmental, and trait data.
Users can upload/download spatial datasets and link to the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) spatial portal.
The toolkit facilitates analysis of environmental attributes for species and clade distributions.

Main Results:

Phylolink enables comparisons of species richness and phylogenetic diversity across geographic areas.
It provides flexible and customizable visualizations, profiles, and biodiversity metrics.
Novel analysis of environmental attributes of species and clade distributions is supported.

Conclusions:

Phylolink offers a powerful, integrated approach to biodiversity research.
The toolkit enhances the exploration of biodiversity from a phylogenetic and spatial perspective.
It facilitates data-driven biodiversity assessments and visualizations.