摘要: Arne Øyvind Mooers, born in Canada in 1966, studied in Montreal (B. Sc., 1989) and in Oxford (D. Phil, 1994); fellowships in Vancouver (UBC) and Amsterdam (Zoological Museum of Amsterdam), currently Associate Professor of Biodiversity at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Research interests include methods for inferring past events on the Tree of Life; the effects of non-random speciation and extinction on the shape of this tree; sexual selection and speciation; effects of El Niño on biodiversity; and (currently) how species are valued for conservation.− Address: Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Canada V5A 1S6. Website with contact information: www. sfu. ca/~ amooers/