Ponerinae_tree: Dataset providing the extensive time-calibrated phylogeny of...

Ponerinae_treeR Documentation

Dataset providing the extensive time-calibrated phylogeny of extant ponerine ants

Description

A phylo object describing the time-calibrated phylogeny of the 1534 extant ponerine ants (Ponerinae subfamily).

Source: Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3")}

Usage

data(Ponerinae_tree)

Format

A phylo object with 4 elements.

Details

A time-calibrated phylogeny as a phylo object with 4 elements.

  • ⁠$edge⁠ Matrix of integers. Defines the tree topology by providing rootward and tipward node ID of each edge.

  • ⁠$edge.length⁠ Vector of numerical. Length of edges/branches.

  • ⁠$Nnode⁠ Integer. Number of internal nodes.

  • ⁠$tip.label⁠ Vector of character strings. Labels of all tips.

References

Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3")}


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