pic.motmot: Phylogenetically independent contrasts (internal)

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References

Description

Calculates phylogenetically independent contrasts.

Usage

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pic.motmot(x, phy)

Arguments

x

A matrix of trait values with taxon names as rownames.

phy

An object of class "phylo" (see ape package).

Details

Extracts values for contrasts, expected variances using contrasts by calling pic.

Value

contr A matrix with two columns containing raw contrasts in the first column and their expected variances in the second column.

root.v Expected variances of branches either side of root

V Expected variance at the root

Author(s)

Gavin Thomas, Rob Freckleton, Emmanuel Paradis

References

Felsenstein J. 1985. Phylogenies and the comparative method. American Naturalist 125, 1-15.


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