originality {ade4} | R Documentation |
computes originality values for species from an ultrametric phylogenetic tree.
originality(phyl, method = 5)
phyl |
an object of class phylog |
method |
a vector containing integers between 1 and 5. |
Returns a data frame with species in rows, and the selected indices of originality in columns. Indices are expressed as percentages.
Sandrine Pavoine pavoine@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr
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data(carni70) carni70.phy <- newick2phylog(carni70$tre) ori.tab <- originality(carni70.phy, 1:5) names(ori.tab) dotchart.phylog(carni70.phy, ori.tab, scaling=FALSE, yjoining=0, cleaves=0, ceti=0.5, csub=0.7, cdot=0.5)