Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R (eBook)

Luke J. Harmon, Liam J. Revell (Autoren)

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2022
440 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21904-2 (ISBN)

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An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biologyPhylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable biologists to analyze and better understand the evolutionary tree of life, and shed vital new light on patterns of divergence and common ancestry among all species on Earth. This textbook shows how to carry out phylogenetic comparative analyses in the R statistical computing environment. Liam Revell and Luke Harmon provide an incisive conceptual overview of each method along with worked examples using real data and challenge problems that encourage students to learn by doing. By working through this book, students will gain a solid foundation in these methods and develop the skills they need to interpret patterns in the tree of life.Covers every major method of modern phylogenetic comparative analysis in RExplains the basics of R and discusses topics such as trait evolution, diversification, trait-dependent diversification, biogeography, and visualizationFeatures a wealth of exercises and challenge problemsServes as an invaluable resource for students and researchers, with applications in ecology, evolution, anthropology, disease transmission, conservation biology, and a host of other areasWritten by two of today's leading developers of phylogenetic comparative methods

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 136 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Schlagworte: Addition • Ad tracking • Akaike information criterion • algorithm • allopatric speciation • Alternative hypothesis • Analysis • Analysis of covariance • Analysis of Variance • anthropologist • Bayesian • Bayesian inference • Bayes' Theorem • Binomial Distribution • biodiversity • biogeography • Biological data • Block (programming) • Boundary marker • Brownian motion • Cetacea • Clade • Cladogenesis • cladogram • cluster analysis • coefficient • Colonization • comparative biology • Comparative method (linguistics) • computational complexity theory • computational phylogenetics • Correlation and dependence • correlation coefficient • Covariate • Cronbach's alpha • Cumulative distribution function • Data Analysis • data set • data structure • Delimiter • Density dependence • Derivative • Design Matrix • Diagram (category theory) • Diversification rates • Equifinality • Errors and residuals • estimation • Estimator • Euodice • Evolution • evolutionary biology • exponential distribution • exponential function • file format • Finding • foraging • frequentist inference • Galliformes • generalized least squares • Genus • home range • honeyeater • Illustration • implementation • income • inference • Information Theory • Instance (computer science) • Joseph Felsenstein • Legacy preferences • Likelihood Function • Likelihood-ratio test • linear regression • macroevolution • Markov Chain • Markov Chain Monte Carlo • Markov model • Markov process • Mathematical Optimization • maximum likelihood estimation • Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics) • Model Selection • mutation rate • natural logarithm • Object type (object-oriented programming) • optimization problem • organism • Ornithology • Parameter • Parameter (computer programming) • paternalism • percentage • Phenotype • Phenotypic trait • phylogenetic comparative methods • Phylogenetic diversity • Phylogenetics • phylogenetic tree • plumage • Point Estimation • posterior probability • preorder • Principal Component Analysis • Probability • Proportionality (mathematics) • p-value • quantitative trait locus • Race (human categorization) • Rallidae • Ranking (information retrieval) • Rate of evolution • Regression Analysis • regression discontinuity design • Respondent • result • R-squared • RStudio • Sampling fraction • Scale factor (computer science) • Scatter plot • Shikra • Shrikebill • Simulation • Special case • Speciation • Speciation (genetic algorithm) • species • species diversity • spreadsheet • Statistic • Statistical hypothesis testing • statistical significance • Statistics • Subroutine • Summation • survey methodology • Taxon • threshold model • Trait Theory • Tree (data structure) • Variable (computer science) • Variable (mathematics) • Variance • Website • Weighted arithmetic mean
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21904-4 / 0691219044
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21904-2 / 9780691219042