Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

Motivation: The increasing availability of phylogenetic and trait data for communities of co-occurring species has created a need for software that integrates ecological and evolutionary analyses. Capabilities: Phylocom calculates numerous metrics of phylogenetic community structure and trait simila...

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Published in:Bioinformatics 2008-09, Vol.24 (18), p.2098-2100
Main Authors: Webb, Campbell O., Ackerly, David D., Kembel, Steven W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Biological and medical sciences
Computational Biology - methods
Evolution, Molecular
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Mathematics in biology. Statistical analysis. Models. Metrology. Data processing in biology (general aspects)
Models, Genetic
Phylogeny
Software
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Summary:Motivation: The increasing availability of phylogenetic and trait data for communities of co-occurring species has created a need for software that integrates ecological and evolutionary analyses. Capabilities: Phylocom calculates numerous metrics of phylogenetic community structure and trait similarity within communities. Hypothesis testing is implemented using several null models. Within the same framework, it measures phylogenetic signal and correlated evolution for species traits. A range of utility functions allow community and phylogenetic data manipulation, tree and trait generation, and integration into scientific workflows. Availability: Open source at: http://phylodiversity.net/phylocom/ Contact: cwebb@oeb.harvard.edu
ISSN:1367-4803
0266-7061
1460-2059
1367-4811
DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn358