JSDt_cluster: Clustering on the Jensen-Shannon distance between phylogenetic trait data
Description
Computes the Jensen-Shannon distance metric between spectral density profiles of phylogenetic trait data and clusters on those distances.
Usage
JSDt_cluster(phylo,mat,plot=F)
Value
plots a heatmap and hierarchical cluster with bootstrap support (>0.9) and outputs results of the k-medoids clustering on the optimal number of clusters in the form of a list with the following components
clusters
a list with the following components: size, max_diss, av_diss, diameter, and separation
J-S matrix
a matrix providing the Jensen-Shannon distance values between pairs of phylogenetic trait data
cluster assignment
a table that lists for each trait its cluster assignment and silhouete width
Arguments
phylo
an object of type 'phylo' (see ape documentation)
mat
a matrix of trait data with one trait per column and rows aligned to phylo tips
plot
plot hierarchical cluster in a new window
Author
E Lewitus
References
Lewitus, E., Morlon, H. (2019) Characterizing and comparing phylogenetic trait data from their normalized Laplacian spectrum, bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/654087