spectR_t: Spectral density plot of phylogenetic trait data
Description
Computes the spectra of eigenvalues for the modified graph Laplacian of a phylogenetic tree with associated tip data, convolves the eigenvalues with a Gaussian kernel and plots the density profile of eigenvalues, and estimates the summary statistics of the profile.
Usage
spectR_t(phylo, dat, draw=F)
Value
a list with the following components:
eigenvalues
the vector of eigenvalues
splitter
the largest (or principal) eigenvalue of the spectral density profile
fragmenter
the skewness of the spectral density profile
tracer
the largest y-axis value of the spectral density profile
Arguments
phylo
an object of type 'phylo' (see ape documentation)
dat
a vector of trait data associated with the tips of the phylo object; tips and trait data should be aligned
draw
if true, the spectral density profile of the phylogenetic trait data is plotted
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