ape (version 0.1)

ltt.plot: Lineages Through Time Plot

Description

This plots, on the current graphical device, the minimum numbers of lineages through time from a phylogenetic tree.

Usage

ltt.plot(phy, ...)

Arguments

phy
an object of class "phylo".
...
further arguments to be passed to plot() (see Details: on how to transform the axes).

Details

The axes can be log-transformed by adding one of the following options: log = "x", log = "y", log = "xy", to transform the x-axis, the y-axis, or both, respectively.

References

Harvey, P. H., May, R. M. and Nee, S. (1994) Phylogenies without fossils. Evolution, 48, 523--529. Nee, S., Holmes, E. C., Rambaut, A. and Harvey, P. H. (1995) Inferring population history from molecular phylogenies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 349, 25--31.

See Also

plot for the basic plotting function in R, skyline.plot, branching.times