The ouch package provides facilities for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck based methods of phylogenetic comparative analysis.
The basic class, ouchtree
, is provided to encode a phylogenetic tree.
Plot and print methods are provided.
The class browntree
derives from class ouchtree
and encodes the results of fitting a Brownian Motion model to data.
The class hansentree
derives from class ouchtree
and encodes the results of fitting a Hansen model to data.
ape2ouch
Convert a tree in ape format to ouch format.
See ape2ouch
Butler, M.A. and A.A. King (2004) Phylogenetic comparative analysis: a modeling approach for adaptive evolution. American Naturalist 164:683--695.