phytools (version 0.4-31)

rateshift: Find the temporal position of one or more rate shifts

Description

Function finds the location of one or more rate shifts.

Usage

rateshift(tree, x, nrates=1, niter=10, ...)

Arguments

tree

object of class "phylo".

x

vector of phenotypic trait values for species. names(x) should contain the species names and match tree$tip.label.

nrates

number of rates.

niter

number of iterations of optimization routine to ensure convergence.

...

optional arguments.

Value

• An object of class "rateshift".

See Also

brownie.lite