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phytools (version 0.4-45)

getCladesofSize: Get all subtrees larger than or equal to a specified size

Description

This function gets all subtrees that cannot be further subdivided into two reciprocally monophyletic subtrees of size >= clade.size.

Usage

getCladesofSize(tree, clade.size=2)

Arguments

tree
is an object of class "phylo".
clade.size
subtree size.

Value

  • An object of class "multiPhylo".

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.

See Also

extract.clade, getDescendants