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phytools (version 0.5-38)

splitplotTree: Plots a phylogeny in two columns

Description

Function plots a tree in two columns or windows.

Usage

splitplotTree(tree, fsize=1.0, ftype="reg", lwd=2, split=NULL, new.window=FALSE) plotTree.splits(tree, splits=NULL, file=NULL, fn=NULL, ...)

Arguments

tree
an object of class "phylo".
fsize
relative font size for tip labels.
ftype
font type - options are "reg", "i" (italics), "b" (bold), or "bi" (bold-italics).
lwd
line width for plotting.
split
relative vertical position for splitting the tree (between 0 & 1).
new.window
whether or not to plot the split tree in a new window. If FALSE then the tree will be plotted in two columns within the same plotting window.
splits
for plotTree.splits relative positions (from 0 to 1) to split the tree across pages or devices.
file
filename if saving to a PDF file is desired. Otherwise will plot to the default plotting device.
fn
function to be executed on each plotted page. For instance, might be: function() cladelabels() if clade labels are desired.
...
other arguments to be passed to plotTree.

Value

Plots a tree.

References

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

See Also

plotTree, plotSimmap