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phytools (version 0.5-64)

branching.diffusion: Animation of branching random diffusion

Description

This function creates an animation of branching random diffusion (i.e., BM with speciation).

Usage

branching.diffusion(sig2=1, b=0.0023, time.stop=1000, ylim=NULL, smooth=TRUE, pause=0.02, record=NULL, path=NULL)

Arguments

sig2
variance of BM process.
b
birthrate for branching process.
time.stop
number of generations to run.
ylim
y limits (for plotting).
smooth
no longer used.
pause
pause (in s) between generations.
record
filename for video file output (no video if NULL).
path
full path to file for video rendering (by default is C:/Program Files/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg.exe).

Value

An animated plot and (optionally) a recorded video file. For animation to be recorded to file, the function requires the package "animation" as well as a video renderer.

References

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

See Also

bmPlot, fastBM