Maps a discrete character onto the edges of the tree using variable edge widths.

edge.widthMap

A wide range of methods for phylogenetic analysis - concentrated in phylogenetic comparative biology, but also including numerous techniques for visualizing, analyzing, manipulating, reading or writing, and even inferring phylogenetic trees. Included among the functions in phylogenetic comparative biology are various for ancestral state reconstruction, model-fitting, and simulation of phylogenies and trait data. A broad range of plotting methods for phylogenies and comparative data include (but are not restricted to) methods for mapping trait evolution on trees, for projecting trees into phenotype space or a onto a geographic map, and for visualizing correlated speciation between trees. Lastly, numerous functions are designed for reading, writing, analyzing, inferring, simulating, and manipulating phylogenetic trees and comparative data. For instance, there are functions for computing consensus phylogenies from a set, for simulating phylogenetic trees and data under a range of models, for randomly or non-randomly attaching species or clades to a tree, as well as for a wide range of other manipulations and analyses that phylogenetic biologists might find useful in their research.

Liam Revell

phytools

Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

edge.widthMap function

Map continuous trait evolution on the tree — edge.widthMap

<dl>

 	<dt>tree</dt>
<dd>object of class <code>"phylo"</code>.</dd>

	<dt>x</dt>
<dd>a numerical vector of phenotypic trait values for species. <code>names(x)</code> should contain the species names and match <code>tree$tip.label</code>. Or, for <code>plot.edge.widthMap</code>, an object of class <code>"edge.widthMap"</code>.</dd>

	<dt>max.width</dt>
<dd>maximum edge width in plot units.</dd>

	<dt>legend</dt>
<dd>label for the plot legend.</dd>

	<dt>...</dt>
<dd>optional arguments - especially for the <code>plot</code> method. Perhaps the most important of these is <code>min.width</code>, which defaults to <code>0</code> but could probably be increased for many datasets and graphical devices. Other arguments are passed internally to <code>plotTree</code>.</dd>

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Liam Revell <a href='mailto:liam.revell@umb.edu'>liam.revell@umb.edu</a>

edge.widthMap: Map continuous trait evolution on the tree

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