picante (version 1.6-1)

Kcalc: K statistic of phylogenetic signal

Description

Calculates K statistic of phylogenetic signal

Usage

Kcalc(x, phy, checkdata=TRUE)

Arguments

x

Vector or data.frame of trait data (in phylo$tip.label order)

phy

phylo object

checkdata

Check for match between trait and phylogeny taxa labels using match.phylo.data? (default=TRUE)

Value

• K
  K statistic

References

Blomberg, S. P., and T. Garland, Jr. 2002. Tempo and mode in evolution: phylogenetic inertia, adaptation and comparative methods. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:899-910.

Blomberg, S. P., T. Garland, Jr., and A. R. Ives. 2003. Testing for phylogenetic signal in comparative data: behavioral traits are more labile. Evolution 57:717-745.

See Also

phylosignal

Examples

randtree <- rcoal(20)
randtraits <- rTraitCont(randtree)
Kcalc(randtraits[randtree$tip.label],randtree)