Functional and Phylogenetic Ecology in R

• Main Author: Swenson, Nathan G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Use R!,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Evolutionary Biology.

Functional and Phylogenetic Ecology in R is designed to teach readers to use R for phylogenetic and functional trait analyses. Over the past decade, a dizzying array of tools and methods were generated to incorporate phylogenetic and functional information into traditional ecological analyses. Incre...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Phylogenetic Data in R
• Phylogenetic Diversity
• Functional Diversity
• Phylogenetic & Functional Beta Diversity
• Null Models
• Comparative Methods & Phylogenetic Signal
• Partitioning the Phylogenetic, Functional, Environmental and Spatial Components of Community Diversity
• Integrating R with Other Phylogenetic and Functional Trait Analytical Software
• References
• Index.