Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

Steven W. Kembel; Peter D. Cowan; Matthew R. Helmus; William K. Cornwell; Hélène Morlon; David D. Ackerly; Simon P. Blomberg; Campbell O. Webb

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btq166

Abstract

Abstract Summary: Picante is a software package that provides a comprehensive set of tools for analyzing the phylogenetic and trait diversity of ecological communities. The package calculates phylogenetic diversity metrics, performs trait comparative analyses, manipulates phenotypic and phylogenetic data, and performs tests for phylogenetic signal in trait distributions, community structure and species interactions. Availability: Picante is a package for the R statistical language and environment written in R and C, released under a GPL v2 open-source license, and freely available on the web (http://picante.r-forge.r-project.org) and from CRAN (http://cran.r-project.org). Contact: skembel@uoregon.edu

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R packagePhylogenetic treeTraitPhylogenetic diversitySet (abstract data type)LicenseOpen sourceDiversity (politics)Software packageComputer scienceSoftwareBiologyData scienceEcologyEvolutionary biologySociologyProgramming languageAnthropology

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 26
Issue: 11
Pages: 1463-1464
Citations: 6016
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                                    Steven W. Kembel, 
                                
                                    Peter D. Cowan, 
                                
                                    Matthew R. Helmus
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology. 
                            Bioinformatics
                            , 26
                            (11)
                            , 1463-1464.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btq166
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq166