PCPS – an R-package for exploring phylogenetic eigenvectors across metacommunities

PCPS is an R package for exploring phylogenetic eigenvectors across metacommunities. It offers a set of functions for analyzing principal coordinates of phylogenetic structure (PCPS), allowing analysis of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of species at the metacommunity level, and the association between each PCPS and environmental, spatial and historical factors. The package is a flexible solution for exploring the distribution of major phylogenetic lineages across ecological or biogeographic gradients. The package is freely available on the CRAN official web server for R.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Frontiers of biogeography

• Publication date

  2014-09-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.21425/F5FBG22943
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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