Putting phylogeny into the analysis of biological traits: A methodological approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 693-701

  Jombart, Thibaut ^a   Pavoine, Sandrine ^b   Devillard, Sébastien ^c   Pontier, Dominique ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Multivariate; Phylogenetic principal component analysis; Phylogenetic signal; PPCA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952666807     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.038     Document Type: Article

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