Intrinsic inference difficulties for trait evolution with Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1133-1146

  Ho, Lam Si Tung ^a   Ané, Cécile ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Change point model; Comparative method; Identifiability; Modified BIC; Selection regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913531711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12285     Document Type: Article

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