r-phytools 2.5-2

This package offers extensive tools for phylogenetic analysis. It focuses on phylogenetic comparative biology but also includes methods for visualizing, analyzing, manipulating, reading, writing, and inferring phylogenetic trees. Functions for comparative biology include ancestral state reconstruction, model fitting, and phylogeny and trait data simulation. A broad range of plotting methods includes mapping trait evolution on trees, projecting trees into phenotype space or geographic maps, and visualizing correlated speciation between trees. Additional functions allow for reading, writing, analyzing, inferring, simulating, and manipulating phylogenetic trees and comparative data. Examples include computing consensus trees, simulating trees and data under various models, and attaching species or clades to a tree either randomly or non-randomly. This package provides numerous tools for tree manipulations and analyses that are valuable for phylogenetic research.