carni19                 package:ade4                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set describes the phylogeny of carnivora as reported by
     Diniz-Filho et al. (1998). It also gives the body mass of these 19
     species.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(carni19)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     'carni19' is a list containing the 2 following objects : 

     _t_r_e is a character string giving the phylogenetic tree in Newick
          format. 

     _b_m is a numeric vector which values correspond to the body mass of
          the 19 species (log scale).

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., de Sant'Ana, C.E.R. and Bini, L.M. (1998) 
     An eigenvector method for estimating phylogenetic inertia.
     _Evolution_, *52*, 1247-1262.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(carni19)
     carni19.phy <- newick2phylog(carni19$tre)
     par(mfrow = c(1,2))
     symbols.phylog(carni19.phy,carni19$bm-mean(carni19$bm))
     dotchart.phylog(carni19.phy, carni19$bm, clabel.l=0.75)
     par(mfrow = c(1,1))

