BAMMtools {BAMMtools}

BAMMtools

Description

An R package for the analysis and visualization of complex macroevolutionary dynamics. Functions in BAMMtools are oriented entirely around analysis of results obtained using the BAMM software (http://bamm-project.org/).

Author(s)

Dan Rabosky, Mike Grundler, Pascal Title, Jonathan Mitchell, Carlos Anderson, Jeff Shi, Joseph Brown, Huateng Huang

References

http://bamm-project.org/

Rabosky, D., M. Grundler, C. Anderson, P. Title, J. Shi, J. Brown, H. Huang and J. Larson. 2014. BAMMtools: an R package for the analysis of evolutionary dynamics on phylogenetic trees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 701-707.

Rabosky, D. L. 2014. Automatic detection of key innovations, rate shifts, and diversity-dependence on phylogenetic trees. PLoS ONE 9: e89543.

Shi, J. J., and D. L. Rabosky. 2015. Speciation dynamics during the global radiation of extant bats. Evolution 69: 1528-1545.

Rabosky, D. L., F. Santini, J. T. Eastman, S. A. Smith, B. L. Sidlauskas, J. Chang, and M. E. Alfaro. 2013. Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2958.