phytools (version 0.7-70)

make.era.map: Create "era" map on a phylogenetic tree

Description

This function creates a temporal map on the tree based on limits provided by the user.

Usage

make.era.map(tree, limits, ...)

Arguments

tree

an object of class "phylo".

limits

a vector containing the temporal limits, in time since the root node of the tree, for the mappings. The first number should be 0, and each subsequent number should be the start of each subsequent regime or era to be mapped on the tree.

...

optional arguments.

Value

An object of class "simmap" with the specified eras mapped as different regimes.

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.

See Also

make.simmap, read.simmap, plotSimmap

Examples

# NOT RUN {
tree<-pbtree(n=1000,scale=100)
tree<-make.era.map(tree,c(0,25,50,75))
plot(tree,ftype="off",lwd=1)
par(mar=c(5.1,4.1,4.1,2.1)) ## reset margins to default
# }