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phytools (version 2.1-1)

strahlerNumber: Computes Strahler number for trees and nodes

Description

Computes the Strahler number of all nodes and tips in a phylogenetic tree.

Usage

strahlerNumber(tree, plot=TRUE)
extract.strahlerNumber(tree, i, plot=TRUE)

Value

Either a vector with the Strahler number for each tip and internal node; or (for extract.strahlerNumber the set of (most inclusive) subtrees with Strahler number i as an object of class "multiPhylo".

Arguments

tree

an object of class "phylo".

i

order of Strahler number to extract for extract.strahlerNumber.

plot

logical value indicating whether to plot the tree with Strahler numbers for node labels.

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

The function strahlerNumber computes the Strahler number of all nodes and tips in the tree. For more information about Strahler numbers see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strahler_number. The function extract.strahlerNumber extracts all of the most inclusive clades of Strahler number i.

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.