Character distribution maps: a visualization method for comparative cladistics. (2nd November 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whitlock, John A.; Wilson, Jeffrey A.
• Is Part Of: Acta zoologica. Volume 94:Number 4(2013:Oct.)
• Page Start: 490
• Page End: 499
• Publication Date: 2012-11-02
• Subjects: Zoology -- Periodicals; 590
• DOI: 10.1111/azo.12006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0001-7272

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="azo12006-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The rise of computational methods and widespread availability of phylogenetic software packages has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of phylogenetic analyses published each year. We anticipate that as the number of workers and the number of analyses continues to increase, interest in so‐called 'meta‐analyses' that compare not just the resultant trees, but the data themselves, will also increase. Here, we demonstrate a simple method for authors to facilitate such comparisons by visually representing the character data included in their analyses, the Character Distribution Map (CDM).</p> </abstract>