Open AccessMacroCAIC: revealing correlates of species richness by comparative analysis
Author(s) -
Agapow PaulMichael,
Isaac Nick J. B.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
diversity and distributions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.918
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1472-4642
pISSN - 1366-9516
DOI - 10.1046/j.1366-9516.2001.00121.x
Subject(s) - species richness , ecology , body size and species richness , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetic diversity , species diversity , identification (biology) , diversity (politics) , geography , biology , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology , gene
. Studies of species richness have been hampered by the use of methods that fail to account for phylogenetic non‐independence of character states. MacroCAIC is a computer program that extends the method of phylogenetically independent contrasts to encompass species‐richness data. It examines user‐selected characters for correlation with species richness, thus allowing clearer identification of the factors driving large‐scale patterns of diversity.