Cross Validated
2023-02-09 01:51 UTC
By JenMunoz
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How can I test for phylogenetic signal in a discrete trait ( i.e. counts of parasites)
I am running a PGLMM with a Poisson error distribution in R to evaluate the effect of sociality (binomial) in parasite loads. I want to test for phylogenetic signal in discrete data (e.g counts of parasites in bird species). However, I found several ways of testing for phylogenetic signal on continuous data (phytools::phylosig ..pagel's, K, ) and in categorical (data ape::delta), but not much in how to test this in discrete (count data). Any ideas will be really appreciated!
I am running a PGLMM with a Poisson error distribution in R to evaluate the effect of sociality (binomial) in parasite loads. I want to test for phylogenetic signal in discrete data (e.g counts of parasites in bird species). However, I found several ways of testing for phylogenetic signal on continuous data (phytools::phylosig ..pagel's, K, ) and in categorical (data ape::delta), but not much in how to test this in discrete (count data). Any ideas will be really appreciated!
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