phylospatial

[R PACKAGE] A toolkit for spatial phylogenetic analysis.

phylospatial is an R package I developed for spatial phylogentic analysis, a field that focuses on accounting for evolutionary relationships among taxa when describing biodiversity patterns. I created the package as a simplified interface for teaching purposes, so it aims to be streamlined rather than fully-featured, but it’s still suitable for a range of research objectives, such as the analyses in my recent paper on California plant conservation priorities. The library includes functions for computing:

• diversity measures like phylogenetic diversity
• turnover measures like phylogenetic betaendemism
• phylogenetic regionalization
• phylogenetic conservation prioritization

See the project repository on GitHub to install the package and see documentation and examples. Development is ongoing, and additional features and API changes may be added over time. Feel free to reach out if you have questions!