Description

This tree was used in Figure 2 of Leprieur et al. (2005) to demonstrate the nestedness and turnover components of phylogenetic beta diversity.

Usage

Format

leprieur_tree is a phylogenetic tree with 8 tips, labeled a-h. It was created with the ape library. All edges (branches) in the tree are of length 1.

Source

Leprieur F, Albouy C, De Bortoli J, Cowman PF, Bellwood DR, Mouillot D. Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between "true" turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e42760. 10.1371/journal.pone.0042760