Comparative methods workshop - 18 May 2016 Leipzig

Comparative Methods in R
18 May, 2016
iDiv, Leipzig, Germany

Welcome to this short course in comparative methods in R. The course materials can be found here.

Files you will need:

anolisDataAppended.csv
anolis.phy
multiple_trees.phy
phel2.phy
phelsuma.csv

Review materials:

basics.R
Also see this intro to basic R.

My files from the day
zip file

Schedule

9:00 - 9:30 AM 
Lecture 1: What is the point of comparative methods? pdf

9:30 - 10:00 AM 
Demonstration 1: Reading trees into R, matching tip data R script

10:00 - 10:30 AM 
Exercise 1: Comparative data in R
answer is here - along with all of the things I did in the morning session!

10:30 - 10:45 AM - Coffee break

10:45 - 11:00 AM
Lecture 2: What is a phylogenetic correlation? pdf

11:00 - 11:30 AM
Demonstration 2: PICs, PGLS, and ancestral states R script

11:30 - 12:30 AM
Exercise 2: Coding with pizza

12:30 - 2:00 PM - Lunch

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Lecture 3: Fitting macroevolutionary models to data pdf

2:30 - 3:00 PM
Demonstration 3: Fitting models using geiger code

3:00 - 3:30 PM
Exercise 3: Which model is the best exercise

3:30 - 3:45 PM - Coffee break

3:45 - 4:15 PM
Demonstration 4: Plotting using phytools code

4:15 - 5:00 PM

Wrap-up exercise: lightning analysis

5:15 - 5:30 PM
Presentations of lightning analysis