Hi Martina and everyone else, I am facing the exact same problem (negative lambdas) no matter what start number I give to corPagel. Did you figure it out if it is possible Martina? Does anybody has any hint on this subject?
Many thanks. Renata Renata Brandt Departamento de Biologia - FFCLRP Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brasil (11) 99275 6353 __ \/_ (' \`\ _\, \ \\/ /`\/\ \\ \ \\ \ \\/\/_ /\ \\'\ __\ `\\\ /|` `\\ \\ \\ \\ , `---' On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM, M.S.Muller <m.s.mul...@rug.nl> wrote: > Hi all, > > Today I performed a PGLS model using the ape package that gave me a very > negative value for lambda (-1.1). I remember I had seen a post by someone > in the past suggesting that a negative lambda was nothing to be alarmed > about and that it simply meant that traits of closely related species were > more different that would be expected by random chance (or something to > that effect). Does this sound right? And if yes, does anyone have a > reference (or a person of authority) I could cite for it? > > Thanks a lot in advance! > > Martina > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-phylo mailing list - R-sig-phylo@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-phylo > Searchable archive at > http://www.mail-archive.com/r-sig-phylo@r-project.org/ > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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