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Extracts an island clade based on the ancestral state reconstruction of the species presence on the island, therefore this clade can contain non-endemic species as well as endemic species.

Usage

extract_asr_clade(phylod, species_label, clade, include_not_present)

Arguments

phylod

A phylo4d object from the package phylobase containing phylogenetic and endemicity data for each species.

species_label

The tip label of the species of interest.

clade

A numeric vector which the indices of the species which are in the island clade.

include_not_present

A boolean determining whether species not present on the island should be included in island colonist when embedded within an island clade. Default is FALSE.

Value

An object of Island_colonist class