Table 2 Estimates of speciation (λ) and extinction (μ) rates from simulated phylogenies.
From: A Bayesian framework to estimate diversification rates and their variation through time and space
Simulation settings | Estimates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
no. of tips (ρ) | λ | μ | λMEAN(rel. error) | μMEAN(rel. error) |
50 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.47 (-0.07) | - |
100 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.48 (-0.04) | - |
50 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.57 (0.14) | 0.23 (3.61) |
100 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.55 (0.10) | 0.18 (2.55) |
50 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.49 (-0.03) | 0.28 (0.11) |
100 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.52 (0.03) | 0.30 (0.20) |
50 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.49 (-0.02) | 0.43 (-0.04) |
100 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.49 (-0.02) | 0.44 (-0.03) |
100 (25%) | 1 | 0 | 1.09 (0.09) | - |
200 (50%) | 1 | 0 | 1.07 (0.07) | - |
300 (75%) | 1 | 0 | 1.06 (0.06) | - |
400 (100%) | 1 | 0 | 1.05 (0.05) | - |
100 (25%) | 1 | 0.9 | 0.99 (-0.02) | 0.82 (-0.09) |
200 (50%) | 1 | 0.9 | 1.02 (0.02) | 0.85 (-0.05) |
300 (75%) | 1 | 0.9 | 1.04 (0.03) | 0.88 (-0.03) |
400 (100%) | 1 | 0.9 | 1.04 (0.04) | 0.89 (-0.01) |