… We introduce a method that infers selection using principal components (PCs) by identifying
… show that it is a rare example of independent evolution on two continents. We also detect …

… The first principal component in the cranial analysis (figure 2a) shows a clear split
between … Along the second principal component, taxa at the negative extreme of the axis (lagomorphs, …

… We first performed principal components analysis (PCA) on each of five niche dimensions
separately. To create a continuous niche ordination, resulting component scores from the …

… this matrix to its principal components. We next computed the principal component scores of
… , we then computed the variance in the principal component scores from the species means. …

… To test this hypothesis, we investigated the evolutionary relationships in the Eremiadini
using a multi-locus phylogenetic approach, in combination with principal components analysis …

… Environmental niches of the 13 African Guibourtia species in two main environmental axes
produced by the principal component analysis (PCA-ent) applied on 401 occurrences. For …

… evolution and thus demands an explanation (Wake et al. 2011). Convergent evolution has
… importance of multiple and sometimes opposing evolutionary processes. As such, confusion …

… Then, taking into the phylogenetic effect, the principal components of the Procrustes
coordinates were projected in the phylomorphospace plot by using the phytools package in R (…

… For the size vector and for the size-corrected phylogenetic principal components of shape
variation, we evaluated four models that have different implications for understanding the …

… can be fit to individual principal components. The problem with … few principal components
of traits evolved under constant-rate multivariate Brownian motion will appear to have evolved …