Graeme Lloyd's database includes the data matrix for this study (and many others besides). Character descriptions are not included though, fyi.On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 7:11 PM Borja Holgado <bortx.holgado@gmail.com> wrote:Dear colleguaes,Does anyone have access to the data matrix of Neornithes made by Livezey & Zusi (2006)? The authors of this paper point out in the Abstract (p. 1):"The dimension of the character matrix also led us to enclose a CD of the data set in the present work to assist those seeking to improve, append, or refine our efforts"[...]...and the Appendix 2 (p. 501): "The enclosed compact disc contains the data matrixâ35 outgroups + 150 ingroups 185 taxa (rows) by 2,954 characters (columns)âthat corresponds to the characters described in the present monograph and subsequently analyzed (Livezey and Zusi 2006)."
Here is the reference and external link:Livezey BC, Zusi RL. 2006. Phylogeny of Neornithes. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 37: 1-544.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2992/0145-9058%282006%2937%5B1%3APON%5D2.0.CO%3B2
Thank you so much!--Borja Holgado, PhD student
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