N. Kutsukake

Phylogenetic comparative analyses of the determinants of anti-predator distraction behavior in shorebirds

The paper investigates factors influencing anti-predator distraction behavior in shorebirds using phylogenetic comparative analyses across 169 species, finding that smaller and solitary species are more likely to exhibit this behavior.

A multivariate phylogenetic comparative method incorporating a flexible function between discrete and continuous traits

This paper develops a multivariate phylogenetic comparative method that models the evolution of interrelated continuous and discrete traits using approximate Bayesian computation.