Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
A large-scale evaluation of tree shape indices reveals potential pitfalls
Luise Häuser, Alexandros Stamatakis
The paper evaluates 54 tree shape indices on 45 million empirical trees, revealing rooting and size dependencies, and recommends selecting uncorrelated indices for reliable tree shape analysis.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.03.748783