hyperoverlap : Detecting biological overlap in n ‐dimensional space

Comparative biological studies often investigate the morphological, physiological or ecological divergence (or overlap) between entities such as species or populations. Here we discuss the weaknesses of using existing methods to analyse patterns of phenotypic overlap and present a novel method to analyse co‐occurrence in multidimensional space. We propose a ‘hyperoverlap’ framework to detect qualitative overlap (or divergence) between point...