Supplement 1. Data set for the bird communities.

File List birds.txt -- data set for the analysis of bird communities Description The data set consists of a data frame, with species as rows and sample sites as columns. Labels for the sites are codes : the first three letters indicate the local region ['Alg' (Algeria), 'Bur' (Burgundy), 'Cor' (Corsica), 'Pol' (Poland) and 'Pro' (Provence)] and numbers indicate the vegetation stage (from 1 bushy to 6 forested). From this data set, one can obtain the results given in the article by following the instructions provided in Appendix A. This data set comes from the combination of two studies whose references are given below :<br> Blondel, J., and H. Farré. 1988. The convergent trajectories of bird communities along ecological successions in European forests. Œcologia (Berlin) <b>75</b>:83–93.<br> Abouheif, E. 1999. A method for testing the assumption of phylogenetic independence in comparative data. Evolutionary Ecology Research <b>1</b>:895–909.

文件列表：birds.txt——用于鸟类群落分析的数据集

描述：本数据集包含一个数据框（data frame），以物种为行，采样点位为列。点位标签采用编码形式：前三位字母代表所在区域['Alg'（阿尔及利亚Algeria）、'Bur'（勃艮第Burgundy）、'Cor'（科西嘉Corsica）、'Pol'（波兰Poland）以及'Pro'（普罗旺斯Provence）]，数字代表植被演替阶段（从1级灌丛生境至6级森林生境）。通过本数据集，可按照附录A中给出的操作步骤复现该论文中的分析结果。本数据集整合自两项已发表研究，其参考文献如下：<br> Blondel, J. 与 H. Farré. 1988. 欧洲森林生态演替沿线鸟类群落的趋同演替轨迹. 《Œcologia (Berlin)》<b>75</b>: 83–93.<br> Abouheif, E. 1999. 一种检验比较数据中系统发育独立性（phylogenetic independence）假设的方法. 《Evolutionary Ecology Research》<b>1</b>: 895–909.