To cite the ‘ouch’ package in publications, use:

M. A. Butler and A. A. King (2004). Phylogenetic comparative analysis: a modeling approach for adaptive evolution. American Naturalist 164:683–695.<doi:10.1086/426002>.

Additionally, consider citing the package itself:

Aaron A. King and Marguerite A. Butler (2024). ouch: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models for phylogenetic comparative hypotheses. (R package, version 2.20-0). https://kingaa.github.io/ouch/

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    author = {Aaron A. King and Marguerite A. Butler},
    title = {Phylogenetic comparative analysis: a modeling approach for
      adaptive evolution},
    journal = {American Naturalist},
    year = {2004},
    volume = {164},
    pages = {683--695},
    doi = {10.1086/426002},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {ouch: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models for phylogenetic
      comparative hypotheses},
    author = {Aaron A. King and Marguerite A. Butler},
    year = {2024},
    note = {R~package, version~2.20-0},
    url = {https://kingaa.github.io/ouch/},
  }