Re: [ECOLOG-L] Indication of reference on multivariate analyses

A decent primer on MV stats: Multivariate Statistical Analysis, a Conceptual Introduction. Sam Kash Kachigan 1991 (2nd ed.) Radius Press, New York ISBN: 0 942154 91 6 The following book does not cover all of MV stats, but it does a nice job of describing ordination techniques: Data Analysis

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Indication of reference on multivariate analyses

Hi all, I used this book when I took a MV class, and I liked it a lot. Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research K. McGarigal, S. Cushman, S. Stafford Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000 Best, Makiri Makiri Sei, Ph. D. Postdoctoral Fellow 146 Pearson Hall Department of Zoology

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Indication of reference on multivariate analyses

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:40:48 +, Alexandre Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, Would you indicate an accessible, readable, and yet complete book on multivariate statistics in ecology? I have been using mostly Legendre, which is inquestionably complete, but definitely not friendly

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[ECOLOG-L] References on multivariate analysis

I've had two texts on multivariate analysis brought to my attention, both of which focus on nonparametric multivariate techniques appropriate to ecological data (i.e., useful for hopelessly non-normal data where many datapoints are clustered near zero, where datasets include large numbers of

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Indication of reference on multivariate analyses

Dr. Souza (and friends), This guide is certainly an accessible and readable introduction to multivariate statistics: McCune, Bruce, James B. Grace, and Dean L. Urban. 2002. Analysis of ecological communities. MjM Software Design, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA. You can order a copy here: