[ECOLOG-L] Constrained NMDS?

Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 Skype: alexfadigas afso...@unisinos.br

[ECOLOG-L] Space in Community Ecology

ecies dissimilarity matrix. This second approach, however, seems somewhat indirect and with too many analyses for me. What do you thinkw Kind regards, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos

[ECOLOG-L] Distance-related puzzle

already. Any ideas are welcome. Best regards, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051

[ECOLOG-L] A solution to the problem of accessing envir matrices

. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 Skype: alexfadigas afso...@unisinos.br http

[ECOLOG-L] Compositional Comparison with Different Sampling Efforts

whishes, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 Skype: alexfadigas afso

[ECOLOG-L] Indication of Free Reference Manager Software

you purchase one of the most populat softwares (EndNote, Reference Manager) but most students do not. Thank you in advance, Sincerely, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos

[ECOLOG-L] Post on Free Reference Manager

penOffice and have been very pleased with *** Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 rama

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ECOLOG-L Digest - 6 Apr 2011 to 7 Apr 2011 (#2011-97)

Dear Laura, Regarding the dissemination of scientific thought: Are scientists making scientific findings readily accessible to the general > public? In general, no. Reader-friendly versions of regular research results are not commonly published in most cases. Results that reach the general pu

[ECOLOG-L] Ecological sensitivity of Australian rainforests to selective logging

Hello friends, Do anyone has the pdf of the review article ROSS HORNE and JOHN HICKEY 1991 Ecological sensitivity of Australian rainforests to selective logging. Australian Journal of Ecology Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 119–129. It is online since 2006 but I do not have access in my universi

[ECOLOG-L] Is academic publishing a racket? Yes

Dear Julie, I fully agree with Monbiot's criticism of scientific publishing by academic publishers and believe it is far from paranoia. The main scape out are the open journals. For many of us third world researchers the main difficulty regarding open journals are page charges. I believe it

[ECOLOG-L] Video Explains Devastating Forest Bill in Brazil

Dear friends, I have posted a video in Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9TJiCj-jE&feature=related in which I explain the controversy of the new Forest Bill that the Brazilian Congress has approved and that is now being debated in the Senate. Click the "cc" button in the lower pane to

[ECOLOG-L] Note on "Video Explains Devastating Forest Bill in Brazil"

Hello, As an obervation about my earlier message about the video that explains the proposed bill on the Brazilian forest code: the video was made a few months ago aiming at helping in the effort to better inform the Brazilian public opinion about the devastating consequences of the proppded b

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Neutral Theory Carried out to Physical Systems

Hi Mansour, Congratulations for your scientific initiative. Being out of the scientific community is an unfavourable position to do science but is by no means a final obstacle. See the recent example of a great contribution from Physics by Lou Jost on the calculation and interpretation of diver

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology What is it?

Hi Wayne, It is possible that the manifesto has been caught in between three worlds. In the world of ecology and conservation the article is not citable in most research papers, which deal with very specialized literature. I the world of sociology, which may study the phenomenon of environmental

[ECOLOG-L] PCA Factor Loadings in Vegan

? Thanks a lot, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 Skype

[ECOLOG-L] Post on Obtaining Factor Loadings in Vegan's PCA

OO <- prcomp(USArrests, scale = TRUE) bar <- rda(USArrests, scale = TRUE) loadings(foo) with(FOO, rotation) scores(bar, choices = 1:4, display = "species", scaling = 0) Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da

[ECOLOG-L] R: Multivariate Regression Trees: how to identify sample units?

in finding it. Do anyone knows how to solve this? Thank you in advance and all the best, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, S

[ECOLOG-L] Post and New Question on Multivariate Regression Trees: how to identify sample units?

Best wishes, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 Skype: alexfadigas

[ECOLOG-L] Post on How to Run a db-MRT

results than classic CART analysis. In package&function 'rpart' there is a switch to select the dissimilarity measure. Depending on your dataset you may be able to change the dissimilarity measure by simply transforming the data, for example, a sqrt transform would give square-ch

[ECOLOG-L] Help with Multiple Regression

ssion suffers from multicolinearity, which is greatly enhanced when we use product or quadratic terms of the environmental variables. What do you think about that? Best whishes, Alexandre Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silv

[ECOLOG-L] Defining Biodiversity

ver to you, Euan Dr. Euan G. Ritchie, Lecturer in Ecology, School of Life and Environmental = Sciences Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Le

[ECOLOG-L] Is someone willing to review a manuscript on grassland ecology?

Dear friends, I have just finished a manuscript on the effects of afforestation on the plant community composition and structure in southern Brazilian grasslands. They correspond to the northernmost part of the Pampas biome and are witnessing large-scale conversion to eucalypt plantations.

[ECOLOG-L] Grassland Article Review: Thank you

Dear friends, Yesterday I posted a message asking if someone was willing to review a manuscript I have written on the effects of afforestation on grassland ecology. I would like to thank the colleagues that wrote to me and tell you that I have already sent the ms to a number of colleagues t

[ECOLOG-L] Manuscript Review Exchange?

very much in advance, Alexandre -- Dr. Alexandre F. Souza Professor Adjunto III Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte CB, Departamento de Ecologia Campus Universitário - Lagoa Nova 59072-970 - Natal, RN - Brasil lattes: lattes.cnpq.br/7844758818522706 http://www.docente.ufrn.br/alexsouza

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Manuscript Review Exchange?

-- Forwarded message -- From: Alexandre F. Souza Date: 2017-02-04 8:12 GMT-03:00 Subject: Manuscript Review Exchange? To: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" < ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu> Dear Population Ecology/Plant Ecology friends, I have written

[ECOLOG-L] Willingness to review manuscript on Plant Functional Ecology

Dear Functional Ecology/Plant Ecology friends, I have written a manuscript on the relationships between plant traits in a harsh heath vegetation ecosystem in northeastern Brazil, using morphological, anatomical and biochemical traits, as well as establishing strategy gradients and their correspond

Re: [ECOLOG-L] PDF of Sarmiento 1975

Dear friends, Thank you for your quick reply and the pdf I requested! My institution is temporarily out of connection with JSTOR. Best, Alexandre -- Forwarded message -- From: Alexandre F. Souza Date: 2017-08-22 16:28 GMT-03:00 Subject: PDF of Sarmiento 1975 To: "Ecolo