[R-sig-eco] adonis once again

2011-04-01 Thread Jens Oldeland
Dear list members, I have a question again on adonis and whether the interpretation is correct. I must admit that I am a big fan of ANOSIM, I think it is pretty simple to explain, in contrast to adonis. I have plant species dataset based on a literature review. I have calculated the

[R-sig-eco] Do we have to cut a dendrogramm at a specific level or not

2011-03-06 Thread Jens Oldeland
Dear Group, I am currently preparing a lecture on 'Cluster Analysis' and I found two very different ways to interpret a dendrogram. The first option is to 'cut' a dendrogram at a specific height, like it is possible with the cluster package. The second option identifies the 'optimal

[R-sig-eco] GLS, GEE or LMM ??

2010-04-16 Thread Jens Oldeland
-- + Dipl.Biol. Jens Oldeland Biodiversity of Plants Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden University of Hamburg Ohnhorststr. 18 22609 Hamburg, Germany Tel:0049-(0)40-42816-407 Fax:0049-(0)40-42816-543 Mail: oldel...@botanik.uni-hamburg.de oldel...@gmx.de (for attachments

Re: [R-sig-eco] GLS, GEE or LMM ??

2010-04-16 Thread Jens Oldeland
not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. ~ John Tukey -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org] Namens Jens Oldeland Verzonden: vrijdag 16 april 2010 12:50 Aan: r-sig-ecology@r

Re: [R-sig-eco] GLS, GEE or LMM ??

2010-04-16 Thread Jens Oldeland
+ oyster_qm + meanspring, random = ~ 1 | bank, na.action=na.omit, method=ML, data=mussels, correlation = corAR1(form = ~ datumszahl)) Jens Oldeland wrote: Dear Ben, How many levels of bank are there? there are four banks, thus four levels and ... How many

[R-sig-eco] Fit of ordination axes always given?

2009-10-30 Thread Jens Oldeland
on that, thank you in advance, Jens // -- + Dipl.Biol. Jens Oldeland University of Hamburg Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden Ohnhorststr. 18 22609 Hamburg, Germany Tel:0049-(0)40-42816-407 Fax:0049-(0)40-42816-543 Mail: oldel...@botanik.uni

[R-sig-eco] using two distance metrices in formula

2009-10-13 Thread Jens Oldeland
between 2D-coordinates. But as I found out, there is only the possibility to use a dist object for LHS. Can anyone suggest a solution or had similar problems? best regards, Jens -- + Dipl.Biol. Jens Oldeland University of Hamburg Biocentre Klein Flottbek

Re: [R-sig-eco] using two distance metrices in formula

2009-10-13 Thread Jens Oldeland
. Modeling brain evolution from behavior: A permutational regression approach. Evolution 48: 1487-1499. Sarah On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Jens Oldeland oldel...@gmx.de wrote: Dear Sarah dear Jari, many thanks for your explanations. However, it wasnt what I thought about, sorry