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This book is primarily written for ecologists needing to analyse data resulting from field observations and experiments. It will be particularly useful for students and researchers dealing with complex ecological problems, such as the variation of biotic communities with environmental conditions or the response of biotic communities to experimental manipulation. Following a simple introduction to ordination methods, the text focuses on constrained ordination methods (RDA, CCA) and the use of permutation tests on statistical hypotheses of multivariate data. An overview of classification methods, or modern regression methods (GLM, GAM, loess), is provided and guidance on the correct interpretation of ordination diagrams is given. Seven case studies of varying difficulty help to illustrate the suggested analytical methods, using the Canoco for Windows software. The case studies utilise both the descriptive and manipulative approaches, and they are supported by data sets and project files available from the book website.

Ecology. --- Multivariate analysis. --- Ecology --- Multivariate analysis --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Statistical methods --- Multivariate distributions --- Multivariate statistical analysis --- Statistical analysis, Multivariate --- Analysis of variance --- Mathematical statistics --- Matrices --- 519.237 --- 57.087.1 --- 57.087.1 Biometry. Statistical study and treatment of biological data --- Biometry. Statistical study and treatment of biological data --- 519.237 Multivariate statistical methods --- Multivariate statistical methods --- ecology --- biota --- Data analysis --- computer applications --- Statistical methods. --- Ecologie --- Analyse multivariée --- Méthodes statistiques