Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology

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Paperback | 14 June 1982

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Ecologists are making increasing use of computer methods in analyzing ecological data on plant and animal communities. Ecological problems naturally involve numerous variables and numerous individuals or samples. Multivariate techniques permit the summary of large, complex sets of data and provide the means to tackle many problems that cannot be investigated experimentally because of practical restraints. Ecologists are thus enabled to group similar species and similar sample sites together, and to generate hypotheses about environmental and historical factors that affect the communities. This timely book presents a full critical description of three methodologies - direct gradient analysis, ordination, and classification - from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. Both traditional and new methods are presented. Using a wide range of illustrative examples, Hugh Gauch provides an up-to-date synthesis of this field, which will be of interest to advanced students and ecologists. These mathematical tools are also used in a wide variety of other areas, from natural resource management and agronomy to the social and political sciences.

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"This is an interesting, readable book...There is much that is wise and thought-provoking in this book." Ecology "Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional ecological researchers will benefit from Gauch's up-to-date synthesis of the field and a wide range of illustrative examples." Journal of Range Management

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Historical perspective	p. 2
The two-way data matrix	p. 4
Aspects of community data	p. 7
Multivariate methods	p. 12
Evaluation of multivariate methods	p. 29
The human factor	p. 30
Successive refinement	p. 35
Purposes of multivariate analysis	p. 37
An overview	p. 40
Sampling methods	p. 43
General considerations	p. 44
Standard community sampling procedures	p. 63
Environmental and historical data	p. 70
Direct gradient analysis	p. 72
Basic purposes and example	p. 72
Methods	p. 78
Results	p. 79
Data set properties	p. 96
Simulated data	p. 102
Discussion	p. 104
Ordination	p. 109
Five conceptual spaces	p. 110
The purposes of ordination	p. 118
Ordination techniques	p. 120
Evaluation of ordination techniques	p. 164
Interpretation and presentation of results	p. 168
Classification	p. 173
Classification theory	p. 174
Classification techniques	p. 181
Evaluation of classification techniques	p. 203
Discussion	p. 209
Applications	p. 211
General recommendations	p. 211
Applied community ecology	p. 221
Related fields	p. 231
Distant fields	p. 236
Discussion	p. 240
Conclusions	p. 242
Available computer programs	p. 246
References	p. 248
Index	p. 295
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