Canonical Analysis A Review with Applications in Ecology
Relationships between sets of variables of different kinds are of interest in many branches of science. The question of the analysis of relationships of this sort has nevertheless rather surprisingly received less attention from statisticians and others than it would seem to deserve. Of the availabl...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Biomathematics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 The study of relationships
- 1.2 Objectives
- 1.3 Canonical analysis: overview
- I. Theory
- 2. Canonical correlations and canonical variates
- 3. Extensions and generalizations
- 4. Canonical variate analysis
- 5. Dual scaling
- II. Applications
- General introduction
- 6. Experiment 1: an investigation of spatial variation
- 7. Experiment 2: soil-species relationships in a limestone grassland community
- 8. Soil-vegetation relationships in a lowland tropical rain forest
- 9. Dynamic status of a lowland tropical rain forest
- 10. The structure of grassland vegetation in Anglesey, North Wales
- 11. The nitrogen nutrition of eight grass species
- 12. Herbivore-environment relationships in the Rwenzori National Park, Uganda
- III. Appraisal and Prospect
- 13. Applications: assessment and conclusions
- 14. Research issues and future developments
- Appendices
- A.1 Multivariate regression
- A.2 Data sets used in worked applications
- A.3 Species composition of a limestone grassland community
- References
- Species’ index
- Author index