Multivariate analysis in ecology and systematics: Panacea or Pandora's box?

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 129-166

  James, Frances C ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Multivariate analysis; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

PANACEA;

MORPHOMETRICS; MULTICOLLINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0025526046     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.21.110190.001021     Document Type: Article

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