Multivariate analyses in microbial ecology

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-160

  Ramette, Alban ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gradient; Modeling; Multivariate; Ordination; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348933745     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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