Raw data graphing: An informative but under-utilized tool for the analysis of multivariate abundances

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-300

  Warton, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Dispersion; Mean variance relationship; Multidimensional scaling; Multivariate analysis; Ordination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISPERSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION;

EID: 42149150516     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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