Application of multivariate statistical techniques in microbial ecology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1032-1057

  Paliy, O ^a   Shankar, V ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

microbial communities; microbial ecology; microbiota; multivariate; ordination; statistics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 84959432157     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13536     Document Type: Review

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