STATS COURSE Spatial Analysis Multivariate Ecological Data

[Melanie Colón]

“Advances in Spatial Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory and

Practice”

 

http://prstatistics.com/course/advances-in-spatial-analysis-of-multivariate-

ecological-data-theory-and-practice/

 

This course is being delivered by Prof. Pierre Legendre who is a leading

expert in numerical ecology and author of the book titled ‘Numerical

ecology’

 

It will run from 11th – 15th July 2016 at SCENE Field Station, Loch Lomond

National Park, Scotland

 

The course will describe recent methods (concepts and R tools) that can be

used to analyse spatial patterns in community ecology. The umbrella concept

of the course is beta diversity, which is the spatial variation of

communities. These methods are applicable to all types of communities

(bacteria, plants, animals) sampled along transects, regular grids or

irregularly distributed sites. The new methods, collectively referred to as

spatial eigen-function analysis, are grounded into techniques commonly used

by community ecologists, which will be described first: simple ordination

(PCA, CA, PCoA), multivariate regression and canonical analysis,

permutation tests. The choice of dissimilarities that are appropriate for

community composition data will also be discussed. The focal question is to

determine how much of the community variation (beta diversity) is due to

environmental sorting and to community-based processes, including neutral

processes. Recently developed methods to partition beta diversity in

different ways will be presented. Extensions will be made to temporal and

space-time data.

 

Course content is as follows

 

Day 1

• Introduction to data analysis.

• Ordination in reduced space: principal component analysis (PCA),

correspondence analysis (CA), principal coordinate analysis (PCoA).

• Transformation of species abundance data tables prior to linear analyses.

 

Day 2

• Measures of similarity and distance, especially for community composition

data.

• Multiple linear regression. R-square, adjusted R-square, AIC, tests of

significance.

• Polynomial regression.

• Partial regression and variation partitioning.

 

Day 3

• Statistical testing by permutation.

• Canonical redundancy analysis (RDA) and canonical correspondence analysis

(CCA). Multivariate analysis of variance by canonical analysis.

• Forward selection of environmental variables in RDA.

 

Day 4

• Origin of spatial structures.

• Beta diversity partitioning and LCBD indices.

• Replacement and richness difference components of beta diversity.

 

Day 5

• Spatial modelling: Multi-scale modelling of the spatial structure of

ecological communities: dbMEM, generalized MEM, and AEM methods.

• Community surveys through space and time: testing the space-time

interaction in repeated surveys.

• Additional module depending on time – Is the Mantel test useful for

spatial analysis in ecology and genetics?

 

Please email any inquiries to oliverhooker@prstatistics.com

or visit our website www.prstatistics.com

or to book online http://prstatistics.com/course/advances-in-spatial-

analysis-of-multivariate-ecological-data-theory-and-practice/

 

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Upcoming courses - email for details oliverhooker@prstatistics.com

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GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (August)

INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING (August)

MODEL BASED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (October)

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Dates still to be confirmed - email for details

oliverhooker@prstatistics.com

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Oliver Hooker

PR~Statistics