Interpreting Ecological Data The Interpretation of Ecological Data: A Primer on Classification and Ordination E. C. Pielou

Abstract

A detailed introduction to the methods used by ecologists--classification and ordination--to clarify and interpret large, unwieldy masses of multivariate field data. Permits ecologists to understand, not just mechanically use, pre-packaged programs for multivariate analysis. Demonstrates these techniques using artificial data simple enough for every analytical step to be understood.