Fast, Easy, and Publication‐Quality Ecological Analyses with PC‐ORD

Abstract

The recent version 6 release of the software PC‐ORD Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data (MjM Software 〈 www.pcord.com 〉) earns a solid A grade for ease of use, comprehensiveness of analysis tools, and excellent graphing capabilities. New features in version 6 include the addition of several analysis tools (PCoA, RDA, Sum F ), the enhancement of others (partial Mantel test, orthogonal rotation in NMS), additional graphing features (boxplots, convex hulls) and new options that finally make importing data from Excel easy.