Hi all,
I collected grass species composition data in two plots per season. The
permanent plot is assumed not to be favoured by animals and it does not change
with season, hence the second plot is assumed to be favoured in that particular
season, for the next season we sampled another plot as led by
concentration/distribution of animals in the area. I sampled 100 points per
transect with two transects per plot. If for example in the first transect, the
100 points are composed of 10 spp A, 15, sppB, 5 spp C....it can be converted
to frequencies.percentages..e.g 10 % for spp A etc. I want to compare whether
there is any differences in species composition between the two plots, i.e the
permanent plot vs favoured plot in summmer. Also do the same thing in winter
(Permanent plot versus favoured plot in winter). I would want to conclude that
maybe...animals favoured plots with more ssp A in winter, while in summer they
favoured plots with spp F. I would like to be able to tell whether
species composition varies between permanent plost and favoured plots.
I was reading on multiresponse permutation procedures and some other
ordination techniques, i don`t know which is the best one.
I would be grateful of any advise.
Regards
Bethwell
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