Hi Howie, I can recommend two texts, both of which are very much ecology orientated. The first is "Vegetation Description & Analysis: A Practical Approach" by Kent and Coker. A very good text covering the history of the developement of most of the techniques through to use and interpretation. From the mid '90s. The second is McCune and Grace's "Analysis of Ecological Communities." 2002. This covers the major ordination techniques and goes as far SEM. A very good book, it makes a very good partner to PCOrd. These books were recommended reading on a course that I took a few years ago and helped alot! I have no problems recommending them at all.
Hope this helps, Alan Email: [email protected] Mobile: +41794385586 Skype: aghaynes On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Howie Neufeld <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All - I confess to having last taken multivariate statistics back in > 1977, but to have used them very infrequently since then. Thus, I am not up > on the latest texts for this discipline. > Therefore, I would like to ask if anyone can recommend a recent, but VERY > BASIC introductory text for multivariate analysis, perhaps with an > ecological emphasis? I would like to emphasize the "VERY BASIC" aspect of > my request. Most texts that I have perused, I openly confess, are beyond > me. I need to start at the beginning, again. > And dare I ask (or even want to know!) if there is a Multivariate for > Dummies out there? > Thanks! > Howie Neufeld > > -- > Dr. Howard S. Neufeld, Professor > Department of Biology > 572 Rivers Street > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > > email: [email protected] > departmental webpage: > http://www.biology.appstate.edu/faculty/neufeldhs.htm > personal webpage: > http://www.appstate.edu/~neufeldhs/index.html<http://www.appstate.edu/%7Eneufeldhs/index.html> > > Tel: 828-262-2683 > Fax: 828-262-2127 >
