Advances in Spatial Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory and Practice
Delivered by Prof. Pierre Legendre https://www.prstatistics.com/course/advances-in-spatial-analysis-of- multivariate-ecological-data-theory-and-practice-mvsp03/ This course will run from 7th - 11th May 2018 at Orford Musique, 3165 Chemin du Parc, Orford, QC J1X 7A2, Canada Course Overview: 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 Monday 7th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00 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. Tuesday 8th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00 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. Wednesday 9th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00 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. Thursday 10th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00 Origin of spatial structures. Beta diversity partitioning and LCBD indices Replacement and richness difference components of beta diversity. Friday 11th – Classes from 09:00 to 16:00 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? 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