[R] How to analyse this type of data...?

2011-09-30 Thread _Luc_
We have data on habitat use of a bird species (30 radio-tracked individuals). We followed each bird every day for ~45 min for 6 weeks. We recorded a number of things, each minute (a device would beep every minute and we would write down a number of variables). I recorded for example at what kind

Re: [R] How to analyse this type of data...?

2011-09-30 Thread ONKELINX, Thierry
Dear Luc, IMHO a multinomial mixed model is appropriate for your data. It allows you to model tree species with bird id and period as covariates. Have a look at the vignette of the MCMCglmm package. You will find an example on hornets. Best regards, Thierry PS R-sig-mixed models is a better