Application of hypercorrelated matrices in ecological research
2014
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Ecological data matrices often require some form of pre-processing so that any undesirable effects (e.g. the variable size effect) may be removed from multivariate analyses. This paper describes hypercorrelation, a simple data transformation that improves ordination methods significantly. Hypercorrelated matrices efficiently eliminate the ‘arch’ (or Guttman) effect, a spurious polynomial relation between ordination axes. These matrices reduce the sensitivity of correspondence analysis to outliers. Canonical analyses (canonical correspondence analysis and redundancy analysis) of hypercorrelated matrices are resistant to undesirable effects of missing data. Finally, the hypercorrelation extends applicability of “linear ordination method” (principal components analysis and redundancy analysis) to sparse (high beta diversity) matrices.
Ključne reči:
Arch Effect; Beta diversity; (Canonical) Correspondence Analysis; Hypercorrelation; Missing Data; Outliers; Principal Components Analysis; Redundancy AnalysisIzvor:
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2014, 2, 4, 57-62Finansiranje / projekti:
- Ekofiziološke adaptivne strategije biljaka u uslovima multipnog stresa (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173018)
- Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity (EU-FP7-603629)