Acknowledgements, introduction and overview of methods |
Chapter 1: Sampling |
Chapter 6: Analysis of counts of trees |
Chapter 2: Data preparation |
Chapter 7: Analysis of presence or absence of species |
Chapter 3: Doing biodiversity analysis with Biodiversity.R |
Chapter 8: Analysis of differences in species composition |
Chapter 4: Analysis of species richness |
Chapter 9: Analysis of ecological distance by clustering |
Chapter 5: Analysis of diversity |
Chapter 10: Analysis of ecological distance by ordination |
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The manual also introduces a powerful
new software programme, BiodiversityR, that is capable
of performing all the statistical analyses described
in the book. The software is built using the free
R language and environment for statistical computing,
and several of its libraries such as the vegan community
ecology package and the R-commander graphical user
interface.
The original software is provided on the CD-ROM,
but the software has recently been developed into
a standard package for R (version 2.5). Follow these
links to access the updated software:
As the R package and its additional packages keep
changing, we can not promise that we will be able
to keep up to speed with these developments. However,
check this space for updates. |
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Authors
Roeland Kindt is an ecologist with interests in community ecology, conservation, ecoagriculture and training. He is currently leading a World Agroforestry Centre project on enhanced utilization of tree diversity at the landscape level.
Richard Coe is a biometrician and has more than 25 years experience in providing research support to scientists in the fields of ecology, agroforestry and natural resource management. He is leading the Research Support Unit of the World Agroforestry Centre.
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Questions & Answers
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Reviews
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Sponsors
Funding for the production and publication of this manual was provided by the Programme for Cooperation with International Institutes (SII), Education and Development Division of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and VVOB (The Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance, Flanders, Belgium).
This manual was inspired by research, development and extension activities initiated by ICRAF on tree and landscape diversification. We are grateful to the various donor agencies that have funded these activities, especially VVOB, DFID, USAID and EU.
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