DATA: Both et van Wirdum (1981), Farjon et Wiertz (1989) DIRECTORY: \CANOCO\SAMPLES\PERMUTIO\GRID PROBLEM: Effect of pH and water-depth on plant species in a wetland ILLUSTRATION OF: + How to obtain a permutation test that accounts for spatial autocorrelation when sampling points are on a grid + How to check whether the grid dimensions are 5*4 or 4*5 + How to specify a permutation of plots (i.e. pairs of samples) _______________________________________________________________________________ FILE TYPE | FILE NAME | DESCRIPTION -------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------- SPECIES | grid_spe.dta | 100 plant species in 20 plots arranged in | | a 5*4 grid, sampled in 1977 and 1988 ENVIRONMENT | grid_env.dta | plot, strip and year indicators, pH and water | | depth PROJECTS | grid88.con | toroidal permutation test of the pH effect on | | the samples from 1988 only (5*4 grid) | grid_err.con | as above but with wrong grid dimensions (4*5) | grid7788.con | toroidal permutation test of paired samples to | | test the pH effect on all samples (5*4 grid) | whol_err.con | wrong attempt to test the pH effect, namely by | | permutation within sample pairs -------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------- Both, J.C. & Van Wirdum, G.(1981): Waterhuishouding, bodem en vegetatie van enkele Gelderse natuurgebieden, RIN-report nr. 81/18. Rijksinstituut voor Natuurbeheer, Leersum. Farjon, A. & Wiertz, J.(1989): Milieu- en vegetatieverandering in het schraalland van Koolmansdijk (gemeente Lichtenvoorde) 1952-1988. RIN-rapport 89/18. Rijksinstituut voor Natuurbeheer (Leersum).