Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) is a powerful statistical tool which enables
complex multivariate data sets to be visualized in a reduced number of dimensions. Users …

Ecologists have quantified Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) density in a wide variety
of conservation studies. Objective determination of Orthoptera population size is possible …

This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure
biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to …

Aim We explore the relationship between current European distributions of amphibian and
reptile species and observed climate, and project species potential distributions into the …

In this paper a novel multivariate method is proposed for the analysis of community
response data from designed experiments repeatedly sampled in time. The long‐term …

Airborne microbes (bacteria, archaea, protists, and fungi) were surveyed over a 7-y period
via high-throughput massive sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes in rain and snow …

We evaluated the incidence of microplastics in the digestive tract contents of four fish
species: Engraulis encrasicolus, Sardina pilchardus, Callionymus lyra and Mullus …

The reed Phragmites australis Cav. is aggressively invading salt marshes along the Atlantic
Coast of North America. We examined the interactive role of habitat alteration (ie, shoreline …

ANOSIM (Analysis of Similarities) is a robust non‐parametric hypothesis testing framework
for differences in resemblances among groups of samples. The generalised ANOSIM …

Abstract Over a 15-year period (1992–2007), weekly water samples were collected from the
L4 time-series station in the Western English Channel and analysed for phytoplankton …