Data from vegetation succession study is usually a matrix of plot × species × time.It is difficult to analyse this kind of data at present.A simple technique,clustercentering ordination is described in this ...Data from vegetation succession study is usually a matrix of plot × species × time.It is difficult to analyse this kind of data at present.A simple technique,clustercentering ordination is described in this paper,which can be used to analyse such a matrix directly.The data of 5 permanent plots in 7 years of inlands and grasslands in Kootwijki,the Netherlands,is analysed using this method as an application example.The results obviously illustrate the trend,direction and speedof community succession and can be easily interbrated.This suggests that clustercentering ordination is an effective and time-saving technique in study of vegetation succession.展开更多
文摘Data from vegetation succession study is usually a matrix of plot × species × time.It is difficult to analyse this kind of data at present.A simple technique,clustercentering ordination is described in this paper,which can be used to analyse such a matrix directly.The data of 5 permanent plots in 7 years of inlands and grasslands in Kootwijki,the Netherlands,is analysed using this method as an application example.The results obviously illustrate the trend,direction and speedof community succession and can be easily interbrated.This suggests that clustercentering ordination is an effective and time-saving technique in study of vegetation succession.
