[R-sig-eco] Why is collinearity in ordination a problem?

Victoria June Ord v.j.ord at newcastle.ac.uk
Fri Nov 20 13:56:28 CET 2009


Dear All
 
Looking at examples from Alain Zuur's 'Analysing Ecological Data'- it is apparent that collinearity is considered an issue in ordination.  Could someone explain why that is?
 
Also is this only the case with a particular format of variable i.e. ordinal but not quantative? 
Or only with unconstrained vs. constrained ordination?
 
Many thanks in advance
 
Victoria
 
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