[R-sig-eco] library nlme

[Ben Bolker]

Laura Paesch <lpaesch at ...> writes:

> Hello, the question is about the notation of random effects in the
> library nlme: if you have space variables with nested random effects (eg
> country / city) and time (eg year / season), can be written in one
> command separately, as can be done in the library lme4 (+ (1 | year /
> season) + (1 | country / city)?

  It is possible, but far from easy, to fit models with *crossed* random effects
in nlme: this is discussed at <http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq> (search
for "nested or crossed?"

  Further questions on mixed models might be more appropriate for
r-sig-mixed-models <at> r-project.org ...

  Ben Bolker