[R-sig-eco] quantifying directed dependence of environmental factors

[Ivailo]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There's a fair bit of literature on Mantel-based path analysis, and
> other similar dissimilarity-based approaches. SEM can be used with
> composition as well, although not (I think) with the intermediate step
> of calculating dissimilarities.
>
> Besides journal articles employing those techniques, I like both of these:
>
> J. B. Grace, Structural Equation Modeling and Natural Systems,
> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006.
>
> B. Shipley, Cause and Correlation in Biology: A User’s Guide to Path
> Analysis, Structural Equations and Causal Inference, Cambridge
> University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000.

I recently stumbled on a great book on path modelling using PLS (with
R) that is freely downloadable at http://is.gd/BxqIEL

Ivailo
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