[R-sig-eco] adonis() and collinearity

[Jonas Kuppler]

Dear all,

if I use only continuous explanatory variables in the adonis() function 
it is like a multiple linear regression with dissimilarities.

In multiple regression with highly correlated exp. variables I have the 
problem with multicollinearity and an increasing standard error of the 
coefficents. Is it the same for the adonis() function? I would think so 
since adonis() is "analogous" to a MANOVA, but I am not sure. And is 
there any possibility to estimate the influence of multicollinearity in 
adonis(); like the variance inflation factor for lm?

Thanks & Best,

Jonas