[R-sig-eco] MetaNmds and ordinal data

[Frank Berninger]

Hello,

I intend to use MetaNMDS on ordinal data and was wondering if there are
any guidelines and examples what to do (and especially what not to do).

At the moment my design decisions are to use an Euclidian distance
matrix (since I use already ordinal data anything more complecated seems
to be inappropiate). I want to test dependencies on environmental
factors post-hoc. Are there any thoughts, articles or anything else to
help a newby in ordinations on that subject?

Frank

Frank Berninger
Associate professor Forest Ecology
Department of Forest Sciences
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00014 University of Helsinki