[R-sig-eco] Dissimilarity measure for rank data

[Tania Bird]

I have species data that I would like to use for ordination. With
regular abundance data I would apply a Hellinger Transformation and
then use the Bray-Curtis distance.

Since the data are ranked (0 to 5) I will not transform it. But what
dissimilarity measure should I use instead of Bray-Curtis?

Thanks


Tania Bird MSc
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