Worked Example

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13.2

Examine and Select Environmental Variables

It is unlikely that all of the environmental variables will contribute usefully to the

eventual model and there are often problems with 

multicollinearity

.

The first stage is to simply run a canonical correspondence analysis off the ordination

tab using all the environmental variables.

With the Dune Meadow data you will then read the following warning:

Click OK and ECOM will complete the analysis and open the output at the

Multicollinearity tab.

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