PERMANOVA.Estimation {PERMANOVA}

Estimation of the PERMANOVA parameters

Description

Estimation of the PERMANOVA parameters.

Usage

PERMANOVA.Estimation(D, X, C, Effects = NULL)

Arguments

D

A matrix of distances.

X

A matrix of independent variables.

C

Contrast matrix. By default it is null and the identity is used.

Effects

A factor with the effects in the rows of C. By default it is null and each row is considered as an effect.

Details

Estimation of the PERMANOVA parameters.

Value

Global

Significance for the global effect

Contrastes

Significance for each contrast

Author(s)

Laura Vicente-Gonzalez, Jose Luis Vicente-Villardon

References

Anderson, M. J. (2008). A new method for non-parametric multivariate analysis of variance. Austral ecology, 26(1):32–46.

Anderson, M. J. (2005). Permanova: a fortran computer program for permutational multivariate analysis of variance. Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 24.