ade4 (version 1.7-22)

bca.rlq: Between-Class RLQ analysis

Description

Performs a particular RLQ analysis where a partition of sites (rows of R) is taken into account. The between-class RLQ analysis search for linear combinations of traits and environmental variables maximizing the covariances between the traits and the average environmental conditions of classes.

Usage

# S3 method for rlq
bca(x, fac, scannf = TRUE, nf = 2, ...)
# S3 method for betrlq
plot(x, xax = 1, yax = 2, ...)
# S3 method for betrlq
print(x, ...)

Value

The bca.rlq function returns an object of class 'betrlq' (sub-class of 'dudi'). See the outputs of the print function for more details.

Arguments

x

an object of class rlq (created by the rlq function) for the bca.rlq function. An object of class betrlq for the print and plot functions

fac

a factor partitioning the rows of R

scannf

a logical value indicating whether the eigenvalues bar plot should be displayed

nf

if scannf FALSE, an integer indicating the number of kept axes

xax

the column number for the x-axis

yax

the column number for the y-axis

...

further arguments passed to or from other methods

Author

Stéphane Dray

References

Wesuls, D., Oldeland, J. and Dray, S. (2012) Disentangling plant trait responses to livestock grazing from spatio-temporal variation: the partial RLQ approach. Journal of Vegetation Science, 23, 98--113.

See Also

rlq, bca, wca.rlq

Examples

data(piosphere)
afcL <- dudi.coa(log(piosphere$veg + 1), scannf = FALSE)
acpR <- dudi.pca(piosphere$env, scannf = FALSE, row.w = afcL$lw)
acpQ <- dudi.hillsmith(piosphere$traits, scannf = FALSE, row.w =
  afcL$cw)
rlq1 <- rlq(acpR, afcL, acpQ, scannf = FALSE)

brlq1 <- bca(rlq1, fac = piosphere$habitat, scannf = FALSE)
brlq1
plot(brlq1)