SYN-TAX IV. Computer Programs for Data Analysis in Ecology and Systematics

This new release of the package contains 27 FORTRAN and 4 BASIC programs written for IBM-PC and compatible machines and Apple Macintosh II, Plus and SE personal computers. Widely used standard multivariate methods and specific data analytical techniques, some of them suggested by the author, are represented in the package. The procedures programmed include hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering, fuzzy classifications, block clustering, ordination, character ranking, comparison of classifications and ordinations, consensus methods, Monte Carlo simulation of distributions of partition agreement, simulated sampling based on digitized point patterns, and information theory functions for evaluating species assemblages. This paper gives general information on the programs; technical details are presented in the user’s manual.

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