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This chapter focuses on three-table methods to study the relationships between species traits and environmental variables mediated by species abundances. The RLQ and fourth-corner methods are described.
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Thioulouse, J., Dray, S., Dufour, AB., Siberchicot, A., Jombart, T., Pavoine, S. (2018). Relating Species Traits to Environment. In: Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data with ade4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8850-1_11
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