quantifying directed dependence of environmental factors
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:
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There's a fair bit of literature on Mantel-based path analysis, and other similar dissimilarity-based approaches. SEM can be used with composition as well, although not (I think) with the intermediate step of calculating dissimilarities. Besides journal articles employing those techniques, I like both of these: J. B. Grace, Structural Equation Modeling and Natural Systems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006. B. Shipley, Cause and Correlation in Biology: A User?s Guide to Path Analysis, Structural Equations and Causal Inference, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000.
I recently stumbled on a great book on path modelling using PLS (with R) that is freely downloadable at http://is.gd/BxqIEL Ivailo -- UBUNTU: a person is a person through other persons.