Exploring multivariate biological phenomena at population and community levels
Informations
- Funding country
Hungary- Acronym
- -
- URL
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- Start date
- 7/1/2007
- End date
- 6/30/2010
- Budget
- 123,467 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific School Programme | Grant | 7/1/2007 | 6/30/2010 | 123,467 EUR |
Abstract
Most biological phenomena are essentially multivariate in nature. To recover the hidden information, a specific group of statistical procedures are used in biology at individual, population, community and ecosystem levels. Particular studies, however, may have their specific questions on, for instance, the effect of sampling effort and the alternative classifications and ordinations on the results. The problems we are wishing to study range from population level studies based on molecular data to community level surveys utilizing functional attributes. All parts of the planned project provide large amounts of data and thus require extensive use of multivariate analysis. Most of these data are already available thanks to PhD students and postdocs have long been involved in these studies, as demonstrated by their several publications. The project leader has long experience in data analysis and numerical ecology, and the necessary infrastructure is also guaranteed. Successful completion of the planned project is expected to contribute to the methodology of multivariate analysis in general and to ecological theory in particular. Essentially, the project involves basic research, whilst its results may receive applications especially in nature conservation and forestry. Last but not least, two postdocs and two predocs to be invited in the proposed project can continue and complete their work only with further support in form of temporary employment at Eötvös University.