[Ecoed] Analysis of community data

[Christopher Beck]

 This semester in my ecology lab I have had my students carry out a
community development experiment with leaf litter invertebrates.  They
constructed leaf litter bags with leaf litter from which the invertebrates
had been removed and then placed the bags in the field.  A subsample of the
bags were retrieved at different time points and the invertebrates were
extracted.  They will then be identifying the inverts by general taxanomic
groups.  I would like them to compare the communities within time periods
and across time, but was wondering what the best method would be (especially
since I'm not a community ecologist).  My students are juniors and seniors,
but have little statistical background.  So, I would like methods that they
could implement. Any and all suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks, 
Chris 

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Dr. Christopher Beck 
Department of Biology 
Emory University 
1510 Clifton Rd. 
Atlanta, GA 30322 

Email: christopher.beck at emory.edu 
Phone: 404-712-9012 
FAX: 404-727-2880 

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