SEE-U 2000: Atlantic Forest - Module 05:Exercise 05

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## Exercise 5: Similarity of Home Gardens Module 5: Community Ecology: An Introduction to the Players and How to Measure Communities Printer format Background Lecture: Characteristics for describing communities Methods for estimating beta diversity Multivariate analysis (classification and ordination) Activities in the experiment: Establish sampling plots Collect data on diversity (species richness and types of species )in the plots Calculate similarity coefficients Run simple multivariate analysis (Cluster analysis) Hypotheses to test Independent variables in the experiment Dependent variables that they could use in their experimental design. Student evaluation Based on presentation of results (written and oral) Preparation notes Find field sites in MST areas with different types of crops