Multivariate analysis of ecological data

At the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia, the 22nd annual multivariate analysis of ecological data took place last week with the participation of students and academics from Europe and the USA.

Theoretical lectures were interspaced with the participants' work on their own data analysis.

The course takes place in two consecutive weekly blocks, in which twenty scientists, for example from Norway, Estonia, Holland, Spain, Brazil, Canada or Iceland, will participate.

The intensive block of lectures and seminars is primarily about getting to know the latest developments in environmental data analysis and working with the Canoco 5 software. The workshop is organized by experts from the Department of Botany, lecturers of the lessons are Doc. Petr Šmilauer and Prof. Jan Lepš.