About the Authors
Daniel Borcard is lecturer of Biostatistics and Ecology and researcher in Numerical Ecology at Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. His research interests
include Numerical Ecology, Ecology of communities, and Soil Ecology/Zoology.
François Gillet is professor of Community Ecology and Ecological Modelling at
Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, and visiting professor at
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. His research deals with the
structure, diversity, ecology and dynamics of plant communities.
Pierre Legendre is professor of Quantitative Biology and Ecology at Université de
Montréal, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Web of Science Highly Cited
Researcher in Environment/Ecology. He is the founder of the field of numerical
ecology.
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Daniel Borcard is lecturer of Biostatistics and Ecology and researcher in Numerical Ecology at Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. His research interests
include Numerical Ecology, Ecology of communities, and Soil Ecology/Zoology.
François Gillet is professor of Community Ecology and Ecological Modelling at
Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, and visiting professor at
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. His research deals with the
structure, diversity, ecology and dynamics of plant communities.
Pierre Legendre is professor of Quantitative Biology and Ecology at Université de
Montréal, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Web of Science Highly Cited
Researcher in Environment/Ecology. He is the founder of the field of numerical
ecology.
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