Use of ecological profiles and canonical correspondence analysis in a study of the relationship of terrestrial gastropods and environmental factors

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A. OUTEIRO
D. AGÜERA
C. PAREJO
(1994)
Volume
34
Part
6
Page from
365

A study was carried out on the relationship between terrestrial gastropods and several environmental factors in the plains of Aranjuez (Madrid, Spain). Two statistical methods were used: one was autecological (ecological profiles) and the other, synecological (canonical correspondences), comparing information from both. Results show the importance of the influence of soil texture and litter pH on the distribution of terrestrial gastropod species in this area.

Keywords
Terrestial gastropods
autecology
synecology
environmental factors