, geochemical elements) to discern which set of variables form coherent subsets that are relatively independent of one another. Those correlated variables are combined into factors which should be representative of the underlying process. Loadings measure the correlations among these variables and relate...
Large areas of the Pacific coast of the Americas remain unstudied regarding their intertidal ecosystems. Given the increasing disturbance related to human impacts on intertidal ecosystems, it is essential to gather census data on the biological compositi
(1) where zi is a dependent variable (i.e., temperature and precipitation) at location i, xi is an independent variable, f (xi) is an unknown smooth function of xi, yi is an independent covariate, bT is the coefficient of yi, and ei is the random error of the independent variable ...