Title: Introduction to uses and interpretation of principal component analyses in forest biology.

Author: Isebrands, J. G.; Crow, Thomas R.

Year: 1975

Publication: General Technical Report NC-17. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Abstract: The application of principal component analysis for interpretation of multivariate data sets is reviewed with emphasis on (1) reduction of the number of variables, (2) ordination of variables, and (3) applications in conjunction with multiple regression.