In a new version (Canoco 5) there are few new options: variation partitioning build - in the analysis, use of GLM, and the possibility to use traits data. Does anybody have experience with Canoco 5 already?
1. Particularly in analyzing change over time in the plant community (with a additional factor acting at the known moment in time, but not incorporated in the environmental data sensu stricto). I know the principal response curves procedure, I'm wondering if there is a different/better approach.
2. Analyzing the changes of mean plant traits over time in community, but within a relatively small data set (something like 16 plots, recorded for a couple of years). Is this even possible? what kind of results do you get? What are the possible mistakes in interpretation?