ade4 (version 1.4-3)

mantel.rtest: Mantel test (correlation between two distance matrices (in R).)

Description

Performs a Mantel test between two distance matrices.

Usage

mantel.rtest(m1, m2, nrepet = 99)

Arguments

m1

an object of class dist

m2

an object of class dist

nrepet

the number of permutations

Value

• an object of class rtest (randomization tests)

References

Mantel, N. (1967) The detection of disease clustering and a generalized regression approach. Cancer Research, 27, 209--220.

Examples

data(yanomama)
    gen <- quasieuclid(as.dist(yanomama$gen))
    geo <- quasieuclid(as.dist(yanomama$geo))
    plot(r1 <- mantel.rtest(geo,gen), main = "Mantel's test")
    r1