Using multivariate statistical methods in landscape ecology researches

In the multivariate statistical analysis, contrary to the one-variable technics, there are many variables in the system inter-related with each other. In this analysis, the object is to determine the structure of the system and convert the system into a simple form by using associated technics.The scope of this study is to associate data related with biological and physical structure and to try out statistical methods which may be effective to classify landscape planning units and to integrate the data into landscape planning studies. In this context, in the terms of landscape planning goals, multivariate data sets establishing methods, the reliability of the data, and inter-relation state in the data; cluster, canonical correspondence, factor and canonical correlation analysis methods were tried out.Keywords : Multivariate statistical analysis technics, cluster analysis, factor analysis, canonical correspondence analysis, canonical correlation analysis.