PAST Lesson 7: Rarefaction and diversity indices with PAleontological STatistics

Paleontological Statistics. Version 4.05 (www.nhm.uio.no.... The number of taxa, counts, dominance, diversity indices and richness function in PAST are shown for a sample data of phytoplankton community distribution. We also transposed the data in PAST (stations in column, species in rows) in order for the function to work.

[@Waywardwisp]

Just wanted to say, Thank you. I've been trying to figure out how to do this for days, and your video really helped!

[@LeeChoonWeng]

Glad it helped

[@chakshugupta6247]

Thanks for the video. It was very informative. I want to ask if you by any chance have the 1.34 version PAST?

[@LeeChoonWeng]

Sorry but I dont have it

[@desiekaputriempra2756]

Hi, may i ask what's the difference or the plus point of using this program instead of R program or maximum entropy program?

[@LeeChoonWeng]

If you are familiar with R, go for it. It is worth learning R. However if you are just looking for a quick and easy solution, PAST is good. Sorry but I am not familiar with maximum entropy.

[@desiekaputriempra2756]

@@LeeChoonWeng Thank you. And what version is your PAST program?

[@LeeChoonWeng]

@@desiekaputriempra27564.03

[@desiekaputriempra2756]

@@LeeChoonWeng thank you so much

[@LeeChoonWeng]

@@desiekaputriempra2756 no problems. Good luck

[@رحماللهوالدي-ص9ص]

thank you dr. i want to ask you about how authenticity is PAST in the research usage for example when publishing a paper is it possible use it as far as I know I haven;t seen a paper mentioning it as a statistic tool unlike R package one. thank you

[@LeeChoonWeng]

I use it in my research. Published, no problems. Most important is to use the right test, and to interpret the results correctly

[@raphaelferrari9145]

hy, how can i plot absent/present (0/1) data against a time series?

[@LeeChoonWeng]

Try a matrix plot with column labels

[@LeeChoonWeng]

Column is time

[@basudevbacha4457]

How can we do three season data

[@LeeChoonWeng]

Which tests?

[@basudevbacha4457]

@@LeeChoonWeng I want to do species refraction curve plot and similarly index for three season i. e. for summer, rainy and winter data

[@basudevbacha4457]

Can I have your gmail I have query regarding PAST

[@LeeChoonWeng]

@@basudevbacha4457 [e-mail]