1. Introduction

   EditorialNotes Pages: VII - VIII

2. Preface to ‘Classification and ordination’

   EditorialNotes Pages: IX - IX

3. The development of numerical classification and ordination

   • P. Greig-Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

4. Searching for a model for use in vegetation analysis

   • M. P. Austin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 21

5. An algorithm for predictive ordination

   • László Orlóci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 25

6. Vegetation analysis and order invariant gradient models

   • I. C. Prentice

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 34

7. Evaluation of ordination methods through simulated coenoclines: Some comments

   • Enrico Feoli
   • Laura Feoli Chiapella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41

8. On the interpretability of ordination diagrams

   • Eddy Van der Maarel

   BriefCommunication Pages: 43 - 45

9. Detrended correspondence analysis: An improved ordination technique

   • M. O. Hill
   • H. G. Gauch Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 58

10. Non-centred component analysis of vegetation data: A comparison of orthogonal and oblique rotation

    • T. J. Carleton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 66

11. Some applications of principal components analysis in vegetation: Ecological research of aquatic communities

    • Gerhard Wiegleb

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 73

12. On selecting indirect ordination methods

    • Roger Del Moral

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 84

13. Information efficiency and regional constellation of environmental variables

    • J. Lepart
    • M. DeBussche

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

14. A syntactic basis of classification

    • M. B. Dale

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 98

15. The minimisation of random events in the search for group structure

    • Robert C. Jancey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 101

16. Rapid initial clustering of large data sets

    • Hugh G. Gauch Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 111

17. Hierarchical levels in syntaxonomy based on information functions

    • Enrico Feoli
    • Duillo Lausi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 115

18. Numerical approaches to lake classification with special reference to macrophyte communities

    • Sven Jensen
    • Eddy Van der Maarel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 128

19. Preliminary survey of the peat-bog Hummell Knowe Moss using various numerical methods

    • R. S. Clymo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 148

20. Classification and ordination in the Indian Peaks area, Colorado Rocky Mountains

    • Vřa Komárková

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 163

21. Multivariate analysis of multispectral remote sensing data on grasslands from different soil types

    • P. Van Hecke
    • I. Impens
    • F. Hebrant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 170

22. Ordination as a tool for analyzing complex data sets

    • Robert K. Reft

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 174

23. Management and multivariate analysis of large data sets in vegetation research

    • Otto Wildi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 180

24. Reflections on the phytosociological approach and the epistemological basis of vegetation science

    • S. Pignatti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 185

25. List of participants Symposium Advances in Vegetation Science, 15–19 May 1979

    Legacy Pages: 187 - 188