Analyzing community structure subject to incomplete sampling: hierarchical community model vs. canonical ordinations

Recently developing hierarchical community models ( HCM s) accounting for incomplete sampling are promising approaches to understand community organization. However, pros and cons of incorporating incomplete sampling in the analysis and related design issues remain unknown. In this study, we compared HCM and canonical redundancy analysis ( RDA ) carried out with 10 different dissimilarity coefficients to evaluate how each approach restores true...