Introduction – Keyboard and Mouse Controls
Get familiar with the basic navigation and interaction in JUICE.NET using the mouse and keyboard.
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Table import – How to import tables
Learn the different methods of importing data tables into JUICE.NET, including Excel clipboard pasting, text files, TURBOVEG XML files, and long-format datasets from the EVA database.
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Standardizing Species Names – Why taxonomic consistency matters
This video explains the conceptual reasons for standardizing species names in vegetation data.
You’ll learn why harmonizing taxonomic concepts, correcting outdated or inconsistent names, and removing typos is essential for ensuring data consistency and interpretability in ecological analyses.
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Indicator values – Calculation of community weighted means
This video introduces the concept of species indication and Community Weighted Means (CWMs) in the JUICE.NET software. You will learn how indicator values can be loaded, combined with species abundances to calculate CWMs, and saved to headers, or exported from the program.
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Data classification – concept and purpose
Classification of vegetation data is used to organize relevés based on their species composition similarity. It helps to simplify the structure of the data, allowing us to identify general patterns and gain insight into the internal vegetation structure.
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Divisive classification – TWINSPAN
Twinspan is a highly effective and widely used tool for vegetation classification. In JUICE.NET, you can find a simple implementation of it using an R script, which allows you to display different numbers of clusters in a single step, so you can choose the optimal partitioning of your dataset.
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Other tutorials coming soon...
Short videos explaining individual features and tools step by step.