Model selection with multiple regression on distance matrices leads to incorrect inferences

• Ryan P. Franckowiak ,

  * E-mail: ryanfranckowiak@trentu.ca

  Affiliation Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0454-4860

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• Michael Panasci,

  Affiliation Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

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• Karl J. Jarvis,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, United States of America

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• Ian S. Acuña-Rodriguez,

  Affiliations Centro de Ecología Molecular y Aplicaciones Evolutivas en Agroecosistemas (CEM), Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile

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• Erin L. Landguth,

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Marie-Josée Fortin,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Helene H. Wagner

  Affiliation Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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