Phillips and MacMahon (1981) conducted an extensive study of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) distributions in the Mojave
and Sonoran deserts from several life stage classes based areal coverage: Life stage 1 (102 -103 cm\(^2\)) Life stage 2 (103 -104 cm\(^2\)), and Life stage 3
(104 -105 cm\(^2\)). Data were generated (using variance and mean values, and the function rpois
to approximate the results of the authors.
data(larrea)
A data frame with 25 observations on the following 3 variables.
class1
Counts from life stage 1
class2
Counts from life stage 2
class3
Counts from life stage 3
Phillips, D. L., and J. A. MacMahon (1981) Competition and spacing patterns in desert shrubs. Journal of Ecology 69(1): 97-115.