montane.island

Lomolino et al. (1989) investigated the relationship between the area of montane forest patches (islands) and the richness of mammal fauna in the Southwestern United States. This dataset contains richness and area information for 27 montane islands.

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Contains functions from: Aho, K. (2014) Foundational and Applied Statistics for Biologists using R.  CRC/Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7338-0.

Ken Aho

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montane.island function

A data frame with 27 observations on the following 3 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>Island.name</code></dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>Abajos</code> <code>Animas</code> <code>Blacks</code> <code>Capitans</code> <code>Catalinas</code> <code>Chirucahuas</code> <code>Chuskas</code> <code>Guadalupes</code> <code>Huachucas</code> <code>Hualapais</code> <code>Lasals</code> <code>Magdalenas</code> <code>Manzanos</code> <code>Mogollon</code> <code>Mt. Taylor</code> <code>N. Rincon</code> <code>N. Uncompaghre</code> <code>Navajo</code> <code>Organs</code> <code>Pinalenos</code> <code>Prescotts</code> <code>S. Kabib</code> <code>Sacramentos</code> <code>San Mateos</code> <code>Sandias</code> <code>Santa Ritas</code> <code>Zunis</code>.</dd> <dt><code>Richness</code></dt>
<dd>A numeric vector; the number of species.</dd> <dt><code>Area</code></dt>
<dd>A numeric vector; area in km\(^2\).</dd> 
</dl>

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Mountain island biogeographic data — montane.island

A data frame with 27 observations on the following 3 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>Island.name</code></dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>Abajos</code> <code>Animas</code> <code>Blacks</code> <code>Capitans</code> <code>Catalinas</code> <code>Chirucahuas</code> <code>Chuskas</code> <code>Guadalupes</code> <code>Huachucas</code> <code>Hualapais</code> <code>Lasals</code> <code>Magdalenas</code> <code>Manzanos</code> <code>Mogollon</code> <code>Mt. Taylor</code> <code>N. Rincon</code> <code>N. Uncompaghre</code> <code>Navajo</code> <code>Organs</code> <code>Pinalenos</code> <code>Prescotts</code> <code>S. Kabib</code> <code>Sacramentos</code> <code>San Mateos</code> <code>Sandias</code> <code>Santa Ritas</code> <code>Zunis</code>.</dd>

 <dt><code>Richness</code></dt>
<dd>A numeric vector; the number of species.</dd>

 <dt><code>Area</code></dt>
<dd>A numeric vector; area in km\(^2\).</dd>

 
</dl>

montane.island: Mountain island biogeographic data

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