A compilation of taxonomic (species and genus) counts for a wide array of organism groups for island and associated mainland locations. Taken from Simberloff (1970).
data("simberloff")
A data frame with 204 observations on the following 12 variables.
Location
Island and mainland location.
Designation
A factor with levels Island
Mainland
.
Hypothesized.source
Hypothesized mainland location for particular island location.
No.spp.
The number of species
Obs.S.G
Observed species/genus (S/G) ratio
E.S.G.
Expected S/G ratio, based on random sampling from mainland pool of species.
prop..obs..cogeners
The proportion of observed cogeners, only reported for bird species.
prop..exp..cogeners
The proportion of expected cogeners based on random sampling from the associated mainland pool of species, only reported for bird species.
Authority
Source of information for compilation.
Life.form
A factor with levels Ants
Land birds
Passerine birds
Vascular plants
.
Notes.1
Notes from Simberloff (1970)
Notes.2
Additional notes from Simberloff (1970)