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insectDisease (version 1.2.2)

hosts: Detailed information on insect host species

Description

Data on host species taxonomy, habitat, diet preferences, and distribution (in Canada)

Usage

data(hosts)

Arguments

Format

A data.frame with 4392 observations

Details

  • RecordNo. Sequence from 1:nrow(hosts)

  • DateEntered. Date of initial data entry

  • Habitat. Habitat of host

  • HostSpecies. Host species

  • Synonyms. Other names for the host species

  • Food. What does the host eat?

  • genYr. Number of generations per year. Can be <1, =1, >1, or some combination of these.

  • CommonName. Host common name

  • ProvinceI. Canadian provinces where host has been found.

  • InsectStatus. Is the insect a pest, beneficial, endangered, unknown? Factor variable with 7 unique values

  • ModificationDate. Modification date of entry

  • InCanada. Citations for presence/absence of host in Canada. Numeric indices can be related to the citations in the `citations.rda` data file. `Y` and `N` relate to presence and absence, respectively.

  • ChangeSpeciesTo. Taxonomic verification column

  • CommonNameOther. Other common names?

  • Complete. Is this record complete?

  • AdditionalReferences. Additional reference indices.

  • HostTaxID. Host NCBI ID number

  • HostGenus. Host genus

  • HostFamily. Host family

  • HostOrder. Host order

  • HostClass. Host class