BirdNest: Nest Characteristics for Different Bird Species

In Stat2Data: Datasets for Stat2

Description

Nest and species characteristics for North American passerines

Format

A data frame with 84 observations on the following 12 variables.

Species	Latin species name
Common	Common species name
Page	Page in a bird manual describing the species
Length	Mean body length for the species (in cm)
Nesttype	Type of nest
Location	Location of nest
No.eggs	Number of eggs
Color	Egg color (0=plain/solid or 1=speckled/spotted)
Incubate	Mean length of time (in days) the species incubates eggs in the nest
Nestling	Mean length of time (in days) the species cares for babies in the nest until fledged
Totcare	Total care time = Incubate+Nestling
Closed	1=closed nest (pendant, spherical, cavity, crevice, burrow), 0=open nest (saucer, cup)

Details

Amy R. Moore, as a student at Grinnell College in 1999, wanted to study the relationship between species characteristics and the type of nest a bird builds, using data collected from available sources. For the study, she collected data by species for 84 separate species of North American passerines.

Source

Project by Amy Moore at Grinnell College

References

The Birders Handbook, by Ehrlich, et al. (1988)

Stat2Data documentation built on May 2, 2019, 7:25 a.m.