montane.island: Mountain island biogeographic data
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Mountain island biogeographic data
Description
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.
Usage
data(montane.island)
Format
A data frame with 27 observations on the following 3 variables.
Island.namea factor with levels Abajos Animas Blacks Capitans Catalinas Chirucahuas Chuskas Guadalupes Huachucas Hualapais Lasals Magdalenas Manzanos Mogollon Mt. Taylor N. Rincon N. Uncompaghre Navajo Organs Pinalenos Prescotts S. Kabib Sacramentos San Mateos Sandias Santa Ritas Zunis.
RichnessA numeric vector; the number of species.
AreaA numeric vector; area in km^2.
Source
Lomolino, M. V., Brown, J. H., and R. Davis (1989) Island biogeography of montane
forest mammals in the American Southwest. Ecology 70: 180-194.
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Mountain island biogeographic data
Description
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.
Usage
data(montane.island)Format
A data frame with 27 observations on the following 3 variables.
Island.namea factor with levels
AbajosAnimasBlacksCapitansCatalinasChirucahuasChuskasGuadalupesHuachucasHualapaisLasalsMagdalenasManzanosMogollonMt. TaylorN. RinconN. UncompaghreNavajoOrgansPinalenosPrescottsS. KabibSacramentosSan MateosSandiasSanta RitasZunis.RichnessA numeric vector; the number of species.
AreaA numeric vector; area in km
^2.
Source
Lomolino, M. V., Brown, J. H., and R. Davis (1989) Island biogeography of montane forest mammals in the American Southwest. Ecology 70: 180-194.
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