capcay: Capcay data

Description Usage Format References

Description

Species composition and environmental data from Capricornia Cays

Usage

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Format

A list containing the elements

abund

A data frame with 14 observations of abundance of 13 ant species

adj.sr

A vector of adjusted species richness of ants based on sample-based rarefaction curves to standardise sampling intensity across sites (see Nakamura et al. 2015 for more details).

env_sp

A data frame of 10 environmental variables, which best explained the variation in the matrix of similarity values.

env_assem

A data frame of 10 environmental variables, which best explained the variation in the matrix of similarity values.

The data frame abund has the following variables:

Camponotus.mackayensis

(numeric) relative abundance of Camponotus mackayensis

Cardiocondyla..nuda

(numeric) relative abundance of Cardiocondyla nuda

Hypoponera.sp..A

(numeric) relative abundance of Hypoponera spA

Hypoponera.sp..B

(numeric) relative abundance of Hypoponera spB

Iridomyrmex.sp..A

(numeric) relative abundance of Iridomyrmex spA

Monomorium.leave

(numeric) relative abundance of Monomorium leave

Ochetellus.sp..A

(numeric) relative abundance of Ochetellus spA

Paratrechina.longicornis

(numeric) relative abundance of Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina.sp..A

(numeric) relative abundance of Paratrechina spA

Tapinoma.sp..A

(numeric) relative abundance of Tapinoma spA

Tetramorium.bicarinatum

(numeric) relative abundance of Tetramorium bicarinatum

The data frame env_sp has the following variables:

NativePlSp

(numeric) native plant species richness

P.megaAbund

(numeric) log-transformed relative abundance of Pheidole megacephala

P.megaPA

(numeric) presence/absence of Pheidole megacephala

HumanVisit

(numeric) presence/absence of frequent human visitiation

MaxTemp

(numeric) mean daily maximum temp(degree celsius)

Rain4wk

(numeric) total rainfall in the past 4 weeks (mm)

DistContinent

(numeric) distance to the nearest continent (km)

DistNrIs

(numeric) log-transformed distance to the nearest island (km)

Y

(numeric) Y coordinate

XY

(numeric) X coordinate * Y coordinate

The data frame env_assem has the following variables:

IslandSize

(numeric) log-transformed island size (ha)

ExoticPlSp

(numeric) log-transformed exotic plant species richness

NativePlSp

(numeric) native plant species richness

P.megaPA

(numeric) presence/absence of Pheidole megacephala

HumanVisit

(numeric) presence/absence of frequent human visitiation

Rainsamp

(numeric) log-transformed total rainfall during sampling (mm)

DistContinent

(numeric) distance to the nearest continent (km)

DistNrIs

(numeric) log-transformed distance to the nearest island (km)

Y

(numeric) Y coordinate

XY

(numeric) X coordinate * Y coordinate

References

Nakamura A., Burwell C.J., Lambkin C.L., Katabuchi M., McDougall A., Raven R.J. and Neldner V.J. (2015), The role of human disturbance in island biogeography of arthropods and plants: an information theoretic approach, Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12520


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