checkerspot: Bay Checkerspot Butterfly Population Data

Description Usage Format Author(s) Source References

Description

Estimated number of female Bay checkerspot butterflies (Euphydryas editha bayensis) from the JRC population (near San Francisco), each year from 1960 to 1986. Abundances estimated with mark-recapture methods.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with three columns:

yr

Census year

N

Estimated number of butterflies

Author(s)

Bruce E. Kendall (kendall@bren.ucsb.edu)

Source

Morris and Doak (2002), table 4.1. Data originally from Harrison et al. (1991).

References

Harrison, S., Quinn, J. F., Baughman, J. F., Murphy, D. D. and Erlich, P. R. (1991) Estimating the effects of scientific study on two butterfly populations. American Naturalist 137, 227–243.

Morris, W. F. and Doak D. F. (2002) Quantitative Conservation Biology: Theory and Practice of Population Viability Analysis. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates.


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