globalHWI: Avian hand-wing index data

globalHWIR Documentation

Avian hand-wing index data

Description

A global database on Avian wing morphology

Usage

data(globalHWI)

Format

A data.frame with 10338 observations and 23 variables.

Details

A global dataset of avian hand-wing index (HWI), an estimate of wing shape widely adopted as a proxy for dispersal ability in birds

Source

Cite this dataset as:

  • Sheard et al. (2020) Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology. Nature Communications.


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