mite.envRaster: Mite data

In ReseauBiodiversiteQuebec/mapSpecies: Map species distribution

Description

Oribatid mite data with explanatory variables

Usage

data(mite.envRaster)

Format

An object of class RasterStack of dimension 2002 x 520 x 5.

Details

These data were gathered in a transect of 2.6 m by 10 m located on the border of a small Laurentide lake, Lake Geai, located in the Station de Biologie des Laurentides. The short side of the transect is bordering the lake.

The mite.spdf data is a SpatialPointDataFrame contaning 35 pseudospecies sampled at 70 locations in the 2.6 m by 10 m transect.

The mite.envRaster data is a rasterStack object contaning 5 environmental variables gather across the 2.6 m by 10 m transect. Originally, substrate density (SubsDens) and soil water content (WatrCont) were only gathered at the sampled locations; they were interpolated using kriging for values to be available across the full area of the transect. The other thress variables (Substrate, Shrub and Topo) were rasterized using Figure 1 of Borcard and Legendre (1994) as reference.

The projection used for these data preserves the fine (meter) scale, which is useful for some of the illustration presented in the vignettes.

References

Borcard, D., and P. Legendre. 1994. Environmental control and spatial structure in ecological communities: an example using oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatei). Environmental and Ecological Statistics 1:37–61.

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