bsetal97 {ade4}R Documentation

Ecological and Biological Traits

Description

This data set gives ecological and biological characteristics of 131 species of aquatic insects.

Usage

data(bsetal97)

Format

'bsetal97' is a list of 8 components.

    species.names
    is a vector of the species names.
    taxo
    is a data frame containing the taxonomy of species.
    biol
    is a data frame containing the biological traits.
    biol.blo
    is a vector of the numbers of items for each biological trait.
    biol.blo.names
    is a vector of the names of the biological traits.
    ecol
    is a data frame with the ecological traits.
    ecol.blo
    is a vector of the numbers of items for each ecological trait.
    ecol.blo.names
    is a vector of the names of the ecological traits.

Source

Statzner, B., Hoppenhaus, K., Arens, M.-F. and Richoux, P. (1997)
Reproductive traits, habitat use and templet theory: a synthesis of world-wide data on aquatic insects.
Freshwater Biology, 38, 109–135.

Examples

data(bsetal97)
X <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$biol, bsetal97$biol.blo)
Y <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$ecol, bsetal97$ecol.blo)
plot(coinertia(dudi.fca(X, scan = FALSE), 
    dudi.fca(Y, scan = FALSE), scan = FALSE))

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