waders                 package:MASS                 R Documentation

_C_o_u_n_t_s _o_f _W_a_d_e_r_s _a_t _1_5 _S_i_t_e_s _i_n _S_o_u_t_h _A_f_r_i_c_a

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The `waders' data frame has 15 rows and 19 columns. The entries
     are counts of waders in summer.

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

      S1: Oystercatcher 

      S2: White-fronted Plover 

      S3: Kitt Lutz's Plover 

      S4: Three-banded Plover 

      S5: Grey Plover 

      S6: Ringed Plover 

      S7: Bar-tailed Godwit 

      S8: Whimbrel 

      S9: Marsh Sandpiper 

     S10: Greenshank 

     S11: Common Sandpiper 

     S12: Turnstone 

     S13: Knot 

     S14: Sanderling 

     S15: Little Stint 

     S16: Curlew Sandpiper 

     S17: Ruff 

     S18: Avocet 

     S19: Black-winged Stilt

          The rows are the sites: A = Namibia North coast B = Namibia
          North wetland C = Namibia South coast D = Namibia South
          wetland E = Cape North coast F = Cape North wetland G = Cape
          West coast H = Cape West wetland I = Cape South coast J= Cape
          South wetland K = Cape East coast L = Cape East wetland M =
          Transkei coast N = Natal coast O = Natal wetland 

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns (species)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     J.C. Gower and D.J. Hand (1996) Biplots Chapman & Hall Table 9.1.
     Quoted as from:

     R.W. Summers, L.G. Underhill, D.J. Pearson and D.A. Scott (1987)
     Wader migration systems in south and eastern Africa and western
     Asia. Wader Study Group Bulletin 49 Supplement, 15-34.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     library(mva)
     data(waders)
     plot(corresp(waders, nf=2))

