

waders(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 wet-
          land

_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 east-
     ern Africa and western Asia.  Wader Study Group Bul-
     letin 49 Supplement, 15-34.

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

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

