Description

The number of species on an island is known to be related to the island's area. Of interest is what other variables are also related to the number of species, after island area is accounted for, and whether the answer differs for native and non native species.

Usage

Format

A data frame with 30 observations on the following 8 variables.

Island

a character vector indicating the island

Total

total number of observed species

Native

number of native species

Area

area (km^2)

Elev

elevation (m)

DistNear

distance from nearest island (km)

DistSC

distance from Santa Cruz (km)

AreaNear

area of nearest island (km^2)

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.

References

Johnson, M.P. and Raven, P.H. (1973). Species Number and Endemism: The Galapagos Archipelago Revisited, Science 179(4076): 893–895.

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