The number of noisy miners detected in various 2 hectare transects in buloke woodland patches within the Wimmera Plains of western Victoria, Australia
data(nminer)A data frame with 31 observations on the following 9 variables.
Minersthe presence or absence of noisy miners;
a numeric vector with levels
1 (present) or 0 (absent)
Eucsthe number of eucalypts in each 2 hectare transect; a numeric vector
Areathe area in hectares of contiguous remnant patch of vegetation in which the transect was located; a numeric vector
Grazedwhether the area was grazed or not;
a numeric vector with levels
0 (grazed) or 1 (not grazed)
Shrubswhether shrubs were present in the transect or not;
a numeric vector with levels 1 (shrubs present) or
0 (shrubs not present)
Bulokesthe number of buloke trees in each 2 ha transect; a numeric vector
Timberthe number of pieces of fallen timber in the transect; a numeric vector
Minerabthe number of noisy miners (abundance) observed in three 20 minute surveys; a numeric vector
The data gives the number of noisy miners detected in various two hectare transects in buloke woodland patches within the Wimmera Plains of western Victoria, Australia. The noisy miner is a small but aggressive native Australian bird.
Martine Maron (2007) Threshold effect of eucalypt density on an aggressive avian competitor. Biological Conservation, 136, 100--107.