Data are measurements on breeding pairs of land-bird species collected
from 16 islands around Britain over the course of several decades.
For each species, the data set contains an average time of extinction
on those islands where it appeared, the average number of nesting
pairs, the size of the species and the migratory status of the
species.
Usage
ex1027
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 62 observations on the following 5 variables.
Species
a character vector indicating the species
Time
average extinction time in years
Pairs
average number of nesting pairs
Size
a factor with levels "L" and "S"
Status
a factor with levels "M" and "R"
References
Pimm, S.L., Jones, H.L., and Diamond, J. (1988). On the Risk of
Extinction, American Naturalist132(6): 757--785.