Learn R Programming

Stat2Data (version 2.0.1)

SpeciesArea: Land Area and Mammal Species

Description

Land area and number of mammal species for islands in Southeast Asia

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 14 observations on the following 5 variables.

NameName of the island
AreaArea (in sq. km)
SpeciesNumber of mammal species
logAreaNatural logarithm (base e) of Area
logSpeciesNatural logarithm (base e) of Species

Details

This dataset shows the number of mammal species and the area for 13 islands in Southeast Asia. Biologists have speculated that the number of species is related to the size of an island and would like to be able to predict the number of species given the size of an island.