ade4 (version 1.01)

bsetal97: Ecological and Biological Traits

Description

This data set gives ecological and biological characteristics of 131 species of aquatic insects.

Usage

data(bsetal97)

format

'bsetal97' is a list of 8 components.

1. species.names

{is a vector of the species names.} taxo{is a data frame containing the taxonomy of species. } biol{is a data frame containing the biological traits. } biol.blo{is a vector of the numbers of items for each biological trait. } biol.blo.names{is a vector of the names of the biological traits. } ecol{is a data frame with the ecological traits. } ecol.blo{is a vector of the numbers of items for each ecological trait. } ecol.blo.names{is a vector of the names of the ecological traits. }

source

Statzner, B., Hoppenhaus, K., Arens, M.-F. and Richoux, P. (1997) Reproductive traits, habitat use and templet theory: a synthesis of world-wide data on aquatic insects. Freshwater Biology, 38, 109--135.

Examples

data(bsetal97)
X <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$biol, bsetal97$biol.blo)
Y <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$ecol, bsetal97$ecol.blo)
plot(coinertia(dudi.fca(X, scan = FALSE), 
    dudi.fca(Y, scan = FALSE), scan = FALSE))