rangeMapper (version 2.0.3)

wrens: Wrens Life history.

Description

Life history data of 84 wren species.

Usage

read_wrens()

Format

A GeoJSON file with with 84 entries and 12 variables. The variables are as follows:

• ID. Entry order as in ref. 1

• sci_name. Scientific name, character vector

• com_mame. English name, character vector

• subspecies. How many subspecies a species has.

• clutch_size. Mean or modal clutch size

• male_wing. Male wing length (mm)

• female_wing. Female wing length (mm)

• male_tarsus. Male tarsus length (mm)

• female_tarsus. Female tarsus length (mm)

• body_mass. Body mass (grams)

• data_src. bibliographic source of each trait given in the order they appear (see references)

• geometry. sfc simple feature geometry.

References

BREEDING RANGES Ridgely, R.S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. & Young, a.J.R.Z. (2007) Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

1. Brewer, David. Wrens, dippers and thrashers. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
2. Kroodsma, D. E., and D. Brewer. "Family Troglodytidae (Wrens)." Lynx Edicions, Barcelona (2005).
3. Dunning Jr, John B. CRC handbook of avian body masses. CRC press, 2007.

Examples

require(rangeMapper)
require(sf)
wrens = system.file('extdata','wrens.GeoJSON',package = 'rangeMapper') %>% st_read

# or simpler
wrens = read_wrens()

plot(male_wing ~ female_wing, wrens)
plot(sf::st_geometry(wrens))