waders                 package:MASS                 R Documentation

Counts of Waders at 15 Sites in South Africa

Description:

     The 'waders' data frame has 15 rows and 19 columns. The entries
     are counts of waders in summer.

Usage:

     waders

Format:

     This data frame contains the following columns (species)

     'S1' Oystercatcher

     'S2' White-fronted Plover

     'S3' Kitt Lutz's Plover

     'S4' Three-banded Plover

     'S5' Grey Plover

     'S6' Ringed Plover

     'S7' Bar-tailed Godwit

     'S8' Whimbrel

     'S9' Marsh Sandpiper

     'S10' Greenshank

     'S11' Common Sandpiper

     'S12' Turnstone

     'S13' Knot

     'S14' Sanderling

     'S15' Little Stint

     'S16' Curlew Sandpiper

     'S17' Ruff

     'S18' Avocet

     'S19' Black-winged Stilt


     The rows are the sites:

     A = Namibia North coast
      B = Namibia North wetland
      C = Namibia South coast
      D = Namibia South wetland
      E = Cape North coast
      F = Cape North wetland
      G = Cape West coast
      H = Cape West wetland
      I = Cape South coast
      J= Cape South wetland
      K = Cape East coast
      L = Cape East wetland
      M = Transkei coast
      N = Natal coast
      O = Natal wetland

Source:

     J.C. Gower and D.J. Hand (1996) _Biplots_ Chapman & Hall Table
     9.1. Quoted as from:

     R.W. Summers, L.G. Underhill, D.J. Pearson and D.A. Scott (1987)
     Wader migration systems in south and eastern Africa and western
     Asia. _Wader Study Group Bulletin_ *49* Supplement, 15-34.

Examples:

     plot(corresp(waders, nf=2))

