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Sample Continuous Trait Data (NEON Small Mammals 2015)
Description
This is a sample dataset with small mammal data from all available NEON sites in 2015. Each row represents an individual small mammal that was trapped and weighed, with its species identity, body weight in grams, sex, and life stage provided. Site name, site code, and sampling plot ID are provided. This dataset is adapted from one published by Read et al. (2018).
Usage
small_mammal_data
Format
An object of class data.frame with 7692 rows and 7 columns.
References
NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network). Small mammal box trapping (DP1.10072.001). https://data.neonscience.org (accessed July 13, 2021)
Read, Q.D., J.M. Grady, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M.-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, L. Beaudrot, and K.M. Thibault. 2018. Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient. *Ecography* 41(10):1718-1727. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03641