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Species diversity on the Galapagos Islands
Description
There are 30 Galapagos islands and 7 variables in the dataset. The relationship between the number of plant species and several geographic variables is of interest. This is the original version of the dataset containing missing values.
Format
The dataset contains the following variables
- Species
the number of plant species found on the island
- Endemics
the number of endemic species
- Area
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the area of the island (km$^2$)
- Elevation
the highest elevation of the island (m)
- Nearest
the distance from the nearest island (km)
- Scruz
the distance from Santa Cruz island (km)
- Adjacent
the area of the adjacent island (square km)
Source
M. P. Johnson and P. H. Raven (1973) "Species number and endemism: The Galapagos Archipelago revisited" Science, 179, 893-895
[Package faraway version 1.0.8 Index]