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Pigeon seed consumption data
Description
Data set used for the dietary analysis of two feral pigeon (Columba livia) populations. There are six seed types, and their distance relationships are given in matrix dfood.
Usage
data(pigeons)Format
diet.barcelona - a data frame containing the seed consumption (in grams) of pigeons taken from the population in Barcelona.
diet.moia - a data frame containing the seed consumption (in grams) of pigeons taken from the population in Moia.
dfood - a distance matrix (object of class dist) containing the relationships between the six seed types. Distances were calculated from data describing the nutritional content and dimensions of each seed type.
References
De Caceres, M., Sol, D., Lapiedra, O. and P. Legendre. (2011) A framework for estimating niche metrics using the resemblance between qualitative resources. Oikos 120: 1341-1350.
Examples
data(pigeons)