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Detailed information on insect host species
Description
Data on host species taxonomy, habitat, diet preferences, and distribution (in Canada)
Usage
data(hosts)
Format
A data.frame with 4392 observations
Details
RecordNo. Sequence from 1:nrow(hosts)
DateEntered. Date of initial data entry
Habitat. Habitat of host
HostSpecies. Host species
Synonyms. Other names for the host species
Food. What does the host eat?
genYr. Number of generations per year. Can be <1, =1, >1, or some combination of these.
CommonName. Host common name
ProvinceI. Canadian provinces where host has been found.
InsectStatus. Is the insect a pest, beneficial, endangered, unknown? Factor variable with 7 unique values
ModificationDate. Modification date of entry
InCanada. Citations for presence/absence of host in Canada. Numeric indices can be related to the citations in the 'citations.rda' data file. 'Y' and 'N' relate to presence and absence, respectively.
ChangeSpeciesTo. Taxonomic verification column
CommonNameOther. Other common names?
Complete. Is this record complete?
AdditionalReferences. Additional reference indices.
HostTaxID. Host NCBI ID number
HostGenus. Host genus
HostFamily. Host family
HostOrder. Host order
HostClass. Host class