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Wrens Life history.
Description
Life history data of 84 wren species.
Usage
read_wrens()
Format
A GeoJSON file with with 84 entries and 12 variables. The variables are as follows:
ID. Entry order as in ref. 1
sci_name. Scientific name, character vector
com_mame. English name, character vector
subspecies. How many subspecies a species has.
clutch_size. Mean or modal clutch size
male_wing. Male wing length (mm)
female_wing. Female wing length (mm)
male_tarsus. Male tarsus length (mm)
female_tarsus. Female tarsus length (mm)
body_mass. Body mass (grams)
data_src. bibliographic source of each trait given in the order they appear (see references)
geometry. sfc simple feature geometry.
Note
The function read_wrens() reads the 'wrens.GeoJSON' data as a projected sf object.
References
BREEDING RANGES Ridgely, R.S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K.
McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. & Young, a.J.R.Z. (2007) Digital Distribution
Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe,
Arlington, Virginia, USA.
1. Brewer, David. Wrens, dippers and thrashers. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
2. Kroodsma, D. E., and D. Brewer. "Family Troglodytidae (Wrens)." Lynx Edicions, Barcelona (2005).
3. Dunning Jr, John B. CRC handbook of avian body masses. CRC press, 2007.
Examples
require(rangeMapper)
require(sf)
wrens = system.file('extdata','wrens.GeoJSON',package = 'rangeMapper') %>% st_read
# or simpler
wrens = read_wrens()
plot(male_wing ~ female_wing, wrens)
plot(sf::st_geometry(wrens))