bsetal97 {ade4} | R Documentation

## Ecological and Biological Traits

### Description

This data set gives ecological and biological characteristics of 131 species of aquatic insects.

### Usage

    data(bsetal97)

### Format

'bsetal97' is a list of 8 components.

species.names
  is a vector of the species names.
taxo
  is a data frame containing the taxonomy of species.
biol
  is a data frame containing the biological traits.
biol.blo
  is a vector of the numbers of items for each biological trait.
biol.blo.names
  is a vector of the names of the biological traits.
ecol
  is a data frame with the ecological traits.
ecol.blo
  is a vector of the numbers of items for each ecological trait.
ecol.blo.names
  is a vector of the names of the ecological traits.

### Source

Statzner, B., Hoppenhaus, K., Arens, M.-F. and Richoux, P. (1997) Reproductive traits, habitat use and templet theory: a synthesis of world-wide data on aquatic insects. Freshwater Biology, 38, 109–135.

### Examples

    data(bsetal97)
    X <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$biol, bsetal97$biol.blo)
    Y <- prep.fuzzy.var(bsetal97$ecol, bsetal97$ecol.blo)
    plot(coinertia(dudi.fca(X, scan = FALSE),
        dudi.fca(Y, scan = FALSE), scan = FALSE))

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