R/data_niering.R

In txm676/mmSAR2: Fit and Compare Species-Area Relationship Models Using Multimodel Inference

#' A SAR dataset describing the plants of the Kapingamarangi Atoll
#'
#' A sample dataset in the correct sars format: contains the areas of a number
#' of islands in the Kapingamarangi Atoll, and the number of plant species
#' recorded on each island.
#' 
#' @usage data(niering)
#' @format A data frame with 2 columns and 32 rows. Each row contains the area
#'   of an island (km2) in the Kapingamarangi Atoll (1st column) and the number
#'   of plants on that island (2nd column).
#' @source Niering, W.A. (1963). Terrestrial ecology of Kapingamarangi Atoll,
#'  Caroline Islands. Ecol. Monogr., 33, 131–160.
#' @examples
#' data(niering)
"niering"