Counts of Waders at 15 Sites in South Africa

SUMMARY:

The waders data frame has 15 rows and 19 columns. The entries are counts of waders in summer.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

This data frame contains the following columns (species)

ARGUMENTS:

S1
Oystercatcher
S2
White-fronted Plover
S3
Kitt Lutz's Plover
S4
Three-banded Plover
S5
Grey Plover
S6
Ringed Plover
S7
Bar-tailed Godwit
S8
Whimbrel
S9
Marsh Sandpiper
S10
Greenshank
S11
Common Sandpiper
S12
Turnstone
S13
Knot
S14
Sanderling
S15
Little Stint
S16
Curlew Sandpiper
S17
Ruff
S18
Avocet
S19
Black-winged Stilt

The rows are the sites:
A = Namibia North coast
B = Namibia North wetland
C = Namibia South coast
D = Namibia South wetland
E = Cape North coast
F = Cape North wetland
G = Cape West coast
H = Cape West wetland
I = Cape South coast
J= Cape South wetland
K = Cape East coast
L = Cape East wetland
M = Transkei coast
N = Natal coast
O = Natal wetland

SOURCE:

J.C. Gower and D.J. Hand (1996) Biplots Chapman & Hall Table 9.1. Quoted as from:

R.W. Summers, L.G. Underhill, D.J. Pearson and D.A. Scott (1987) Wader migration systems in south and eastern Africa and western Asia. Wader Study Group Bulletin 49 Supplement, 15-34.

EXAMPLES:

plot(corresp(waders, nf=2))