Spatial pattern analysis in plant communities

Counts of individuals of Acacia ehrenbergiana from five parallel transects of 32 quadrats.

Usage

data(acacia)

Format

acacia is a data frame with 15 variables :
se.T1, se.T2, se.T3, se.T4, se.T5 are five numeric vectors containing quadrats counts of seedlings from transects 1 to 5 respectively;
sm.T1, sm.T2, sm.T3, sm.T4, sm.T5 are five numeric vectors containing quadrats counts of small trees (crown < 1 \(m^{2}\) in canopy) of transects 1 to 5 respectively;
la.T1, la.T2, la.T3, la.T4, la.T5 are five numeric vectors containing quadrats counts of trees with large crown (crown > 1 \(m^{2}\) in canopy) of transects 1 to 5 respectively.

Source

Greig-Smith, P. and Chadwick, M.J. (1965) Data on pattern within plant communities. III. Acacia-Capparis semi-desert scrub in the Sudan. Journal of Ecology, 53, 465–474.

References

Hill, M.O. (1973) The intensity of spatial pattern in plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 61, 225–235.

Examples

data(acacia)
if(adegraphicsLoaded()) {
  gg <- s1d.barchart(acacia, p1d.horizontal = FALSE, psub.position = "topleft", 
    plabels.cex = 0, ylim = c(0,20))
} else {
  par(mfcol = c(5, 3))
  par(mar = c(2, 2, 2, 2))
  for(k in 1:15) {
    barplot(acacia[, k], ylim = c(0, 20), col = grey(0.8))
    ade4:::scatterutil.sub(names(acacia)[k], 1.5, "topleft")
  }
  par(mfcol = c(1, 1))
}