farms {MASS}R Documentation

Ecological Factors in Farm Management

Description

The farms data frame has 20 rows and 4 columns. The rows are farms on the Dutch island of Terschelling and the columns are factors describing the management of grassland.

Usage

farms

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Mois
Five levels of soil moisture – level 3 does not occur at these 20 farms.
Manag
Grassland management type (SF = standard, BF = biological, HF = hobby farming, NM = nature conservation).
Use
Grassland use (U1 = hay production, U2 = intermediate, U3 = grazing)
Manure
Manure usage – classes C0 to C4.

Source

J.C. Gower and D.J. Hand (1996) Biplots. Chapman & Hall, Table 4.6.

Quoted as from:
R.H.G. Jongman, C.J.F. ter Braak and O.F.R. van Tongeren (1987) Data Analysis in Community and Landscape Ecology. PUDOC, Wageningen

References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.

Examples

farms.mca <- mca(farms, abbrev = TRUE)  # Use levels as names
eqscplot(farms.mca$cs, type = "n")
text(farms.mca$rs, cex = 0.7)
text(farms.mca$cs, labels = dimnames(farms.mca$cs)[[1]], cex = 0.7)

[Package MASS version 7.2-23 Index]