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Description:

This dataset constitutes a description of 78 plant species according to biological attributes (morphological or reproductive)

Variables:

A data frame with 78 observations on the following 32 variables.

pdias

Diaspore mass (mg)

longindex

Seed bank longevity

durflow

Flowering duration

height

Plant height, an ordered factor with levels 1 < 2 < ... < 8.

begflow

Time of first flowering, an ordered factor with levels 1 < 2 < 3 < 4 < 5 < 6 < 7 < 8 < 9

mycor

Mycorrhizas, an ordered factor with levels 0never < 1 sometimes< 2always

vegaer

aerial vegetative propagation, an ordered factor with levels 0never < 1 present but limited< 2important.

vegsout

underground vegetative propagation, an ordered factor with 3 levels identical to vegaer above.

autopoll

selfing pollination, an ordered factor with levels 0never < 1rare < 2 often< the rule3

insects

insect pollination, an ordered factor with 5 levels 0 < ... < 4.

wind

wind pollination, an ordered factor with 5 levels 0 < ... < 4.

lign

a binary factor with levels 0:1, indicating if plant is woody.

piq

a binary factor indicating if plant is thorny.

ros

a binary factor indicating if plant is rosette.

semiros

semi-rosette plant, a binary factor (0: no; 1: yes).

leafy

leafy plant, a binary factor.

suman

summer annual, a binary factor.

winan

winter annual, a binary factor.

monocarp

monocarpic perennial, a binary factor.

polycarp

polycarpic perennial, a binary factor.

seasaes

seasonal aestival leaves, a binary factor.

seashiv

seasonal hibernal leaves, a binary factor.

seasver

seasonal vernal leaves, a binary factor.

everalw

leaves always evergreen, a binary factor.

everparti

leaves partially evergreen, a binary factor.

elaio

fruits with an elaiosome (dispersed by ants), a binary factor.

endozoo

endozoochorous fruits, a binary factor.

epizoo

epizoochorous fruits, a binary factor.

aquat

aquatic dispersal fruits, a binary factor.

windgl

wind dispersed fruits, a binary factor.

unsp

unspecialized mechanism of seed dispersal, a binary factor.

 

Details

Most of factor attributes are not disjunctive. For example, a plant can be usually pollinated by insects but sometimes self-pollination can occured.

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Source

Vallet, Jeanne (2005) Structuration de communautés végétales et analyse comparative de traits biologiques le long d'un gradient d'urbanisation. Mémoire de Master 2 'Ecologie-Biodiversité-Evolution'; Université Paris Sud XI, 30p.+ annexes (in french)

R Dataset Upload:

Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.

d <- read.csv("https://www.key2stats.com/Plant_Species_Traits_Data_170_85.csv")

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