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A data frame with 300 rows and 8 columns: 4 continuous morphometric traits and 3 ecological traits (2 categorical, 1 ordinal) for demonstrating mixed-type imputation. Species names are in the Species_Key column. Set rownames(df) <- df$Species_Key; df$Species_Key <- NULL before passing to preprocess_traits.

Usage

avonet300

Format

A data frame with 300 rows and 8 variables:

Species_Key

Character. Species name in BirdTree format (spaces replaced by underscores).

Mass

Numeric. Body mass (grams).

Beak.Length_Culmen

Numeric. Beak length from culmen (mm).

Tarsus.Length

Numeric. Tarsus length (mm).

Wing.Length

Numeric. Wing length (mm).

Trophic.Level

Factor. Dietary category: Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore, or Scavenger.

Primary.Lifestyle

Factor. Lifestyle category: Aerial, Aquatic, Generalist, Insessorial, or Terrestrial.

Migration

Ordered factor. Migration strategy: Resident < Partial < Full.

Source

Tobias et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25, 581-597. BirdTree backbone: Hackett et al. MCC tree via BirdTree.org.